2.3 The Inchcape Rock
Title of the text:
Inchcape Rock is a legend, a reef which is situated in the North Sea, close to the coastal region of Angus in Scotland. The poem is based on the series of events that took place around the dangerous rocks of the east coast of Scotland.
Poet Robert Southey:
He was born in Bristol, England. He was a Poet Laureate of England from 1813 to 1843. Some of his short poems like ‘The Scholar’. ‘The Battle of Blenheim’, ‘Bishop Hatto’, ‘The Inchcape Rock’ etc. are very popular with the school children.
Theme of the poem:
The poem gives us a message that those who do wrong things will meet with due punishment. In short - "As you sow, so shall you reap".
Story depicted in the poem:
The poem begins on a calm note. The waves were flowing over the inchcape rock without any impact. The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed a bell on the Inchcape Rocks to warn the sailor about the perilous rocks. When the sea pirate Ralph saw the bell he felt jealous of the Abbot's popularity. So he decided to cut the bell. He asked his men to sail him to the bell. He cut off the rope of the bell and the bell went down with a gurgling sound. The Ralph moved on and after plundering the Ships, was returning to his land. Suddenly the weather was getting worse. Thick haze covered the sky. A violent storm began to blow. Nothing was visible due to bad weather. But the Ralph was sure that the weather would soon improve. The Sailor wished they could hear the Inchcape Bell. But as it was already cut down, they didn’t hear any sound. At last the ship collided with the Inchcape rock and drowned along with all his sailors. But even in his dying fear, one thing the Ralph could hear. It’s the sound of the gurgling bell. In fact it was the devil below who was ringing his knell.
Ice Breakers:
A) Word register related to marine life.
1) sailors
2) fish
3) algae
4) crab
5) waves
6) coast
7) ocean
8) seashore
9) species
10) salt water
11) aquatic
12) ship
13) icebergs
14) sand
15) reef
16) sea bird
17) rock
18) iceberg
19) shells
20) islands
21) coral beaches
B) The functions of a lighthouse.
1) to show the direction
2) to serve as navigational aids / tools.
3) to warn ships about danger in the sea areas.
4) to show proper direction during the storm.
5) to guide the sailors to reach the coast.
6) help ships to find their way across the sea.
7) to tell ships that they are nearing the port.
8) It is metaphorically beacon light to all who are frustrated by failures
C) The various famous rocks in the world and the places.
1) Balancing Rock – (Mahabalipuram)
2) Rock of Gibraltar – (Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea)
3) Plymouth Rock – (shore of Plymouth, harbour)
4) Ayers Rock – Uluru (Australia)
5) Black stone-Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
6) Split Apple Rock-(New Zealand)
7) Old Harry Rock-(England)
8) Balancing Rock-(Canada)
9) Wave Rock – (USA)
10) Nanya Rock- (Taiwan)
D) Discuss the following expressions.
(a) As you sow so shall you reap
Answer:- This means that if you do bad things to people, bad things will happen to you, or if you do good things, good things will happen to you. The way you behave in life will affect the treatment you will receive from others.
(b) Crime gets its own punishment
Answer:- A punishment is a penalty imposed on somebody who is convicted of a crime. A punishment could be, for example, time in prison or a fine. Every crime gets punishment in the course of time.
(c) What goes around comes around
Answer:- The consequences of one's actions will have to be dealt with eventually. If someone treats other people badly he or she will eventually be treated badly by someone else. So the meaning of this phrase is, whatever you do to others, you will get in return
(d) Tit for tat
Answer:- ‘Tit for tat’ is giving back as much as you got, especially in retaliation for something harmful. A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
(e) Evil digs a pit for others but falls into the same
Answer:- It means that the people with bad mentality do some bad thing in order to harm others but at last due to their bad deeds they themselves got bad effect on themselves. If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself.
Stanzas - 01 to 04
Guess the meaning of-
Stir-swirl, whirl, rotate (here movement)
Still (adj)-- here,not moving , steady, silent,quiet,calm, stable etc.
Sails- canvas used for mast , strong sheet of fabric attached to a boat.
