MCQs with answers on Defence Services in India - Part II

ANSWER: a) January 23, 2012

On January 23, the K-152 Nerpa nuclear submarine (Project 971U Shchuka-B class) was officially handed over to the Indian Navy under a lease agreement at the Zvezda shipyard in the town of Bolshoi Kamen. The submarine was commissioned as INS Chakra II and will be operated exclusively by the Indian crew, without participation by Russian specialists, for 10 years. The contract is worth more than $900 million. Before leasing the Nerpa, the Indian Navy only had diesel submarines made in Russia, Germany and France.

ANSWER: d) December 26, 2012

On December 26, 2012, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully launched the underwater missile K-15 off the Visakhapatnam coast. India is the fifth country to have an underwater launch system. The USA, Russia, France and China are the other countries .

ANSWER: c) December 19, 2012

The Indian Navy on December 19, 2012 received its first of the eight P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft from Boeing which boosted its anti-submarine warfare capabilities. In January 2009 India had signed a deal worth over $2.1 billion with the American firm for procuring eight P-8I long-range surveillance aircraft which are equipped with anti-submarine weaponry.

ANSWER: c) January 31, 1997

India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hercules in October 14, 1943. At that time, it earned the distinction of being Asia's first aircraft carrier. On 16 February 1959 the Indian Navy commissioned the gigantic vessel with a displacement of 20,000 tonnes. It saw action during the 1971 India-Pakistan war and was finally decommissioned on Jan 31, 1997. It served as a maritime museum till 2004.

ANSWER: a) 1987

INS Viraat is the largest aircraft carrier which was inducted in Indian Navy on 1987. The Indian Navy has set up a technical board to insure how much life is left in aircraft carrier Indian Navy Ship (INS) Viraat. The warship may get decommissioned by 2018.

ANSWER: b) February 1992

INS Shalki is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy built in Mazagon Dock Ltd. The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It was inducted in Indian Navy on 7 February 1992.

ANSWER: b) March 21, 1992

INS Shankul is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy built in Mazagon Dock Ltd. The submarine was the second submarine in the H1W series to be built in India which was launched on March 21, 1992 and was commissioned on 28 May, 1994.

ANSWER: a) April 26, 1991

INS Vibhuti is India's first indigenously built missile boat which was launched on April 26, 1991 at the Mazagon Docks, Mumbai. It was commissioned on 3 June 1991.

ANSWER: b) 1992

INS Vipul is the second missile boat built in the Mazagaon Docks, Mumbai in collaboration with Russia and joined the Indian Navy in 16 March 1992. It consists of surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.

ANSWER: c) November 1993

INS Nashak is the country's third missile boat built at the Mazagaon Docks. It was launched in November 1993.