Mission Shakti, carried out by India on 27 March 2019, was a test of
- A.A hypersonic cruise missile
- B.An anti-satellite weapon
- C.A nuclear device
- D.A submarine launched ballistic missile
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, an anti-satellite weapon. In Mission Shakti, on 27 March 2019, an interceptor developed for ballistic missile defence was used to destroy one of India's own satellites in low earth orbit, showing that the country could strike a target in space. A low orbit was chosen deliberately so that the debris would fall back into the atmosphere quickly, and India became one of the very few nations with this proven ability.
Option A is wrong because the hypersonic demonstrator flew separately, in September 2020, using a scramjet engine. Option C, a nuclear device, refers to the tests at Pokhran in 1974 and 1998, which were held underground and are a different story altogether. Option D, a submarine launched ballistic missile, describes the K-15 Sagarika and K-4 tests for the Arihant class, which are naval weapons and not a space intercept.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following missiles is a canister launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile developed by DRDO?
- A.Astra
- B.Akash
- C.Shaurya
- D.Trishul
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Shaurya is the land based version of the submarine launched K-15 Sagarika, and it is stored and fired from a sealed canister, which lets it be moved by road and launched at short notice.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, approved in 1983, was led by
- A.Homi Jehangir Bhabha
- B.Vikram Sarabhai
- C.A P J Abdul Kalam
- D.Satish Dhawan
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The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was approved in 1983 and Kalam, then at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, was made its head.
Read the full explanation →Which missile developed under the IGMDP is an anti-tank guided missile?
- A.Nag
- B.Trishul
- C.Prithvi
- D.Akash
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Nag is a third generation anti-tank guided missile of the fire and forget kind, which means that once the seeker has locked on to the target the operator need not keep guiding it, and the crew can move away at once.
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.Brahmani and Moskva
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BrahMos is built by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture formed in 1998 between DRDO and the Russian firm NPO Mashinostroyeniya, and the name joins a great river of each country.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Defence Research and Development Organisation formed?
- A.1947
- B.1958
- C.1969
- D.1983
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DRDO was formed in that year by bringing together the Technical Development Establishment of the Indian Army, the Directorate of Technical Development and Production and the Defence Science Organisation, so that defence research would be done under one roof.
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