Keel - base or bottom of ship
Motion –movement
Steady -- stable
Shock - blow, jolt, stunned, unpleasant event
Buoy - floater, drifter, floating object anchored in the sea
Swing (Swung) - swayed, waved
Ring (Rung)-sounded, call for attention by sounding a bell
Mariner-sailor, seamen
Abbot-- head of Abbey of monks
Abbey-- a building where monks or nuns live or used to live
Aberbrothok- largest town in Scotland
Surge's swell--sudden and great rise in the level of the sea
Perilous--dangerous
blest--old English form of blessed
Stanza 05 to 08
New Words –
Joyance – (Poetic) joy, delight, enjoyment
gay- happy, light hearted and carefree
Wheel's round-- whirling over the sea, soaring
Joyance-- screaming in joy, delight
Speck – dot, spot, point, mark
Sir Ralph the Rover – a sea pirate
Pirate- a person who attacks and Rob’s ships at the sea.
Deck – flooring of a ship, boarding place in a ship, the upper floor of the
sea
The darker speck – here metaphorically used for the Inchcape Bell
Cheering – encouraging, motivating, soothing , delighted
Mirthful – joyful, merry, gleeful, overjoyed, amusing
Wickedness – evil, malice, badness, being immoral
Inchcape float – means the buoy (floater)
Quoth – archaic word for quoted (said/spoke)
Row – oared to, sailed to, rowing by oars in waters
Plague – torture, torment, cause trouble, kill, destroy
Spring- name of one of the seasons
float-a thing that is buoyant in water
Stanza 09 to 12
Vocabulary
Sunk- past participle form of sink, submerged, go down
gurgling-bubbling, make a hallow sound
burst-apart suddenly and violently
Scour'd-(here) travelled freely, energetically for ships to rob
Plunder'd store-big amount of looted/robbed wealth
Steers- directs the course of the ship, guide
haze-thin mist, fog
hath-(an archaic word)has
gale- a very strong wind
Stanza no.13 to 17
Vocabulary
dawn-(here)moon will appear, the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise
Canst-can, an archaic word for you can
breakers-(here) heavy sea waves
Methinks- it seems to me (archaic form of 'I think')
Swell- (here) Tide
drift- move slowly, be carried slowly by a current of air or water
Vessel- large boat, ship
Strikes-hits forcibly
tore- pulled hard
despair- frustration, absence of hope
beneath- under
dreadful- extremely bad or serious
Devil- the supreme spirit of evil, Satan, demon
Knell-the sound of a bell solemnly after death or at funeral announcement of death
Paraphrase – stanza 01-04
The atmosphere was calm and motionless. There was lack of movement in the air and in the sea. There was no force for the sails (cloth of the mast) from the sky. It made the ship and the base of the ship motionless in the ocean. The sea waves were flowing without any jolt and had a little rise and fall over the Inchcape rock that they hardly moved the Inchcape bell. Abbot of Aberbrothok had installed the bell on a floater at the Inchcape Rock in such a way that it floated and swayed on the waves during storms and warned the mariners. The mariners admired the Abbot of Aberbrothok because in the high waves they would know the hazardous rock by the warning sound of the bell which saved their lives.
Paraphrase – stanza 05-08
The sun was shining happily in the sky. All creatures on the earth were very happy on that day. Sea-birds seemed very joyful while chirping and encircling in the sky. In the widespread green ocean, the floater of the Inchcape Bell was looking like a dark spot. When Sir Ralph the Rover boarded on the ship, he gazed at that dark floater. He felt encouraged by the spring which made him whistle and sing. Even though his heart was filled up with joy, there was malice in his joy. When he saw the Inchcape floater, he ordered his men to leave the port and escort him to the Inchcape Rock where he wished to trouble the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Paraphrase – stanza 09-12
The boatmen lower the boat and sail to the Inchcape Rock. When they reach there, Sir Ralph bent down from the boat and cut the rope of the Bell from the Inchcape floater. The Bell sank down in the deep water with a gushing sound and bubbles rose up and burst around. Then Sir Ralph said that the next who would come to the rock would not praise the Abbot of Aberbrothok. Sir Ralph the Rover sailed away in search of ships for many days and looted valuables on them and became rich. Thereafter, he drove to Scotland's shore. A thick fog spreads everywhere in the sky so hardly they can see sun on high. The wind has flowed very heavily all day and stopped at evening.
