Question: What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier which has conducted its maiden sea trails on August 4, 2021?
a) INS Vikramaditya
b) INS Vikrant
c) INS Arihant
d) None of the above
Ans: b
Context
- Indian Navy conducted maiden sea trials of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on 4th August, 2021.
Related Facts
- INS Vikrant is first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier of India.
- Sea trial of INS Vikrant began off the coast of Kochi.
- This landmark achievement will put India in the list of only a few countries that have the capacity to manufacture aircraft carriers.
About INS Vikrant
- INS Vikrant is a 44000-tonne carrier, built at the cost of Rs 23,000 crore.
- It has been built at state-owned Cochin Shipyard in Kochi, Kerala with the participation of about 550 Indian firms including 100 MSMEs.
- It is the largest and most complex warship that has been designed and built in India for the first time.
- So far countries like US, UK, Russia, Japan, Italy and France have capability to design and build an aircraft carrier . South Korea is also pursuing a carrier programme.
By Kameshwar shukla