National Technology Day is observed in India on 11 May because on that day in 1998 India
- A.Launched its first satellite
- B.Conducted nuclear tests at Pokhran
- C.Set up its first supercomputer
- D.Started its first nuclear power station
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, conducted nuclear tests at Pokhran. On 11 May 1998 India carried out nuclear tests at Pokhran in Rajasthan, and the same day brought the first test flight of the indigenous Hansa aircraft and a successful test of the Trishul missile. The day was declared soon afterwards to honour Indian scientists and engineers.
Option A is wrong because India's first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched in 1975 and has no connection with this date. Option C refers to work on indigenous supercomputing from the early 1990s, again unrelated to 11 May. Option D points to the start of nuclear power generation in the country in the late 1960s, which is a different milestone altogether. Keep the three Indian days of these two months apart by their reasons: 11 May for technology, 21 May for anti-terrorism and 29 June for statistics.
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- B.29 May
- C.31 May
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