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Which of the following is NOT one of the five missiles developed under IGMDP?

Correct answer: (B) BrahMos.

BrahMos was not one of the five missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

  1. (A)

    Akash

  2. (B)

    BrahMos

  3. (C)

    Agni

  4. (D)

    Nag

Explanation

The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme grouped five proposals into one sanctioned programme: Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Nag and Agni. The DRDO monograph states this list while describing the programme sanctioned in July 1983, matching the standard RAS framing of IGMDP as the source of Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Trishul and Nag. BrahMos does not fit that list. It is treated separately in the same DRDO source as joint development with Russia, and as a separate Indo-Russian joint venture from 1998. Therefore, among the options, BrahMos is the missile outside IGMDP.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Akash is wrong because the DRDO monograph lists Akash among the five proposals integrated into IGMDP.
  • (C) Agni is wrong because it was the fifth proposal added to the IGMDP set, not a missile outside the programme.
  • (D) Nag is wrong because it appears in the official IGMDP list along with Prithvi, Trishul, Akash and Agni.

Concept

This tests India’s indigenous missile-development programmes under Science and Technology. RAS repeats it because IGMDP is a standard defence-technology milestone and BrahMos is a common trap option.

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