The Suryakiran Aerobatic Team of the Indian Air Force, which performed over Meerut for the first time in September 2026, flies which aircraft?
- A.HAL Tejas
- B.Hawk Mk132
- C.Kiran Mk II
- D.Pilatus PC-7
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Explanation
The correct answer is Hawk Mk132. The Ministry of Defence says the Suryakiran Aerobatic Team flies nine distinctive red-and-white Hawk Mk132 aircraft, licence-manufactured in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). These jets have also been modified in India with smoke pods that produce coloured smoke, which let the team paint the sky in saffron, white and green.
HAL Tejas, Kiran Mk II and Pilatus PC-7 are aircraft names that often appear as distractors in defence questions, but the release names none of them as the aircraft of SKAT, so options A, C and D are wrong. When you revise, link the team to its aircraft and the aircraft to its manufacturer: Suryakiran, Hawk Mk132, HAL. Also note the number of aircraft in the display, nine, because SKAT is known as the only nine-aircraft aerobatic team in Asia.
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Practice Questions
In which year was the Suryakiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force established?
- A.1982
- B.1996
- C.2002
- D.2011
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According to the Ministry of Defence, SKAT was established in 1996 and holds the distinction of being the only nine-aircraft aerobatic team in Asia.
Read the full explanation →The smoke pods that let the Suryakiran team's Hawk Mk132 aircraft trail coloured smoke were integrated at the IAF's Base Repair Depot in which city?
- A.Nashik
- B.Bengaluru
- C.Kanpur
- D.Chandigarh
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The Ministry of Defence describes the smoke pods as a significant indigenous modification to the Hawk Mk132, developed in India at the Indian Air Force's Base Repair Depot, Nashik.
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.
Read the full explanation →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 →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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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.
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