Agni-V, the longest-range missile of the Agni family, falls in which range class?
- A.About 700 kilometres
- B.About 2,000 kilometres
- C.About 3,500 kilometres
- D.More than 5,000 kilometres
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, more than five thousand kilometres. Agni-V is a three-stage solid-fuelled missile with a range beyond five thousand kilometres, which places it in the intercontinental ballistic missile class. It is canisterised, so it is stored in and launched from a sealed canister that can be carried by road or rail, which cuts the time needed to make it ready, and it has been tested with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle technology under the mission named Divyastra.
Option A, about seven hundred kilometres, is the class of Agni-I. Option B, about two thousand kilometres, is the class of Agni-II. Option C, about three thousand five hundred kilometres, is closer to Agni-III and to the submarine-launched K-4. The family rises step by step, so the safest way to remember it is that each number in the name takes the range further out.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year was the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme approved by the Government of India?
- A.1974
- B.1983
- C.1991
- D.1998
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The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, usually written IGMDP, was approved in 1983 and placed under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as its head.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following missiles was NOT one of the five developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme?
- A.Trishul
- B.Nag
- C.BrahMos
- D.Akash
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The five missiles of the IGMDP were Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag. BrahMos came later and from a different route altogether, as a joint venture between India and Russia, and it is a supersonic cruise missile, while the IGMDP produced ballistic and guided missiles of Indian design.
Read the full explanation →The name of the BrahMos missile is derived from the names of which two rivers?
- A.Brahmaputra and Moskva
- B.Brahmaputra and Volga
- C.Beas and Moskva
- D.Brahmaputra and Danube
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BrahMos is built by a joint venture of India and Russia, and its name joins the Brahmaputra of India with the Moskva of Russia to mark the partnership.
Read the full explanation →Nag, developed by the DRDO, is which type of missile?
- A.Surface-to-air missile
- B.Anti-tank guided missile
- C.Air-to-air missile
- D.Intercontinental ballistic missile
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Nag is a third generation anti-tank guided missile of the fire and forget kind, which means the operator can leave cover once the missile has locked on to the target.
Read the full explanation →Akash, developed by the DRDO, is best described as a:
- A.Medium-range surface-to-air missile
- B.Submarine-launched ballistic missile
- C.Anti-radiation missile
- D.Subsonic cruise missile
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Akash was one of the five missiles of the IGMDP and is meant to destroy aircraft and helicopters at medium range.
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