CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s only aircraft carrier, which will be fitted with a marine hydraulic system for the first time is
A
INS Trisul
B
INS Shakti
C
INS Vikramaditya
D
INS Shivalik
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -India has commissioned its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, at a ceremony in the southern state of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: For the first time, India’s only aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will be fitted with marine hydraulic systems “GS-1MF and GS-3” to boost the air operations of the ship.

Detailed explanation-3: -INS Vikrant (R11)-India’s First Aircraft Carrier The INS Vikrant was launched on September 22, 1945 as Hercules.

Detailed explanation-4: -INS Vikramaditya (Sanskrit: Vikramāditya, lit. ‘Brave as the Sun’) is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy. She entered into service in 2013.

Detailed explanation-5: -During World War I the British navy developed the first true aircraft carrier with an unobstructed flight deck, the HMS Argus, which was built on a converted merchant-ship hull. A Japanese carrier, the Hosyo, which entered service in December 1922, was the first carrier designed as such from the keel up.

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