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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Twenty Seventh International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fusion Energy Conference held in _________?
A
Gujarat
B
Bihar
C
Karnataka
D
Kerala
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The 27th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC) was inaugurated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 22 October 2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. Operational liaison and regional offices are located in Geneva, Switzerland, New York, USA, Toronto, Canada and Tokyo, Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -The IAEA was created in 1957 in response to the deep fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and diverse uses of nuclear technology. The Agency’s genesis was U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953.

Detailed explanation-4: -THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY) : (a) India has been a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN organization set up to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy, since its inception in 1957.

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