Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What produces nuclear energy? [1]
(A) Nuclear fission
(B) Only coal burning
(C) Only solar radiation
(D) Wind movement
2. What is nuclear fission? [1]
(A) Splitting atoms to release energy
(B) Combining atoms
(C) Burning fossil fuels
(D) Nothing specific
3. When were nuclear weapons first used? [1]
(A) 1945, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(B) 1939, on Germany
(C) 1918, on France
(D) 1857, on India
4. What is the NPT? [1]
(A) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(B) A trade agreement
(C) A military alliance
(D) A type of energy source
5. What does the NPT aim to do? [1]
(A) Prevent nuclear weapon spread while allowing peaceful use
(B) Encourage nuclear weapon development
(C) Ban all nuclear energy
(D) Nothing specific
6. What can nuclear energy be used for? [1]
(A) Generating electricity
(B) Only destruction
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only military purposes
7. What risk is associated with nuclear technology? [1]
(A) Destructive weapons capability
(B) No risks at all
(C) Only benefits, no risks
(D) Environmental improvement only
8. Why study nuclear energy and weapons? [1]
(A) To understand both benefits and serious risks
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. What produces nuclear energy? [1]
(A) Nuclear fission
(B) Only coal burning
(C) Only solar radiation
(D) Wind movement
10. What is nuclear fission? [1]
(A) Splitting atoms to release energy
(B) Combining atoms
(C) Burning fossil fuels
(D) Nothing specific
11. When were nuclear weapons first used? [1]
(A) 1945, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(B) 1939, on Germany
(C) 1918, on France
(D) 1857, on India
12. What is the NPT? [1]
(A) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(B) A trade agreement
(C) A military alliance
(D) A type of energy source
13. What does the NPT aim to do? [1]
(A) Prevent nuclear weapon spread while allowing peaceful use
(B) Encourage nuclear weapon development
(C) Ban all nuclear energy
(D) Nothing specific
14. What can nuclear energy be used for? [1]
(A) Generating electricity
(B) Only destruction
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only military purposes
15. What risk is associated with nuclear technology? [1]
(A) Destructive weapons capability
(B) No risks at all
(C) Only benefits, no risks
(D) Environmental improvement only
16. Why study nuclear energy and weapons? [1]
(A) To understand both benefits and serious risks
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests