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Indian Defence and Strategic Weapons

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Indian defence and strategic weapons questions encompass the nations military history, operations, and modern warfare capabilities. Key topics include indigenous nuclear submarines, historic military operations, and joint training exercises. This domain is highly relevant for general awareness sections in competitive exams.

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Indian Defence and Strategic Weapons Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not an extremist militant organisation operating in Jammu and Kashmir?

  1. Lashar-e-Toiba

  2. Harkat-ul-Ansar

  3. ULFA

  4. Hizbul Mujahideen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Lashkar-e-Taiba, Harkat-ul-Ansar, and Hizbul Mujahideen are all militant organizations that have operated in Jammu and Kashmir. ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) operates in Assam and other northeastern states, not in Jammu and Kashmir - its goal is Assamese independence.

Multiple choice

CENTCOM is

  1. an organ of the UNO

  2. the name of a ship acquired by India

  3. the US Central Command

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

CENTCOM (US Central Command) is the combatant command of the US Armed Forces responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia region. It is not a UN organ.

Multiple choice

Name of India's indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft is:

  1. Rudra

  2. Tejas

  3. Kranti

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Tejas is India's indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), designed by HAL and developed by DRDO/ADA. It entered service with the Indian Air Force in 2016. Tejas is a single-engine, delta wing, multirole light fighter aircraft intended to replace the MiG-21 fleet.

Multiple choice

What is 'Atlantis'?

  1. Submarine indigenously developed by India

  2. A small combat aircraft developed by HAL

  3. The U. S. Space shuttle

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) flew 33 missions from 1985-2011. The other options are unrelated - India's submarine is INS Arihant, and HAL develops the Tejas fighter aircraft, not unnamed small combat planes.

Multiple choice

The Indo-Pak War of the year 1965 was ended with

  1. Amity Declaration

  2. Tashkent Declaration

  3. Simla Agreement

  4. Bangladesh Pact

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Tashkent Declaration (signed by President Lal Bahadur Shastri and President Ayoobkhan of Pakistan)

Multiple choice

Under the supervision of which of the following options Indian Coast Guard secures the territorial water?

  1. Indian Navy

  2. Indian Army

  3. Indian Air Force

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Navy has been brought into the folds of the coastal security mechanism and entrusted with the overall responsibility of maritime security including coastal and offshore security. The Indian Coast Guard has been assigned the additional responsibility of patrolling the territorial waters as well as coordinating between the central and state agencies.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which is a surface to surface missile?

  1. BrahMos

  2. Shaurya

  3. Sirius

  4. Zeal

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Shaurya is a hypersonic surface-to-surface missile developed by India's DRDO. Unlike BrahMos which can be launched from multiple platforms (surface, air, sea), Shaurya is specifically designed as a land-attack surface-to-surface missile with advanced maneuvering capabilities.

Multiple choice

A and B, who are cadets in the Indian Air Force, take out an aircraft from the Jodhpur aerodrome without the authority of the commandant and fly it away to Pakistan.

Which of the following offences has/have been committed by them?

  1. Theft

  2. Criminal breach of trust

  3. Criminal misappropriation

  4. Sedition

  5. Both (1) and (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The act of A and B, who are cadets, has completed the components of Section 378 under Indian Penal Code. As and when the cadets take out the aircraft without the consent of authorities and fly away to Pakistan, offence of theft has been committed.