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    Consider the following pairs
    Aircraft Carrier of India           Country of Origin
    1. INS Viraat                           UK
    2. INS Vikramaditya             Russia
    3. INS Vikrant                         US
    Identify the correctly matched pair/s?

    2 only

    Incorrect Answer

    1&2 only

    Correct Answer

    2&3 only

    Incorrect Answer

    All of the above

    Incorrect Answer
    Explanation:

    Both codes  1&2 are correctly paired.

    • INS Viraat (decommissioned): INS Vikrant was followed by the Centaur-class carrier HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Hermes from the UK, which was rechristened in India as INS Viraat and served in the Indian Navy from 1987 to 2016. 
    • INS Vikramaditya: It is the Indian Navy’s largest aircraft carrier and warship converted from the Russian Navy’s decommissioned Admiral Gorshkov/Baku.
    • INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier that was commissioned into service in November 2013.
    • INS Vikrant (decommissioned): Beginning with INS Vikrant which served India from 1961 to 1997.
    • India acquired the Vikrant from the United Kingdom in 1961, and the carrier played a stellar role in the 1971 war with Pakistan that led to the birth of Bangladesh.
    • In 2014, INS Vikrant, was broken down in Mumbai.

    Hence option 2nd is correct.


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