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 7th September 1974, when the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi verbally authorised scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay to detonate small and miniaturised nuclear device. Throughout its development, the device was formally called the Peaceful Nuclear Explosive (PNE) by Indian Government, but it was usually referred to as the Operation ‘Smiling Buddha’. On 11th May of 1998, 24th year 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-ll. The AEC India detonated its four devices as part of the underground nuclear testing on Pokhran Test Range.

1. The first vitamin discovered in 1897 was thiamine, also known as vitamin B1.

2. Thiamine was discovered by Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman.

3. Vitamin B1 helps body cells convert carbohydrates into energy and maintain proper functioning of the heart, muscles and digestive system.

Trishul is the name of a short range surface to air missile developed by India as a part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. It has a range of 9 km and is fitted with a 5.5 kg warhead. Trishul flies in supersonic speed and has a low altitude sensitive radio altimeter and height lock loop control on board, to skim over the sea at a very low altitude and hit against sea skimming missiles coming towards our ships.

An Admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations, the rank is reserved for wartime of ceremonial appointments. It is usually a rank above admiral (which is now usually the highest rank in peace-time for officers in active service) and is often held by the most senior admiral of an entire naval sevice.

Astra is an active radar homing Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) India.

1. Ichthyology is related to the study of fishes. It is a branch of zoology that studies the classification, morphology, physiology, behaviour, ecology, and evolution of fishes.

2. People working in the field of ichthyology are called ichthyologists.

1. Sunlight has seven colors.

2. Seven colours – violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow and red.

3. Violet has the shortest wavelength, while red has the longest wavelength.

4. The seven colours contained in sunlight can often be seen in rainbows.

5. Rainbows are formed when sunlight passes through raindrops.

The set of activities for nutritional care during illness includes which of the following points?

1. assessing nutritional status

2. planning and prioritising nutrition intervention(s) to meet nutritional needs

3. diagnosis of nutritional problems