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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country successfully tested its Mother of All Bombs?
A
Pakisthan
B
Japan
C
China
D
Nepal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -China has tested its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs” by official media in a reference to a US munition used in Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -US drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on Islamic State in Afghanistan. Also known as the “mother of all bombs,” the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2003, the US tested a 9,800kg bomb, nicknamed the “Mother of all bombs". Four years later, Russia developed a similar device, the Father of all bombs". This created an explosion equivalent to a 44-tonne conventional bomb - making it the biggest non-nuclear explosive device in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Going on, India didn’t seem to stop there, conducting the nation’s own mother of all bomb test for the first time. This Long-Range Bomb (LRB) was successfully flight-tested by an Indian Air Force (IAF) team and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet.

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