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India's only Naval Aviation Museum is located in:
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Answer: Option B — Goa
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India's only Naval Aviation Museum is located at Bogmalo, near Vasco da Gama, in Goa.
About the Naval Aviation Museum:
- It was opened on 12 October 1998.
- It is run by the Indian Navy.
- It is located near the naval air station INS Hansa, which is the main base of the Indian Navy's aviation wing on the west coast.
- It is often described as one of only two naval aviation museums in Asia.
- It has both an outdoor exhibition and an indoor gallery.
Its outdoor exhibits include aircraft and helicopters that served in the Indian Navy, such as the Super Constellation, the Sea Hawk, the Alize (an anti-submarine aircraft), the Sea Harrier, the Kamov Ka-25, the Sea King and the Fairey Firefly.
Its indoor galleries display models, weapons, uniforms, photographs, flight simulators and the history of Indian naval aviation.
About naval aviation in India:
The Indian Navy's air arm was formed in 1953, when the Naval Air Station at Kochi (INS Garuda) was commissioned.
India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant (formerly HMS Hercules), was commissioned in 1961. It played an important role in the 1971 war.
INS Viraat (formerly HMS Hermes) served from 1987 to 2017.
INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Soviet Admiral Gorshkov) was commissioned in 2013.
INS Vikrant, India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 2 September 2022. It was built at the Cochin Shipyard.
Other military museums:
- Submarine Museum (INS Kursura): Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; a decommissioned submarine converted into a museum (2002).
- Indian Air Force Museum: Palam, New Delhi.
- Maritime Museum: Mumbai.
- National War Museum: being built near the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
About Goa's naval importance:
- INS Hansa at Dabolim is one of the largest naval air stations in India.
- The Goa Shipyard Limited at Vasco is a defence shipyard.
Why not the other options?
- ✗Visakhapatnam has the INS Kursura Submarine Museum.
- ✗Kochi has the INS Garuda naval air station.
- ✗Mumbai has the Maritime Museum.
Quick tip
Remember: Naval Aviation Museum = Bogmalo, Goa (1998; near INS Hansa); Submarine Museum INS Kursura = Visakhapatnam; IAF Museum = Palam, Delhi; INS Vikrant (indigenous carrier) = 2022.
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