UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Indian Navy commissions Made-in-India advanced stealth frigate ‘INS Mahendragiri’ in Raksha Mantri’s presence at Visakhapatnam
Q1. How many frigates were sanctioned to be built under the Indian Navy's Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) programme?
- A. Four
- B. Six
- C. Seven
- D. Ten
Q2. The main propulsion of Project 17A frigates is described as 'CODOG'. In this context, CODOG stands for which one of the following?
- A. Combined Diesel or Gas
- B. Combined Diesel and Gas
- C. Controllable Oil-Driven Output Generator
- D. Combined Oceanic Diesel-Only Gearing
Q3. INS Mahendragiri was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of which of the following dignitaries?
- A. The Chief of the Naval Staff
- B. The Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister)
- C. The Chief of Defence Staff
- D. The Prime Minister
Q4. The Raksha Mantri stated that INS Mahendragiri would extend India's 'blue-water reach'. A 'blue-water' naval capability is best defined as the ability of a navy to:
- A. Operate solely within India's territorial waters and coastline for defence
- B. Operate exclusively inside the Exclusive Economic Zone for resource protection
- C. Operate across deep open oceans far from home shores for sustained periods
- D. Operate only in riverine and littoral waters close to the coast
Q5. With reference to the shipyards that built the Project 17A frigates, consider the following pairings of ship and builder:
1. INS Mahendragiri — Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai
2. INS Himgiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
3. INS Dunagiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
4. INS Taragiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
Which of the above are correctly identified?
- INS Mahendragiri — Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai
- INS Himgiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
- INS Dunagiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
- INS Taragiri — Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1, 3 and 4
- D. 2, 3 and 4
Q6. Which shipyard built the lead ship of the Project 17A programme, INS Nilgiri?
- A. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
- B. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai
- C. Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Kochi
- D. Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Visakhapatnam
Q7. Consider the following warships of the Indian Navy:
1. INS Satpura
2. INS Taragiri
3. INS Nilgiri
4. INS Sahyadri
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) stealth frigates?
- INS Satpura
- INS Taragiri
- INS Nilgiri
- INS Sahyadri
- A. 2 and 3
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 3 only
- D. 2, 3 and 4
Q8. In the induction sequence of a warship such as INS Mahendragiri, the term 'commissioning' most precisely denotes:
- A. The formal induction of the ship into active service in the Navy
- B. The handover of the completed ship by the shipyard to the Navy
- C. The floating-out of the hull into water for the first time
- D. The laying of the keel that begins the ship's construction
Q9. The design of the Project 17A stealth frigates, reflecting the Aatmanirbhar Bharat push in warship-building, was carried out in-house by which of the following?
- A. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- B. Warship Design Bureau of the Indian Navy
- C. National Institute of Ocean Technology
- D. Directorate General of Naval Armament Inspection
Q10. The Project 17 (Shivalik-class) frigates, the predecessor line to Project 17A, comprised how many ships?
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Six
- D. Seven