India’s short-range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi II was successfully test-fired from ______.

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This question was previously asked in

SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam 2022 Official Paper (Held On: 15 March, 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Chandipur, Odisha.

Key Points

A ballistic missile is a weapon that is shot through the sky over a great distance and then falls to the ground and explodes.
DRDO successfully test launched the short-range ballistic missile in January 2023 from Odisha State.
Prithvi-II was carried out on January 10, 2023, from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
Prithvi-II is an indigenously developed Surface-to-Surface Missile Short-Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM).

Additional Information

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is a military research and development wing of the Ministry of Defence, with headquarters in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1958.
Prithvi missile was India’s first indigenous ballistic missile.
Wheeler Island, also known as Dr Abdul Kalam Island, is an island on the off-shores of Odisha in India, which hosts the Integrated Test Range missile testing facility.
It is operated by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).