Who among the following was the President of India when India launched its first Nuclear test in Pokhran?

Correct option is D

​The correct answer is (d) VV Giri

Explanation:

• India's first nuclear test was conducted on May 18, 1974 at Pokhran in Rajasthan. At the time, VV Giri was the President of India.
• The 4th President of India, V. V. Giri, served from 1969 to 1974.

Information Booster:

Pokharan-I

• By the 1970s, India had developed the capability to conduct a nuclear bomb test.
• The first nuclear test, Pokhran-I, was conducted on May 18, 1974, at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.
• The test was code-named Smiling Buddha and was officially referred to as a "peaceful nuclear explosion" with limited military implications.
• With this test, India became the 6th country globally to possess nuclear weapons, following the US, Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China.

Additional Knowledge:

• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam – Known as the "Missile Man of India," Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the President of India from 2002 to 2007 and played a significant role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998 but was not the President during the first test in 1974.
• Giani Zail Singh – He served as the 7th President of India from 1982 to 1987, a period that followed India's first nuclear test.
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as the 5th President of India from 1974 to 1977.