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  1. Which one of the following shipyards build warships for Indian Navy?
    1. Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai
    2. Cochin Shipyard
    3. Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam
    4. Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
Correct Option: D

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) is one of India’s leading shipyards, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial and navals vessels. Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. The company was nationalized by the Government of India in 1960. It was awarded the Miniratna status, with accompanying financial and operational autonomy in September 2006. Among commercial and scientific ships, GRSE builds oceanographic and hydrographic research vessels, marine acoustic research ships, non-propelled dredgers, grab hopper dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers, tugboats, and bulk carriers. GRSE built the Brahmaputra class frigates. It also built two of the Khukri class and all the Kora class corvettes. It has been awarded a contract to build four Kamorta class corvettes. It built all the Seaward class, Trinkat class, Bangaram class, and Car Nicobar class patrol vessels.



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