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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

The Muslim organization recently banned by the UN for being a terrorist outfit is

  1. Let

  2. LTTE

  3. Jamat-e-Dawa

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

Jamat-e-Dawa (JuD) is a Pakistan-based organization that was banned by the UN Security Council in 2008 for being a terrorist outfit. It is considered a front organization for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which was responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The UN banned it under Resolution 1267. The LTTE option is a common distractor but has spelling errors from the actual Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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.