Daily Quiz | On Border tensions with Pakistan

1 / 6 |
From May 11 to 13 in 1998, India conducted a series of five nuclear tests altogether called Operation ______ in Pokhran, after the devices were transported in an innocuous convoy from Mumbai. Fill in the blank.

2 / 6 |
During the series, the shaft for the first device was codenamed _____ _____, the second ‘Taj Mahal’ and the third ‘Kumbhkaran’. When the first device was detonated successfully, the 58 Engineer Regiment relayed a message to New Delhi: “The _____ _____ has collapsed”. Fill in the blanks (with the same word pair)

3 / 6 |
The impetus for the Pokhran II tests were led in 1996 by A.B. Vajpayee, and in fact was delayed by one day at an important juncture because he couldn’t contact _____ _____, which some scientists said delayed the tests by two years. Fill in the blanks.

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India’s decision to test nuclear weapons became all but clear when it became increasingly critical of the X Treaty despite having supported it in principle earlier. In September 1996, India, Libya, and Bhutan voted against the treaty’s adoption at the UN. Name the treaty.

Answer : Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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5 / 6 |
Following Pokhran II, Pakistan conducted multiple nuclear tests of its own on May 28 and 30, 1998. The tests were named for the district in Balochistan that hosted the test range. Name it.

6 / 6 |
Name the noted Pakistani nuclear physicist and a leading opponent of nuclear weapons who, after Pokhran II, held India’s actions responsible for Pakistan’s nuclear tests.