Paraphrase – (Stanza 13 to 17)
Sir Ralph the Rover stands on the deck very confidently. It was so dark that no one was able to see any land nearby. Then, Sir Ralph said that there would soon be some light as the moon was about to rise. One of them asked if they could hear the sound of the waves because he thought that they should be near the coast. He added that he could not tell them where they were and hoped that he could hear the Inchcape Bell. The surge of waves is very high and they cannot hear any sound. Even though the wind has been very slow, they move forward towards till their ship crashes with a shaking jolt. Then one of them pleads Lord Christ and exclaims that it is the Inchcape Rock. Sir Ralph the Rover was totally frustrated and cursed himself in disappointment. The waves entered everywhere very fast and the ship starts to go down underneath the waters. While he was dying in the fear, the Rover could hear a horrible sound. The sound was the same like the Inchcape Bell when it was sinking down. It is as if the sound of the evil ringing a death toll for him. One who digs a ditch for others, fall in that very ditch someday.
Figures of Speech - (Stanza 01 to 04 )
1) No stir in the air, no stir in the sea
Repetition- The word 'no stir' is repeated.
Alliteration - The sound of letters 'n' & 's' are repeated.
2) The ship was still as she could be
Personification - The ship is personified.
Alliteration - The sound of letter ’sh’ is repeated.
3) Her sails from heaven received no motion
Alliteration- The sound of letter 'h' is repeated.
Personification - The ship is personified.
Inversion - The word order is changed. The correct order- Her sails received no motion from heaven.
4) Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Personification- The ship is personified.
5) So little they rose, so little they fell
Repetition- The word ‘little' is repeated.
Antithesis - Opposite words (rose and fell) are used.
Anti-climax -The words are arranged in descending order.
Personification - The waves are personified.
6) On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung
Inversion - The word order is changed.
It floated and swung on a buoy in the storm.
Alliteration - The sound of letter 's' is repeated.
7) And over the waves its warning rung.
Alliteration - The sound 'w' is repeated.
Personification - The waves are personified.
8) When the Rock was hid by the surge’s swell
Alliteration –The sound of letter 's' is repeated.
Personification - The rock is personified.
Figures of speech (Stanza no. 5 to 8)
1) The sun in heaven was shining gay.
Inversion-The words are not in a correct order. The line should be as - The sun was shining gay in heaven.
2) The sea-birds scream'd as they wheel's around.
Alliteration- The sound of letter ‘s’ is repeated.
3) It made him whistle, it made him sing.
Repetition- The words ‘it made him’ repeated.
Anaphora- It made him these words are repeated at the beginning of the line.
Figures of Speech – (Stanza 09 to 12)
1) The boat is lower’d, the boatmen row.
Climax – The words are arranged in the ascending order
Alliteration - The sound of letter ‘b’ is repeated.
2) And to the Inchcape Rock they go
Inversion - The word order is changed. The correct order- And they go to the Inchcape Rock.
Alliteration – The sound of letters ‘th’ is repeated.
3) Sir Ralph bent over from the boat.
Alliteration – The sound ‘b’ is repeated.
4) And he cut the Bell from the Inchcape float.
Alliteration – The sound ‘f’ is repeated.
5) Down sunk the Bell with a gurgling sound.
Onomatopoeia – The word follows the sound.
6) The bubbles rose and burst around.
Onomatopoeia – The word follows the sound.
Alliteration – The sound of letter ‘b’ is repeated.
Climax – The words are arranged ascending order.
7) He scour’d the seas for many a day.
Alliteration -The sound ‘s’ is repeated.
Figures of Speech – (Stanza 13 to 17)
1) On the deck the Rover takes his stand,
Inversion – The word order is changed. The correct word order- The Rover takes his stand on the deck.
2) For there is the dawn of rising Moon.'
Paradox - The line is absurd.
3) 'Canst hear', said one, 'breakers roar?'
Interrogation - The question mark is used here.
4) For me thinks we should be near the shore.
Alliteration - The sound of letter ‘s’ is repeated.
5) Now where we are I cannot tell.
Inversion - The word order is changed. The correct word order-I cannot tell where we are now.
6) Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,
Alliteration - The sound of letter 's' is repeated.
Transferred Epithet – The adjective ‘shivering’ transferred from human to shock.
Personification – The word shock is personified.
7) O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!
Apostrophe - One of the rovers is addressing to god.
Exclamation - exclamatory mark is used.
8) The waves rush in every side
Personification – The waves are personified.
