With reference to Nirbhay missile consider the following statements 1 It is the first missile to be ...........

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With reference to Nirbhay missile, consider the following statements.

1.It is the first missile to be fully and indigenously developed by a private agency.

2.It is one of the few missiles in India to operate without a rocket motor booster.

3.It is a short-range super-sonic Cruise Missile.

4.It can carry nuclear warheads.

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

1, 2 and 3 only

2 , 3 and 4 only

4 only

1 and 3 only

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Explanation:

Statement 1: It has been indigenously designed and developed by DRDO.
Statement 2: It is India's first indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile. It has blended missile and aeronautical technologies which allows it to take off vertically like missile and cruise horizontally like an aircraft.
Statement 3 and 4: It is two stage missile powered by solid rocket motor booster developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) It has operational range of 1000 km and can carry warheads of up to 300 kg including nuclear warheads. It can be launched from various kind of platforms.