CLAT General Knowledge
CCLAT Current Affairs and General Knowledge section tests the depth of understanding in a range of topics. Candidates are expected to read a particular news or opinion piece in-depth. Reading at-least one newspaper every day is necessary. News, events and happenings pertaining to legal issues are particularly important when it comes to CLAT Current Affairs and General Knowledge section.
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CLAT 2020 General Knowledge: Rafale Fighter Jets
The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France on July 25 and will arrive in India on
Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air
Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm [1], took off
from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today and landed safely at Al
Dhafra airbase in the UAE after a sortie of more than seven hours. The five aircraft will be the first tranche of the 36 planes bought by India from France in a Rs. 59,000-crore intergovernmental deal in 2016. "Delivery of ten aircraft has been completed on schedule. Five
will stay back in France for training Mission. The delivery of all thirty six aircraft will be
completed on schedule by the end of 2021," the Indian embassy in France said in a statement.
The Rafale fighter jets are capable of carrying a range of highly effective weapons, including
the Meteor air-to-air missile and Scalp cruise missile. The Rafale jets will come with various
India-specific modifications, including Israeli helmet-mounted displays, radar warning
receivers, low-band jammers, 10-hour flight data recording, infra-red search and tracking
systems among others. The Air Force has readied the required infrastructure to welcome the
jets in its line-up.
Source: Excerpt taken from the NDTV, Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Shylaja Varma.
(Dated – 27th July, 2020)
The Indian Air Force is also in the process of procuring a new generation medium-range modular air-to-ground weapon system Hammer to integrate with the Rafale jets. What does the term Hammer stands for?
- Highly Advanced Modular Mutation Extended Range.
- Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range.
- Highly Advanced Modular Mitigation Extended Rafale.
- Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Rafale.
Explanatory Answer
An air-to-ground weapon system called HAMMER is to be integrated with Rafale. Options (c) and (d) include the word ‘Rafale’ in the end, which makes it wrong – HAMMER is an independent system to be mounted on a Rafale. Option (a) contains the word ‘mutation’ which is not associated with defence technologies. Option (b) is the natural answer.
https://theprint.in/defence/for-quick-deployment-of-rafale-iaf-opts-for-hammer-weapon-system-not-israeli-spice-2000/467470/
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