9)But even in his dying fear
Transferred Epithet - The adjective dying is transferred from human to fear.
Personification – The fear is personified.
10) A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell
Simile - The sound of sinking ship is directly compared with sound of sinking the Inchcape Bell.
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Chapter 2: The Inchcape Rock
Prepare a word register related to marine life.
SOLUTION:
sailors, salt, waves, tide, coral reefs, octopus, sea-weed, compass, starboard, port, coast, harbour, maritime, nautical mile
The functions of a lighthouse are
SOLUTION:
To show the direction
To keep vigil
To warn ships of the dangers during darkness
To send signals to the ships by blinking the light in Morse code
Discuss in pairs the various famous rocks in the world and mention the places where they are.
SOLUTION:
Narrate in class a story about someone who destroyed or spoilt someone else’s good work.
SOLUTION:
There was once a grumpy man, who didn’t like anyone in his neighbourhood. Whenever the people would organise a community event, they would invite him to help and try to make him feel a part of the community. However, the grumpy man never attended any of the events. He stayed in his house all the time, never talking to anyone. Eventually, the neighbourhood stopped inviting him to any gatherings. Once when his neighbours had organised a funfair, the grumpy man, out of spite, destroyed the entire set-up the night before the event. The next morning, when everyone saw what had happened, they knew that the grumpy man must have been behind it. They let him off with a warning that the next time he caused destruction; they would report him to the police. As the grumpy man had spoiled everyone’s good work, they all decided never to speak to him again.
Discuss in pairs and groups the following expressions. Take the help of your teacher.
a. As you sow so shall you reap
b. Crime gets its own punishment
c. What goes around comes around
d. Tit for tat
e. Evil digs a pit for others but falls into the same
SOLUTION:
The given expressions have the traditional theory of Karma at their core sooner or later we will have to bear the consequences of all our actions, whether good or bad. So, instead of thinking ill of others, we should focus on being good towards them, as we will eventually be treated the same way we treat others.
Narrate in groups the scene described in the beginning of the poem.
SOLUTION:
The scene described in the beginning of the poem is best captured in the first two stanzas, wherein a calm scenario has been depicted. The air, the sea and the ship are in a peaceful state. The sea-waves are so feeble that they don’t send any sound or shock. They do not rise or fall enough to cause the Inchcape bell to ring.
Complete the following statement:
The Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape Rock because _______.
SOLUTION:
The Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape Rock because he wanted the ships to stay safe from collision with the Inchcape Rock that used to be submerged in the water during high tide.
The mariners were grateful to the Abbot of Aberbrothok because _______.
SOLUTION:
The mariners were grateful to the Abbot of Aberbrothok because he saved them from possible shipwrecks by installing the warning bell on Inchcape Rock.
The result of the thick haze that covered the sky was that ______.
SOLUTION:
The result of the thick haze that covered the sky was that sir Ralph and his crew couldn’t see the sun on high.
The Rover in frustration pulled his hair and cursed himself because ______.
SOLUTION:
The Rover in frustration pulled his hair and cursed himself because he was going to meet his death only because of his own wicked act of cutting off the Inchcape Bell.
Given below are the events that give the theme of the poem in a jumbled form. Arrange in a proper sequence as per their occurrence.
a. The waves were so small that they did not move enough to ring the bell at the Inchcape Rock.
b. The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on a buoy on the rock.
c. There was a thick haze spread over the atmosphere.
d. Ralph bent over from the boat.
e. Sir Ralph cursed himself in despair and in his frustration tore his hair.
SOLUTION:
b. The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on a buoy on the rock.
a. The waves were so small that they did not move enough to ring the bell at the Inchcape Rock.
d. Ralph bent over from the boat.
c. There was a thick haze spread over the atmosphere.
e. Sir Ralph cursed himself in despair and in his frustration tore his hair.
Describe the qualities of the Abbot of Aberbrothok in your own words.
SOLUTION:
Benevolent
Big-hearted
Well-wisher
Caring
Practical
Clever
Selfless
‘Jealousy’ is the most incurable defect. Justify.
