The first atomic bomb was thrown over

(A) Nagasaki
(B) Hiroshima
(C) Tokyo
(D) Hong Kong

Correct Answer : Hiroshima
Question Asked : SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Exam 2011
Explanation : Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city In history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8: 15 A.M. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. Its name means “Wide Island”.
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