RAS question
At which shipyard was INS Krishna launched?
Correct answer: (D) L&T Kattupalli, Chennai.
INS Krishna was launched at Larsen & Toubro's Kattupalli shipyard near Chennai.
Explanation
INS Krishna appears in the Indian Navy cadet training ship context in the cited report, and the location detail points to option D. Moneycontrol reports that Anupama Chauhan launched INS Krishna on February 16 in the presence of senior armed-forces officers and Larsen & Toubro. The same report identifies the vessel as Yard 18003 and says it was constructed at the L&T shipyard in Kattupalli near Chennai. That directly matches "L&T Kattupalli, Chennai", not the other major Indian shipyards listed in the options. The exam trap is to recognise the named shipyard, not merely the fact that the vessel is an Indian Navy training ship.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Garden Reach, Kolkata is wrong because the cited report identifies the relevant yard as L&T's Kattupalli shipyard near Chennai.
- (B) Mazagon Dock, Mumbai is wrong because the source links the vessel to Larsen & Toubro and Kattupalli, not to a Mumbai shipyard.
- (C) Cochin Shipyard, Kochi is wrong because the cited location is the L&T shipyard at Kattupalli near Chennai.
Concept
This tests Science and Technology current affairs through defence production and naval shipbuilding. Such questions recur in RAS because they connect national security developments with indigenous manufacturing and named institutions.