ENGLISH QUIZ 13.10.2020

1.Consider the following statements:

1.India successfully conducted the flight test of a Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo                   (SMART) system developed by the DRDO.

2.It is developed by a number of DRDO laboratories including DRDL, RCB Hyderabad, ADRDE Agra           and NSTL Visakhapatnam have developed the technologies required for SMART.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

2.Consider the following statements:

1.India and Myanmar have agreed to work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the                 Rakhine state in the first quarter of 2021.

2.It is a deepwater port constructed by India in 2013 at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in                         Myanmar.

3.The port is situated at the mouth of the Kaladan River and is being financed by India as a part of                the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 are correct

B. 1 and 3 are correct

C. 2 and 3 are correct

D. All of the above

ANSWERS:-

Answer: 1)A      

Explanation

India successfully conducted the flight test of a Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha. In the mid-2010s, DRDO undertook a project to build capacity to launch torpedoes assisted by missiles.

What is the SMART system?

• The SMART system comprises a mechanism by which the torpedo is launched from a supersonic missile system with modifications that would take the torpedo to a far longer range than its own.
• For example, a torpedo with a range of a few kilometres can be sent a distance to the tune of 1000 km by the missile system from where the torpedo is launched.
• It is developed by a number of DRDO laboratories including DRDL, RCI Hyderabad, ADRDE Agra and NSTL Visakhapatnam have developed the technologies required for SMART.
• Torpedoes, self-propelled weapons that travel underwater to hit a target, are limited by their range.
• The system also gives flexibility in terms of the missile system’s launch platform.

Why is it significant?

• SMART is a game-changing technology demonstration in anti-submarine warfare.
• India’s anti-submarine warfare capacity building is crucial in light of China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region.
• The capability of launching nuclear weapons from submarine platforms has great strategic importance in light of the “no first use” policy of India.

Recent naval advancements by India

Shaurya

• It is an indigenously developed nuclear-capable hypersonic missile with a strike range of around 1,000 km was tested successfully recently.
• Shaurya is a land-based parallel of the submarine-launched K-15 missile.

K-4 missiles

• DRDO has recently conducted two successful tests of the K Family’s K-4 missiles.
• The missile, developed by the DRDO, has a range of 3,500 km.
• The missile is being developed for integration with India’s Arihant class nuclear submarines.

Answer: 2)B

Explanation

India and Myanmar have agreed to work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine state in the first quarter of 2021.

About Sittwe Port

• It is a deepwater port constructed by India in 2016 at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar.
• The port is situated at the mouth of the Kaladan River and is being financed by India as a part of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project.

About Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project

• The Kaladan project connects Sittwe Port in Myanmar to the India-Myanmar border.
• The project was jointly initiated by India and Myanmar to create a multi-modal platform for cargo shipments from the eastern ports to Myanmar and to the North-eastern parts of the country through Myanmar.
• In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kaladan riverboat route and then from Paletwa by road to Mizoram state in Northeast India.

Significance

• The project will reduce the distance from Kolkata to Sittwe by approximately 1328 km.
• It will also reduce the need to transport goods through the narrow Siliguri corridor also known as Chicken’s Neck.
• Note:
• India has also announced a grant of two million US Dollars for the construction of the border Haat Bridge at Byanyu/Sarsichauk in Chin State that will provide increased economic connectivity between Mizoram and Myanmar.

US $ 2 million grant announced

• The Indian side also praised Myanmar for handing over 22 cadres of militant groups.
• India announced a grant of US $ 2 million for the construction of a border market in Baynew / Sarischouk in Chin State, Myanmar.
• This initiative will help improve connectivity between Mizoram and Myanmar.