Railway Recruitment Board General Awareness — Question 1602
Question
What was the code name of the nuclear tests conducted by India at Pokhran in 1998?
- Operation Smiling Buddha
- Operation Shakti
- Operation Vijay
- Operation Trident
Correct answer
B — Operation Shakti
Explanation (English)
The 1998 Pokhran-II tests were code-named Operation Shakti; Smiling Buddha was the 1974 test.
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