SOLUTION:
‘Jealousy’ means ‘envy’ in its most negative form. It originates primarily from lack of self-confidence and is difficult to get rid of. Another reason for jealousy is poor self-image. The insecurity arising out of the fear of being rejected by someone leads to jealousy too. It upsets our social circle and turns friends to foes. This can further alienate a person, making him/her even more jealous of other people due to one’s own sense of inadequacy. All these insecurities, which stem from jealousy, can drive a person to cause harm to others. A lot of self-training is required to get rid of the negative emotion of jealousy. As long as a person holds a low opinion of self, he/she can never be immune to this defect. Even with a lot of practice, one is bound to feel this emotion at some point in their lives. Thus, jealousy is the most incurable defect.
‘But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness’. Explain this line in your own words with the help of the poem.
SOLUTION:
‘But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness’
Explanation:
Though Sir Ralph was in a cheerful mood and his heart was full of joy, the reason behind his happiness was a wicked plan that he had just devised.
Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a mariner’s life. Given below is the meaning of those terms. Identify the word.
Helps in steering the ship
SOLUTION:
Helps in steering the ship - sails
The lowest part of the ship
SOLUTION:
The lowest part of the ship - keel
Floating object that shows direction
SOLUTION:
Floating object that shows direction - buoy
Another name for a ship
SOLUTION:
Another name for a ship - boat/ vessel
Sinking sound
SOLUTION:
Sinking sound - gurgling
Ballad
A ballad is a song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny or romantic.
Traditionally the ballad has been considered a folkloric verse narrative which has strong associations with communal dancing. Generally, the term is used for a narrative poem which uses an elliptical and highly stylized mode of narration. The technique of repetition with variation may play an important part in it.
From the 18th century onwards, collections of folk / ‘popular ballads’ began to be made. The form was taken up by some of the most influential poets of the late 18th century as a folkloric form of expression.
A typical ballad consists of stanzas that contain a quatrain, or four poetic lines. Some ballads have a refrain, or a repeated chorus, just like a song does. The rhyme scheme adds musical quality to the poem. One famous ballad is ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the box given below and complete the table.
SOLUTION:
Write an appreciation of the poem, ‘The Inchcape Rock’.
SOLUTION:
Appreciation of the poem ‘The Inchcape Rock’
‘The Inchcape Rock’ by Robert Southey is a ballad of seventeen stanzas, also called quatrains as they are made of four lines each. The primary theme of the poem is that those who do bad things meet with a bad end at the hands of fate. The idea of ‘what goes around, comes around’ is at the core of the poem. The ballad is composed in a narrative style and the rhyming couplets follow the rhyme scheme ‘aabb’. The poem also contains a lot of old English words. The poet embellishes his composition with a number of figures of speech such as Alliteration, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Consonance, Exclamation, Inversion, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Repetition, Simile, Synecdoche, and Transferred Epithet. The highlight of the poem is the vivid imagery of the ‘bright, shining sun’ at the beginning to that of ‘hazy sky’ at the end, or that of the ‘steady ship’, ‘light waves’, ‘green ocean’, ‘birds wheeling around’, ‘sinking ship’, etc. that the poet employs to convey the message of poetic justice. Its smart usage makes the readers feel like they are a part of the scene being described. The use of symbolism also adds to the beauty of the poem where the Abbot is presented as the symbol of all that is good, while Sir Ralph symbolizes the evil. The Inchcape Rock is symbolic of the trap that Sir Ralph had laid down for others, which he himself fell into. Through the poem has been composed in the 18th century, the message conveyed by it is relevant even today that one should steer clear of wickedness and malice towards others, as that could be the cause of one’s own doom. The poem is didactic in nature, meaning that it conveys a moral through the story depicted in it. The moral of this poem is ‘As you sow, so shall you reap’. In my opinion, the poem is timeless, as its relevance can never diminish. For as long as humans suffer from the vice of jealousy, this poem will keep reminding them of its consequences.
Compose 4 to 6 lines on ‘sea’.
SOLUTION:
Sea
The land once pricked the sea,
Your waves from the shore flee,
And here it’s me,
Grounded unlike thee.
The sea in all its patience quipped in glee,
Oh I see!
Expand the idea on your own on the following topic.
Pride goes before a fall
SOLUTION:
Each one of us is truly special. Our achievements in life are the result of painstaking efforts, but one must never be blinded their achievements. Wise men have rightly said that ‘Pride goes before a fall’, meaning a show of vanity and over-confidence more often than not destroys a person. Basking in the glory of our success is only natural, but what takes us higher should also make us humble. This valuable lesson is taught to us through the popular story of ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’. Gloating in his ability to run fast, the hare shamefully loses to a tortoise! Thus, we realize that ‘Pride makes way for one’s undoing’.
