GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD ORGANISATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in-
A
1948
B
1950
C
1952
D
1960
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first setup in August 1948 in the Department of Scientific Research, which was created a few months earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was setup on August 3, 1954 under the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a Presidential Order.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first chairman of Indian Atomic Energy Commission was Dr Homi Bhabha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Homi Sethna. Homi Nusserwanji Sethna was an Indian nuclear scientist and chemical engineer who rose to international prominence as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (India) during the 1974 Pokhran Test Range nuclear test, codenamed Smiling Buddha.

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