Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2014 · Science and Technology · Question 17

With reference to Agni-IV Missile, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a surface-to-surface missile. 2. It is fuelled by liquid propellant only. 3. It can deliver one-tonne nuclear warheads about 7500 km away. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 only

1. Correct. Agni-IV is an intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile developed by DRDO.
2. Incorrect. It is not fuelled by liquid propellant only; Agni-IV uses solid propellant stages.
3. Incorrect. Its range is about 4,000 km (roughly), not 7,500 km; that higher range is associated with later Agni variants, not Agni-IV.

Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.

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