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Which one of the following is the best description of lsquo INS Rajput rsquo that was in the news re...........

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    Which one of the following is the best description of ‘INS Rajput’, that was in the news recently?

    Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

    Incorrect Answer

    Nuclear-powered submarine

    Incorrect Answer

    The first destroyer of the Indian Navy

    Correct Answer

    Nuclear powered icebreaker

    Incorrect Answer
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    Explanation:
    • INS Rajput will be Decommissioned on 21 May 2021 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
    • INS Rajput is the first destroyer of the Indian Navy.
    • INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR was commissioned on 04 May 1980
    • INS Rajput was constructed in the 61 Communards Shipyard in Nikolaev (present-day Ukraine) under her original Russian name ‘Nadezhny’ meaning ‘Hope’. The keel of the ship was laid on 11 Sep 1976 and she was launched on 17 Sep 1977. The ship was commissioned as INS Rajput on 04 May 1980 at Poti, Georgia by IK Gujral.

    Hence option 3rd is correct.

    By: Shubham Tiwari
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