Consider the following statements about India’s nuclear policy: (a) India…
2023
Consider the following statements about India’s nuclear policy: (a) India started to invest in nuclear programmes in late 1940s under the leadership of Homi Bhabha. (b) The Department of Defence Production and the Department of Defence Supplies were established in the decade of 1970s after the war with Pakistan. (c) India has not signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Choose the correct answer from the codes below:
- A.
Only (a)
- B.
Only (c)
- C.
Only (a) and (c)
- D.
Only (b) and (c)
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Correct answer: C
Statement (a) is correct. India began its nuclear programme in the late 1940s under Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, who founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 1945 and later set up the Atomic Energy Commission (1948). ✔ Statement (c) is correct. India has not signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). ✖ Statement (b) is incorrect. The Department of Defence Production was established earlier (in 1962), not after the 1971 war, and the Department of Defence Supplies existed separately but not as stated. Therefore, the correct combination is (a) and (c).