Railway Science (Science and Technology – Nuclear Power)

Total Questions: 36

1. India’s 1st atomic power station was commissioned in [RRB NTPC CBT - I (28/12/2020) Evening]

Correct Answer: (b) 1969
Solution:

India’s 1st atomic power station - The Tarapur Atomic Power Station. Located - Boisar (Thane, Maharashtra). Other Nuclear power plants - Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (largest nuclear power station in India, Tamil Nadu), Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station (Rajasthan), Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (Gujarat), Narora Atomic Power Station (Uttar Pradesh), Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station (Tamil Nadu), Kaiga Atomic Energy Centre (Karnataka).

2. Which is India's newest nuclear power plant? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (30/12/2020) Evening]

Correct Answer: (a) Kudankulam
Solution:

Kudankulam (2013, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu). Father of India’s nuclear program - Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

3. Where was the first nuclear power plant set up in India? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (04/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (c) Tarapur
Solution:

Tarapur (Maharashtra):- It was commissioned on 28th October 1969. On 8 May 1964, a contract between the Government of India and the United States began as India's first atomic power project.

4. In which year was India's first nuclear reactor formally inaugurated by Prime minister J.L. Nehru? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (05/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (b) 1957
Solution:

India's first nuclear reactor:- ‘Apsara’. Designed by :- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and was built with assistance from the United Kingdom. BARC Headquarters - Trombay (Mumbai), Founder - Homi J. Bhabha.

5. Who founded India's three stage Nuclear Power Programme? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (07/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (b) Dr. Homi Bhabha
Solution:

Dr. Homi Bhabha :- An Indian nuclear physicist, was the founding director and professor of physics at TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research). Three Stage Nuclear Program: Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR), Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR), Thorium based Reactor.

6. At which place in Haryana is the Government of India developing a nuclear power plant? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (07/01/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (a) Gorakhpur
Solution:

Gorakhpur (Fatehabad district).

7. Which of the following is a nuclear research reactor operated by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (08/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (a) Dhruva
Solution:

Dhruva (India's largest nuclear research reactor). It is India's primary generator of weapons-grade plutonium - bearing spent fuel for its nuclear weapons program.

8. In which year did India conduct its second nuclear test in Pokhran? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (13/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (d) 1998
Solution:

It consisted of five detonations. The first detonation was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were detonations of fission bombs. The tests were assigned the code : Operation Shakti. The first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.

9. The nuclear power plant CHASHMA - III is located in: [RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/01/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (b) Pakistan
Solution:

CHASHMA - III Nuclear Power Plant (CHASNUPP-3) Construction started in 2011 and commercial operation began in 2016. Operator - Pakistan Atomic energy commission. Gross capacity - 340 MWe. Another nuclear power plant in Pakistan - Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP).

10. The largest nuclear power station in India is in _____. [RRB NTPC CBT - I (25/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (b) Tarapur
Solution:

Tarapur Atomic Power Station was (the first nuclear power plant in India) established in 1969.