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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 one of the twenty point programme launched in 2006?

  1. Garibi Hatao

  2. Kisan Mitra

  3. Khadya Suraksha

  4. Nuclear Urja Sasti Urja
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The 20-point programme includes various poverty alleviation and welfare schemes. Garibi Hatao (poverty eradication), Kisan Mitra (farmer assistance), and Khadya Suraksha (food security) align with the programme's objectives. Nuclear Urja Sasti Urja is not part of the 20-point programme.

Multiple choice

What is 'Kaveri'?

  1. India's indigenous aircraft engine.

  2. India's Low Cost laptop.

  3. India's Air to Air Missile.

  4. India's Space satellite.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kaveri is India's indigenous gas turbine engine developed by DRDO's Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. It represents India's attempt to achieve self-reliance in aircraft propulsion technology, though it has faced development challenges.

Multiple choice

Cadex-2009 was a joint military training session conducted by the navies of India and ______

  1. Bangladesh

  2. Sri Lanka

  3. France

  4. Maldives

  5. Indonesia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Cadex-2009 was a bilateral naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka conducted in 2009. Such exercises enhance interoperability, strengthen maritime cooperation, and improve coordination between the two nations' navies for security and humanitarian operations in the Indian Ocean region.

Multiple choice

Field Marshal is the highest rank in

  1. Army

  2. Navy

  3. Air force

  4. Territorial army
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Field Marshal is the highest rank in the Indian Army, a five-star general officer rank appointed only in exceptional circumstances. The Navy has Admiral of the Fleet as its equivalent highest rank, while the Air Force has Marshal of the Air Force.

Multiple choice

Operation Blue Star is associated with

  1. heart transplant in blue babies

  2. Israeli attack on Lebanon

  3. militray action in the Golden Temple

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

Operation Blue Star was a military operation conducted by the Indian Army in June 1984 at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. Its objective was to remove Sikh militants who had fortified the temple complex, not related to medical procedures or foreign military actions.

Multiple choice

Nuclear units’ lists, which contain the names of nuclear units of the two countries, are exchanged between India and Pakistan as a custom and part of Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities. When was this agreement signed?

  1. December 1988

  2. August 1999

  3. April 2003

  4. January 2011
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between India and Pakistan was signed in December 1988. This bilateral agreement requires both countries to refrain from attacking each other's nuclear facilities and involves annual exchange of nuclear unit lists. The other dates (1999, 2003, 2011) do not correspond to this specific agreement.

Multiple choice

The Arihant-class submarines, India’s first indigenously developed nuclear capable submarines, are being built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project funded by

  1. USA

  2. France

  3. Russia

  4. Germany
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Arihant-class vessels are India's first indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine. They are being developed under the US$2.9 billion Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to design and build nuclear-powered submarines. The lead vessel of the class, INS Arihant, is set to be launched for trial by the Indian Navy. Four vessels of the class are under development and expected to be in commission by 2015.

Multiple choice

The K-family of missiles is a series of

  1. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM)

  2. Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)

  3. Theatre Ballistic Missiles

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

The K-family of missiles is a series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) developed by India to boost its second-strike capabilities and thus the nuclear deterrence. Information about this family of missiles has mostly been kept classified.

Multiple choice

“Black Project” is the codename given to which of the following missile development projects?

  1. K-Missile Family

  2. Akula Class Submarines

  3. Arihant Class Submarines

  4. Agni Missile System
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

"The classified 'K' missile family" is known as the "Black Project" which DRDO officials are covertly working on. It is reported that "the top secret indigenous "K" missiles are faster, lighter and stealthier." These 'K' missiles are intrinsically important for India's nuclear deterrent arsenal because they provide India with a much needed ideal and invulnerable second-strike capability stated in India's Nuclear Doctrine and thus, shift the balance of power in India's favour in Asian region.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about Pokharan II 1. Shakti was the code name for the nuclear devices detonated during Pokharan II.

  1. Three nuclear devices were detonated between 11th and 13th May, 1998.
  2. These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states.

Which of the above are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pokhran-II refers to peaceful test explosions of five nuclear devices, three on 11 May and two on 13 May 1998, conducted by India at the Pokhran test range. These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states. On 18 May 1974, India exploded its first nuclear device in an operation code named Smiling Buddha (Pokhran-I). After about a quarter century, on 11 May 1998, Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) was carried out; Shakti was the codename for the nuclear devices that were detonated.

Multiple choice

Which of the following Central Armed Police Forces of India has recently celebrated its golden jubilee?

  1. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

  2. Border Security Force (BSF)

  3. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

  4. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

  5. Central Industrial Security Force (ClSF)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) was formed on 24 October 1962, so its golden jubilee (50th anniversary) was celebrated in 2012. This was a significant milestone for one of India's premier Central Armed Police Forces responsible for guarding the Indo-China border in the Himalayan region. Other options like BSF (1965), CRPF (1939), and SSB (1963) have different founding dates and thus different jubilee years.

Multiple choice

Choose the correct statement(s):

  1. INS Shakti, a Fleet Tanker commissioned in the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Kochi.
  2. Built at the Fincantieri Shipyard, Italy, Fleet Tanker INS Shakti was formally handed over to the Indian Navy on 23 September at the Eastern Naval Command.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

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

INS Shakti, a Fleet Tanker commissioned in the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Vishakapatnam.