India's first private sector Howitzer gun-making unit is located at
- A.Jamshedpur
- B.Kolkata
- C.Hazira
- D.Gwalior
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Hazira. Larsen & Toubro's Armoured Systems Complex at Hazira, near Surat in Gujarat, is India's first private sector unit for making howitzers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the complex in January 2019. It builds the K9 Vajra-T, a 155 mm self-propelled tracked howitzer, under a transfer of technology from South Korea's Hanwha Techwin, on an Army order for 100 guns placed in 2017. A howitzer is an artillery gun that fires shells in a high arc, and K9 Vajra units have since been deployed with the Army, including in Ladakh. The plant became an example of the Make in India push in defence manufacturing.
A is wrong: Jamshedpur in Jharkhand is known for the Tata steel plant, not howitzer making. B is wrong: Kolkata has the government-owned Gun and Shell Factory at Cossipore, not a private howitzer unit. D is wrong: Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh has no such private gun-making plant.
Exam tip: Hazira (Gujarat), L&T, K9 Vajra-T 155 mm self-propelled howitzer, inaugurated January 2019.
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