Q21. The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) is located in which Indian city?
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) Kolkata
d) Hyderabad
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Correct Answer: c) Kolkata
Explanation: The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) is located in Kolkata and specializes in accelerator science and technology.
Q22. Which Indian space research center is responsible for the development of liquid propulsion systems?
a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
c) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)
d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Correct Answer: c) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC)
Explanation: The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is responsible for the development of liquid stages, including cryogenic stages, for ISRO’s launch vehicles.
Q23. The Space Applications Centre (SAC) is located
in Bahadurgarh is focused on which of the following?
a) Developing nuclear weapons
b) Promoting safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear energy
c) Space exploration
d) Information technology research
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Correct Answer: b) Promoting safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear energy
Explanation: The Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) in Bahadurgarh is focused on promoting safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear energy for the service of mankind through global partnership.
Q24. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in India was established under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order on which date?
a) January 3, 1954
b) August 3, 1954
c) July 1, 1962
d) October 15, 1960
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Correct Answer: b) August 3, 1954
Explanation: The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was set up under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order on August 3, 1954.
Q25. The Indian Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) has been designed by which center to achieve large-scale use of thorium?
a) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
b) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
c) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
d) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP)
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Correct Answer: c) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Explanation: The Indian Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) has been designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to achieve large-scale use of thorium.
Q26. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was originally called what before being renamed in 1967?
a) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
b) Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET)
c) Indian Nuclear Society (INS)
d) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
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Correct Answer: b) Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET)
Explanation: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was originally called the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) when it was founded in January 1954. It was renamed BARC after the demise of its founder, Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, in 1966.
Q27. The Tarapur nuclear power station, the first such installation in India, was dedicated to the nation by which Prime Minister?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Correct Answer: b) Indira Gandhi
Explanation: The 380 MWe Tarapur nuclear power station, the first such installation in India and the largest operating nuclear power plant in Asia at the time, was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, on 19 January.
Q28. The Dhruva research reactor at BARC was named by which President of India?
a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b) Dr. Giani Zail Singh
c) Pranab Mukherjee
d) Ram Nath Kovind
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Correct Answer: b) Dr. Giani Zail Singh
Explanation: The Dhruva research reactor at BARC was named by Dr. Giani Zail Singh, the then President of India. Construction of Dhruva was an important milestone in the development and implementation of indigenous nuclear technology.
Q29. India’s nuclear energy self-sufficiency extends from uranium exploration and mining through to which of the following?
a) Space exploration
b) Information technology
c) Reprocessing and waste management
d) Biotechnology research
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Correct Answer: c) Reprocessing and waste management
Explanation: India’s nuclear energy self-sufficiency extends from uranium exploration and mining through fuel fabrication, heavy water production, reactor design and construction, to reprocessing and waste management.
Q30. The first reactors at BARC and its affiliated power generation centers were imported from which country?
a) Russia
b) France
c) United States
d) Canada
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Correct Answer: c) United States
Explanation: India’s first power reactors, installed at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station, were from the United States. The primary importance of BARC is as a research center.