Time and tide wait for none
SOLUTION:
The proverb ‘Time and tide wait for none’ illustrates the significance of time. We may take time for granted but it keeps slipping away. Young or old, rich or poor, time does not discriminate; it does not wait for anyone! Likewise, tide, too, waits for none. Regardless of where you stand, the tide will take its course. It comes and goes when it has to. Similarly, life goes on, and to fulfil our dreams we need to make the most of every passing moment. We need to focus only on what matters and disregard anything which is detrimental to our development. This is also emphasized by the proverb, ‘Make hay while the sun shines’, which tells us to make the most of every single moment that we have.
Man proposes, God disposes
SOLUTION:
It is said that ‘Man is the architect of his life’. Man is a constantly evolving being, planning meticulously, and moving at a rapid pace. Even so, not all plans made by man work out. ‘Man proposes; God disposes of’ is a proverb that tells us who the Ultimate Master is. Man etches out various plans, but even the best-laid plans can fail. The bright side though, is that God has his own plans. There is a time and place for everything. The universe and everything in it have been woven into one big complex plan. It unfolds when a higher power (God) wants it to unfold. Sometimes man’s plans may align with God’s plans and sometimes they might not. At such times, man must remember that God will make everything right. He will ensure that man ends up where he was meant to be. However, this doesn’t mean that we stop taking efforts, because after all ‘God helps those who help themselves’.
Look before you leap
SOLUTION:
If we take a shot in the dark, we are most likely to miss it. This is what the proverb, ‘Look before you leap’ seeks to convey. It warns us about the consequences of acting in haste and encourages us to make a well-informed choice before taking any action. Life may present us with various situations but limited options. This may prompt us to make certain rushed decisions. Even so, our focus must always be on making the right choice rather than the easy one. As tempting as it may seem, there are truly no shortcuts to success. Even a vast army can be vanquished if they underestimate the strength and tactics of their enemy. Remember that ‘haste is waste’. Hence, it is better to exercise caution and make a choice after considering all the facts, rather than repenting it later!
The poem begins with:
‘Without either sign or sound of their shock,
The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock.’
It ends with:
‘Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock.’
On the basis of these lines explain the change in mood of the poem.
SOLUTION:
The given opening lines from stanza 2 and the closing lines from stanza 15 marks a near-dramatic shift in the mood of the poem. The former set of lines depicts a perfectly calm sea, whose waves are so feeble that they do not even manage to move the Inchcape Bell. The latter set of lines portrays a shift in the conditions of the same sea, which has turned so rough that Sir Ralph’s ship has gone adrift. Though the wind has subsided, the ship violently collides with the Inchcape Rock, which is invisible due to the rise in water level.
(i) Read the following tree diagram and find out more information about opportunities in ‘on and off the shore’ the Indian Navy.
(ii) Required qualifications and various fields/opportunities for women to join in the Navy.
(iii) Colleges that provide education in oceanography -
National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
National Institute of Oceanography, Mumbai
MBA (Logistic Shipping Management), IIKM Business School, Calicut, Kerala
Indira Gandhi College of Distance Education IGCDE Tamil Nadu.
SOLUTION:
(i) On Shore and Off Shore Opportunities in the Indian Navy:
Executive Level:
A lot of opportunities are available at the Executive level in the Indian Navy. The various specializations available are:
Gunnery & Missiles
Anti - Submarine Warfare
Navigation and direction
Communications
Aviation
Submarine
Hydrography
Diving
Law
Air Traffic Control
Naval Armament Inspection
Logistics
Information Technology
Ocean Engineering:
This field of engineering deals with the design, research and development, testing, analysis, operations, maintenance of structures, marine vehicles and other systems onshore and offshore.
Marine Research:
This branch is responsible for conducting deep-sea exploration, studying the effect of climatic changes, atmospheric physics, land and water geology, mineralogy, bacteriology, radio-transmission studies, underwater acoustics, conducting routine data collection, and building facilities and expertise in different disciplines of oceanography.
[Note: The information given above is only for reference. Students are expected to visit various websites and find out more information about the various opportunities available with the Indian Navy.]
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