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Five nuclear tests codenamed Shakti I, Shakti II, Shakti III, Shakti IV and Shakti V were conducted.

Shakti
IV was conducted at the Chagai Hills and was not the lowest yield device tested. The 43 kiloton (KT)
device was codenamed Shakti III, but was not tested at Pokharan. The 12 KT device was tested at Lop
Nor but was not under the codename of Shakti V. The Murora Atoll testing range is used only for
conducting tests on devices that exceed 1 KT. The test carried out at Pokharan was the largest of the
sub-kiloton devices tested and was codenamed Shakti II. The devices tested had different yields that
were 0.2 KT, 0.3 KT, 0.5 KT, 12 KT and 43 KT. The various test ranges available for conducting the tests
are Baikanur, Chagai Hills, Lop Nor, Murora Atoll, and Pokharan.

Question:

The yield of the device tested at the Baikanur range was:

Options:

1. 0.2 KT
2. 0.3 KT
3. 0.5 KT
4. 43 KT

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