From which site was the quasi-ballistic missile Pralay flight-tested on 5 November 2026?
- A.Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
- B.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha
- C.Pokhran, Rajasthan
- D.Thumba, Kerala
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Explanation
The correct answer is Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha. DRDO fired the missile from that island at about 1110 hrs, and the range instruments that confirmed the result were deployed by the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, which is also in Odisha. Option A is wrong because Sriharikota is a launch site for space missions, not the venue named for this trial. Option C is wrong because Pokhran is not the site given here. Option D is wrong because Thumba does not figure in the test at all. The only two places that appear in connection with this flight-test are the island off the Odisha coast, from where the missile was launched, and Chandipur, from where it was tracked; the development work was done at Research Centre Imarat in Hyderabad. Learning the island and Chandipur as a pair is the safest way to answer such a question.
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Practice Questions
Which DRDO laboratory developed the Pralay missile indigenously?
- A.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- B.Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad
- C.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- D.Bharat Electronics Limited
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The correct answer is Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, which developed Pralay within the country along with other DRDO laboratories.
Read the full explanation →Pralay, tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast, belongs to which category of missile?
- A.Subsonic cruise missile
- B.Quasi-ballistic missile
- C.Surface-to-air missile
- D.Anti-tank guided missile
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The correct answer is quasi-ballistic missile, the class to which Pralay belongs.
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- D.Male, Maldives
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