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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

Directions: The question is independent of one another.

Modern warfare does not revolve around the usage of standard weapons and armaments only. Recently China held India hostage, when an artificial lake was formed in a region in Tibet under the control of the Chinese, and the overflow of the lake or a leakage in the dam could overflow the Sutlej and hence flood the entire Sutlej basin in India. China refused permission to Indian specialists to inspect the lake, and held the country ransom to a “water bomb”. Again, the US is arm-twisting India to support US on major issues like Iraq and terrorism, in return for supporting India's demand for a UNSC seat. These are symptoms of war, albeit of a different kind. Which of the following would qualify as war, according to the definition of war described above?

  1. The refusal of the Taliban government in Afghanistan to permit Indian forces to free hostages by use of force, of an Indian plane hijacked in India and taken to Afghanistan.

  2. The refusal of a groom to marry just before the marriage ritual if the bride's family did not provide him a Maruti 800 car in dowry.

  3. The US slapping high duties on Chinese exports to USA, in retaliation to rising trade deficit of USA with China, and the Chinese refusal to devalue its currency to set into order the imbalance in trade.

  4. A strike called by farmers in the rest of Maharashtra to protest against the decision of the government to cut power in the rest of the state to provide uninterrupted power to the capital Mumbai, when the power was actually generated outside Mumbai.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage defines modern 'warfare' as asymmetric pressure tactics rather than conventional combat - like China threatening India with water flooding, or the US leveraging UNSC seat support for political alignment. Option C fits this definition: the US using tariff retaliation as economic coercion against China mirrors the asymmetric pressure described. Option A describes a hostage situation (conventional security issue). Option B is a personal dispute, not state-level warfare. Option D is a domestic labor protest over resource allocation, not asymmetric warfare between entities.

Multiple choice

' Sagarika' is:

  1. A Book authored by V.S Naipaul

  2. Under Sea Missile

  3. Submarine

  4. Sea to Air Missile
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sagarika is the name of an under-sea missile (submarine-launched ballistic missile) developed by India's DRDO as part of the K-15 missile family. It is not a book, submarine (which launches it), or sea-to-air missile.

Multiple choice

'Operation Sarp Vinash' was meant to

  1. Kill poisonous snakes in forest

  2. Prepare medicines to cure from snake-bite

  3. Organise surgery for cancer

  4. Flush out terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Operation Sarp Vinash (Snake Destroy) was a major military operation conducted in 2003 by the Indian Army in the Surankote region of Jammu and Kashmir to flush out terrorists hiding in the mountainous terrain. The operation was named after the snake-like terrain and successfully eliminated numerous terrorist hideouts.

Multiple choice

The father of India's missile programme is

  1. Prof. Satish Dhawan

  2. Prof. Raja Ramanna

  3. APJ Abdul Kalam

  4. Dr. P. Chidambaram
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is widely recognized as the 'Father of India's Missile Programme' for his pivotal role in developing India's missile capabilities, including the AGNI and Prithvi missile systems. He served as the Project Director for India's first indigenous satellite launch vehicle (SLV-III) and later became the 11th President of India. Satish Dhawan and Raja Ramanna made significant contributions to space and nuclear programs respectively, but Kalam is specifically associated with missiles.