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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2020 — General Studies · Question 114 of 200

Q114
General SciencePhysics
Hydrogen bomb is based on
  1. a.nuclear fission
  2. b.nuclear fusion
  3. c.natural radioactivity
  4. d.artificial radioactivity reactions

Answer: (B) nuclear fusion

The hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb releases energy by fusing light nuclei (isotopes of hydrogen) into heavier ones, unlike the fission-based atomic bomb.