Railway Science (Science and Technology – Missiles)

Total Questions: 21

1. What is the name of the indigenously developed High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target System which was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in December 2021? [RRC Group D 17/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Abhyas
Solution:

Abhyas - high - speed Expendable Aerial Target tested from Orissa, subsonic speed, programmed for fully autonomous flight. Shaurya -land-based variant of K-15 Sagarika missile, range 750 km. Pralay - short range, the surface to surface guided ballistic missile, range 150 - 500 km, payload 500 -1000 kg.

2. Which of the following is the third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile that was successfully flight tested by DRDO in July 2021? [RRB NTPC CBT - II (15/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) MPATGM
Solution:

MPATGM (Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile). DRDO was formed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then already functioning Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and the Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation (DSO). .

3. Which of the following is a multi - barrel rocket system developed by DRDO? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (28/12/2020) Morning]

Correct Answer: (b) Pinaka
Solution:

It was launched on 24 June 2021, at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

4. Which of the following is a supersonic cruise missile? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (29/12/2020) Evening]

Correct Answer: (d) Brahmos
Solution:

Brahmos:- It is developed in a joint venture of DRDO and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya (NPOM). It is a medium range ramjet based supersonic cruise missile. Akash - Medium range Surface to Air Missile system produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and is developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Trishul - Short range low level surface to air missile, developed by DRDO. Prithvi - An indigenously developed short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).

5. Which of the following nations developed the eco-friendly rocket ‘ANGARA’ ? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (10/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (a) Russia
Solution:

ANGARA is the family of space-launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow based Khrunichev State research and Production Space Center.

6. Which was the first vehicle to soft-Land safely on the surface of the Moon? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (16/01/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (a) Luna 9
Solution:

Luna 9 (1966) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's (USSR), to transmit photographic data from the Moon's surface to Earth. Ranger 6 (1964) was a lunar probe. It obtained the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. Apollo 17 (1972) was the final moon landing mission of the NASA Apollo program.

7. What is the nickname given to ISRO’s most powerful Rocket GSLV-MK III? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (17/01/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (a) Fat Bo
Solution:

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV): A three-stage launcher with strap-on motors. Indian Space Research Organisation has renamed the GSLV Mark-III as Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM - III). GSLV Mark - II (Naughty Boy). Fat Man - Code name for Nuclear Bomb detonated over Nagasaki.

8. Which of the following is a surface-to-surface intercontinental range ballistic missile developed by India? [NTPC CBT - I 19/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) Agni V
Solution:

It is a ballistic missile with a range of over 5,000 km. Shaurya - Hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile. Agni IV - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. Brahmos - An Indo-Russian joint venture, is a medium-range Ramjet Supersonic Cruise Missile.

9. Nirbhay missile has a strike range of: [RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/01/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (d) 1000 km
Solution:

Nirbhay is a Long Range Subsonic Cruise Missile capable of deep penetration into adversary territory to strike high value targets with precision. Developed by - Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Important missiles of India with range - Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) (25 - 30 km), BrahMos (300 - 500), Agni V (5000 - 8000), Dhanush (250-400).

10. Which is India's longest-range ballistic missile? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (25/01/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (c) Agni - V
Solution:

It is an ingeniously built advanced surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of over 5,000 km developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
IGMDP was the brainchild of renowned scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Other Ranges of Agni Missiles : Agni I - Range of 700-800 km.
Agni II - Range more than 2000 km. Agni III - Range of more than 2,500 Km. Agni IV - Range is more than 3,500 km.