{"id":92710,"date":"2025-06-01T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92710"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:31:04","slug":"the-detonator-is-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/","title":{"rendered":"The detonator is used"},"content":{"rendered":"

The detonator is used<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”as the main mechanism in the bomb” option2=”as an optional device to increase the effect of the explosion” option3=”to initiate the main charge” option4=”to delay the detonation” correct=”option3″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n
UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Download PDF<\/a>Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device.
\n<\/section>\n
\nDetonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.
\n<\/section>\n
\nAn explosive train typically consists of an initiator (like a blasting cap or electric detonator), an optional booster (which may use a secondary explosive like PETN), and the main charge (which uses a bulk explosive like TNT, RDX, or ANFO). The detonator is the crucial first step in this sequence.
\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The detonator is used [amp_mcq option1=”as the main mechanism in the bomb” option2=”as an optional device to increase the effect of the explosion” option3=”to initiate the main charge” option4=”to delay the detonation” correct=”option3″] This question was previously asked in UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2019 Download PDFAttempt Online The detonator is used to initiate the main charge … <\/p>\n

Detailed SolutionThe detonator is used<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[1119,1099,1115],"class_list":["post-92710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cisf-ac-exe","tag-1119","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-miscellaneous","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\nThe detonator is used<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device. Detonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The detonator is used\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device. Detonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T11:31:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The detonator is used","description":"The detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device. Detonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The detonator is used","og_description":"The detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device. Detonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T11:31:04+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/","name":"The detonator is used","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T11:31:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T11:31:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"The detonator is used to initiate the main charge in a bomb or explosive device. Detonators contain a small amount of sensitive primary explosive that, when initiated (e.g., by electrical signal, friction, or shock), creates a shock wave powerful enough to set off the less sensitive but more powerful main explosive charge.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-detonator-is-used\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CISF-AC-EXE","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-cisf-ac-exe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The detonator is used"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}