UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I · Question 95

Question 95 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. CAPF 2024 · P-I · Q95 · Current Affairs · Defence & Security

   "Mission Shakti" (DRDO) is the name given by India to

   1. Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
   2. Air-to-Air Missile
   3. Anti-Satellite Missile
   4. Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine

   भारत द्वारा "मिशन शक्ति" (DRDO) नाम किसे दिया गया है?

   1. अंतर-महाद्वीपीय बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल
   2. वायु से वायु में मार करने वाली (एयर-टु-एयर) मिसाइल
   3. उपग्रह-भेदी (एंटी-सैटेलाइट) मिसाइल
   4. नाभिकीय-ऊर्जा-चालित आक्रमण पनडुब्बी (न्यूक्लियर पावर्ड अटैक सबमरीन)
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   Answer: (3) Anti-Satellite Missile

   उत्तर: (3) उपग्रह-भेदी (एंटी-सैटेलाइट) मिसाइल

   Mission Shakti was India's anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test of 27 March 2019, in which a DRDO-developed interceptor destroyed a live Indian satellite in low Earth orbit. This made India the fourth country, after the USA, Russia and China, to demonstrate the capability.

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