Q. Consider the following matches:
1. INS Arihant: Submarine
2. INS Virat: Aircraft carrier
3. INS Alleppey: Minesweeper
4. INS Saryu: Patrol vessel
Which among the above is / are correct matches?
Answer:
1, 2, 3 & 4
Notes:
- INS Arihant is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.
- INS Vikrant (from Sanskrit vikrānta, "courageous") was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy.
- INS Alleppey is one of the six Ponchicherry class coastal minesweepers purchased from the erstwhile USSR in the 1970s.
- INS Saryu is the first Saryu-class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, designed and constructed indigenously by the Goa Shipyard Limited.