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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

Strategic Forces Command is responsible for:

  1. Management and administration of India's nuclear weapons stockpile

  2. Management of defence forces

  3. Administration of defence forces

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

The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) is the body responsible for the management and administration of India's nuclear weapons stockpile.

Multiple choice

Spyder is a / an

  1. advanced surface-to-air mobile missile system

  2. advanced surface-to-surface mobile missile system

  3. Air-to-air mobile missile system

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

Spyder (Surface-to-air Python and Derby) is an advanced surface-to-air mobile missile system designed to protect against various aerial threats.

Multiple choice

The full form of “IRBM” is

  1. Indian Rural Banking Management

  2. International Radio Board of Management

  3. Intermediate Range Ballastic Missile

  4. Intermediate Reserve British Management
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

IRBM stands for Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, which is a ballistic missile with a range between 3,000 and 5,500 kilometers.

Multiple choice

Prithvi, the short range missile has range of

  1. 100-150 km

  2. 150-200 km

  3. 200-250 km

  4. 250-300 km
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The original Prithvi missile (Prithvi-I) has a range of approximately 150 km, but variants like Prithvi-II have ranges up to 250-350 km. Given the options, 200-250 km is the most accepted range for the early operational versions.

Multiple choice

What was Khan’s codename during her time in WAAF?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.

Noor Inayat Khan was born on New Year's Day 1914 in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother. She was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century Muslim ruler of Mysore. Khan's father was a musician and Sufi teacher. He moved his family first to London and then to Paris, where Khan was educated and later worked writing children’s stories. Khan escaped to England after the fall of France and in November 1940 she joined the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force). In late 1942, she was recruited to join SOE as a radio operator. Although some of those who trained her were unsure about her suitability, in June 1943, she was flown to France to become the radio operator for the 'Prosper' resistance network in Paris, with the codename 'Madeleine'. Many members of the network were arrested shortly afterwards but she chose to remain in France and spent the summer moving from place to place, trying to send messages back to London while avoiding capture.
In October, Khan was betrayed by a Frenchwoman and arrested by the Gestapo. In September 1944, Khan and three other female SOE agents were transferred to Dachau concentration camp where on 13 September they were shot. For her courage, Noor Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949.

  1. Prosper

  2. Tipu Sultan

  3. Paris

  4. Madeleine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The seventh sentence of the passage answers this. ‘She was flown to France to become the radio operator for the 'Prosper' resistance network in Paris, with the codename 'Madeleine'.’