What is the nickname of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?

What is the nickname of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?

  • (a) Little Boy
  • (b) Daisy cutter
  • (c) Big Giant
  • (d) Fat Boy
 
  • The Hiroshima bombing, carried out on August 6, 1945, had the code name 'Little Boy'. The uranium-235 gun-type nuclear bomb, the first to be used in warfare, was dropped from the B-29 bomber Enola Gay and exploded with 15 kilotons of energy, causing immense destruction.
  • Three days after the Hiroshima bombing, the city of Nagasaki was attacked under the code name 'Fat Man'. The implosion-type plutonium bomb, dissimilar to the Hiroshima bomb, was a 10,000-pound bomb dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar.
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 ‘NATO’ is an abbreviation of:

  • (A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • (B) Non-Aligned Treaty Organization
  • (C) Non-Aligned Trading Organization
  • (D) North American Transport Organization

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