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Answer: (c)

Pokhran is a city and a municipality located in Jaisalmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a remote location in the Thar Desert region and served as the test site for India’s first underground nuclear weapon detonation.

It shot into the international limelight on 7 September 1974 when the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi verbally authorized scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay to detonate a small and miniaturized nuclear device.

Throughout its development, the device was formally called the “Peaceful Nuclear Explosive (PNE)” by the Indian Government, but it was usually referred to as the Operation Smiling Buddha.

On May 11 of 1998, 24 years after the first operation, the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the joint operation, known as Pokhran-II. The AEC India detonated its four devices as part of the underground nuclear testing on the Pokhran Test Range.

Answer: (c)

The Agni missile is a family of medium to intercontinental-range ballistic missiles developed by India, named after one of the five elements of nature. The first missile of the series, Agni-I was developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program and tested in 1991.

After its success, the Agni missile program was separated from the IGMDP upon realizing its strategic importance. As of 2008, the Agni missile family comprises three deployed variants while two more variants are under testing.

Answer: (d)

Plotter is a computer printing device for printing vector graphics, whereas a compiler is a computer programme that transforms source code written in a computer language into another computer language. Liveware was used in the computer industry as early as 1966 to refer to computer users in humorous contexts by analogy with hardware and software.

Answer: (c)

Paul Volcker is an American economist. In April 2004, the United Nations assigned Volcker to research possible corruption in the Iraqi Oil for Food program. In the report summarizing its research, Volcker criticized Kojo Annan, son of then-UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan, and the Swiss company Cotecna Inspection SA, Kojo's employer, for trying to conceal their relationship.

Answer: (a)

The Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC) housed at the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh. Established in 1986, it is funded jointly by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.