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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The DRDO has conducted the successful trial launch of which missile system?
A
Variant Land Sea Route Surface to Air Missile
B
Very Limited Short Range Surface to Air Missile
C
Volatile Large System Range Surface to Air Missile
D
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -DRDO conducts successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence interceptor off Odisha coast.

Detailed explanation-2: -NGARM developmental trials will resume from 2020 after a gap of two years. The DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile or NGARM now officially named Rudram-1 was successfully test-fired from Integrated Test Range, Balasore on 9 October 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -QRSAM is a short-range Surface to Air Missile system, designed and developed primarily by the DRDO in order to provide a protective shield to the moving armoured columns of the Army from aerial attacks.

Detailed explanation-4: -India has successfully completed six flight-tests of the Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) system from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur off the Odisha coast, as part of evaluation trials by the Army, the DRDO said on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) which operates the Agni-5, carried out the successful test of the missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The nuclear capable missile which uses a three-stage solid fuelled engine, has been developed by the Defence Research and Development organisation (DRDO).

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