Consider the following statements regarding “INS Vikrant”: 1. It has been designed by Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design. 2. It was built at Vishakhapatnam Shipyard Limited. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation: PM commissioned India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS (Indian Naval Ship) Vikrant.

INS Vikrant has been designed by Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, and built at Cochin Shipyard Limited, a public sector shipyard under Ministry of Shipping.
India has had aircraft carriers earlier too — but those were built either by British (INS Vikrant and Viraat) or Russians (INS Vikramaditya).

Source: FORUMIAS