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S&T — Defence, DRDO, Strategic Weapons 🛡️
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Defence & DRDO (Current).
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130QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (33)
- DRDO — Organisation — Delhi
- Mission Divyastra — Agni-V with MIRV (March 2024)
- BrahMos — Indo-Russian Cruise Missile
- Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket System
- Akash-NG (Next Generation SAM)
- QRSAM — Quick Reaction SAM
- Astra Mk-1 — BVR Air-to-Air Missile
- K-4 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
- HAL Tejas LCA Mk-1A & AMCA — Karnataka
- Rafale-Marine (Indian Navy)
- INS Vikrant — Indigenous Aircraft Carrier — Kerala
- INS Arighat — India's 2nd SSBN
- INS Vagsheer — 6th Kalvari-class SSK
- S-400 Triumf — Indian Inductions
- iDEX — Innovations for Defence Excellence
- Positive Indigenisation Lists (Defence)
- Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
- AMCA — Stealth 5th-Gen Fighter
- Light Combat Helicopter Prachand
- Mission Shakti — A-SAT (March 2019)
- Zorawar Light Tank
- Pralay — Tactical Ballistic Missile
- DRDO Hypersonic Programme (HSTDV)
- DRDO DEWs (Directed-Energy Weapons)
- Pinaka — Export Orders
- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) & Theatre Commands
- Positive Indigenisation Lists (Detailed)
- BrahMos — Philippines Delivery (Apr 2024) — Maharashtra
- Dhanush Howitzer
- ATAGS Howitzer
- Su-30 MKI Upgrade (2024)
- Project 15B Visakhapatnam-class Destroyers
- Project 17A Stealth Frigates
Sample questions (12 of 130)
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was established in which year?
1958
Who is the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D, and Chairman of DRDO (since 2022)?
Dr Samir V Kamat
DRDO is a department under which Ministry?
Ministry of Defence
DRDO operates approximately how many laboratories across India?
About 52 labs
DRDO's missile testing range on the Odisha coast is called?
Interim Test Range (ITR) Chandipur and Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island)
DRDO's flagship lab for missile development is?
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad
DRDO's flagship lab for naval systems is?
Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), Ambernath / DRDO Naval Science & Tech Lab Visakhapatnam
DRDO's lab for combat aircraft systems development is?
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru
DRDO's lab for ground-vehicle/tank systems is?
Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Avadi (Chennai)
DRDO's lab for life sciences and high-altitude medicine is?
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Delhi
Mission Divyastra, the first Indian test of an Agni-V variant carrying MIRV warheads, took place on?
11 March 2024
'MIRV' stands for?
Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Defence & DRDO (Current). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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