Nuclear | MCQs

Explanation

AUKUS signed on 15 September 2021  

It is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Purpose: Collective security

Region: Indo-Pacific

Additional information:

AUKUS stands for Trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Explanation

The first nuclear power plant in Pakistan was established in Karachi With the help of Canada 

KANUPP is Pakistan's first nuclear power plant, inaugurated on November 28, 1972, with a total gross capacity of 137 MW.

while

K2 & K3 with the help of China 

K2  started on 21 May 2021 and has an 1100 MW capacity.

K3 is expected to be started in 2022.

Explanation

Explanation

Pakistan conducted a series of  nuclear tests on  28 May 1998  at the  Chagai  test site,  in  Balochistan.

5 Nuclear  tests were  conducted  by Pakistan  at 15:15 hrs PST on 28 May 1998.

The tests were performed at  Ras Koh Hills  in the  Chagai District of Balochistan Province.

Chagai-I  was Pakistan's  first public  test of nuclear weapons.

while

Chagai II

Chagai-II is the  codename assigned  to the  second atomic test  conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998

These  tests followed  the  Chagai-I series

The  test site was  Kharan Desert , Pakistan

The  number  of tests is  1 

Explanation

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Location: New York, U.S

It is the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons 

It was adopted on 7 July 2017

Opened for signature on 20 September 2017,

And entered into force on 22 January 2021

Parties 73

Depositary: United Nations Secretary-General

Languages:

• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

Explanation

May 28, 1998 will always be remembered for its historical significance.

when Pakistan successfully conducted five nuclear explosions,

convincing the world that it was a credible seventh nuclear power.

Explanation

Explanation

Pakistan conducted a series of nuclear tests on 28 May 1998 at the Chagai test site, in Balochistan.

5 Nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan at 15:15 hrs PST on 28 May 1998.

The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province.

Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons.

while 

Chagai II

Chagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998

These tests followed the Chagai-I series

The test site was Kharan Desert, Pakistan

The number of tests is 1

Explanation

On 25 March 2023, Russia struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory.

 The deployment of these weapons began in July 2023,

Explanation

On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb on the Japanese 

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs on 6 and 9 August 1945 in the United States.

The Little Boy type of bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II.

The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.

Hiroshima deaths: around 40000

Nagasaki deaths: around 80000