UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · INDUSTRIES — DEFENCE & HEAVY ENGINEERING
Shipyards 📌
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: Industries — Defence & Heavy Engineering.
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Key locations covered (8)
- Cochin Shipyard Ltd — Kerala
- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders — Maharashtra
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) — West Bengal
- Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) — Andhra Pradesh
- Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) — Goa
- L&T Shipyard Kattupalli — Tamil Nadu
- Reliance Naval & Engineering (Pipavav) — Gujarat
- Alcock Ashdown / state shipyards — Gujarat
Sample questions (12 of 33)
Year Cochin Shipyard was incorporated?
1972; commercial operations 1982
Cochin Shipyard built India's first indigenous aircraft carrier?
INS Vikrant (IAC-1), commissioned September 2022
Capacity of Cochin Shipyard's dry dock?
Largest in India — can build ships up to 1,10,000 DWT; new dock for 1.25 lakh DWT
Cochin Shipyard is owned by?
Government of India (Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways) — Miniratna
CSL listed on stock exchanges in?
2017 (IPO)
Cochin Shipyard also operates a ship-repair facility at?
Mumbai (Hooghly Cochin Shipyard at Kolkata as JV)
Location of Mazagon Dock?
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mazagon Dock specializes in?
Warships and submarines for Indian Navy (Scorpene-class submarines, Project 75)
Ownership of Mazagon Dock?
Government of India (Ministry of Defence) — Miniratna
Frigate class built by Mazagon Dock recently?
Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) stealth frigates; Visakhapatnam-class (P-15B) destroyers
Mazagon Dock IPO year?
2020
Location of GRSE?
Kolkata, West Bengal
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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 Industries — Defence & Heavy Engineering. 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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