Q. In 1974, the first nuclear test of Pokhran was code named as:
Answer: Smiling Buddha
Notes: Smiling Buddha was the code name of India’s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May, 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army base, Pokhran Test Range, in Rajasthan by the Indian Army. Pokhran-I was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.