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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 formed a part of the Operation Blossom, which aimed at evacuation of Indian nationals from Libya in February 2011?

  1. INS Mysore

  2. INS Jalashwa

  3. INS Aditya

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Indian Navy ships INS Mysore, INS Jalashwa and INS Aditya sailed from Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) of Indian Nationals from Libya on February 26, 2011. The ships were thereafter deployed off Tripoli in March, 2011 and evacuated 150 Indian nationals to Malta.

Multiple choice

What was the name given to the exercise conducted by the Indian Army in Thar Desert to test its network centric warfare capabilities?

  1. Ashwamedha

  2. Brasstacks

  3. Sanghe Shakti

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

Indian Army tested its network centric warfare capabilities in the exercise named 'Ashwamedha'. The exercise was held in the Thar Desert, in which over 300,000 troops participated. Asymmetric warfare capability was also tested by the Indian Army during the exercise.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is India's first indigenously manufactured fighter-bomber jet aircraft, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited?

  1. HAL Ajeet

  2. Gnat Mk 2

  3. HF-24 Marut

  4. T-38 Talon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Hindustan Aeronautics' HF-24 Marut was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. It was India's first jet aircraft, first flying on 17 June 1961. Marut was designed by the well-known German aircraft designer Kurt Tank and Indian engineers from Hindustan Aircraft Limited.

Multiple choice

What is INS Kadamba?

  1. India's largest Naval Academy located at Ezhimala

  2. India's third operational naval base

  3. India's first indigenous aircraft carrier

  4. A Talwar class frigate of the Indian Navy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In 2005, the Indian Navy commissioned INS Kadamba at Karwar, 100 km from Goa. This is the third operational naval base after Mumbai and Vishakapatnam and the first to be controlled exclusively by the Navy. INS Zamorin is India's largest Naval Academy located at Ezhimala. INS Vikrant is India's first indigenous aircraft carrier. INS Tarkash is a Talwar class frigate of Indian Navy.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an air-to-air missile?

  1. Akash

  2. Prithvi

  3. Agni

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

Astra is an air-to-air missile with a range of 60 to 100 km. It has a 15 kg directional warhead which can be launched from fighter planes. It was first tested in May 2003.

Multiple choice

What is so special about the 88th battalion of CRPF?

  1. It is the world’s first paramilitary force which comprises of women only.

  2. It is India’s first paramilitary force dedicated to fight cross-border terrorism.

  3. It deals exclusively with communal riots and maintenance of communal harmony.

  4. It is India’s most recent and most modern paramilitary force unit.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The 88th battalion of CRPF is the world’s first paramilitary force which comprises of women only. It was commissioned on 30th March, 1986, and is known as Mahila battalion.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts.

  1. Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile which has been designed to be launched exclusively from a submarine or a ship.
  2. Its name has been derived from Brahmaputra and Moskova, rivers in India and Russia respectively.
  3. It is an anti-ship missile with a range of about 300 km.

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
B Correct answer
Explanation

Brahmos has been designed to be launched from a submarine, ship, aircraft or a mobile autonomous launcher. It is a joint venture between India's DRDO and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia. Hence, statement 1 is wrong.  

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts.

  1. The Indian Navy launched Operation Castor, Operation Gambhir and Operation Rainbow to carry out relief measures after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake.
  2. Operation Island Watch was launched by the Indian Navy to deter Somali piracy off Lakshwadeep Islands.

Which of the above is/are true?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the Indian Navy launched massive disaster relief operations to help affected Indian states as well as Maldives, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Over 27 ships, dozens of helicopters, at least 6 fixed-wing aircrafts and over 5000 personnels of the navy were deployed in relief operations. These included Operation Madad in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Operation Sea Waves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Operation Castor in Maldives, Operation Rainbow in Sri Lanka and Operation Gambhir in Indonesia. In 2011, the navy launched Operation Island Watch to deter piracy attempts by Somali pirates off the Lakshadweep archipelago. This operation has had numerous successes in preventing pirate attacks.

Multiple choice

YuddhAbhyas is a series of joint military exercise being conducted by India in partnership with

  1. UK

  2. Germany

  3. US

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

YuddhAbhyas is part of an ongoing series of joint exercises between the Indian and United States Armies since 2005, agreed upon, under the New Framework of India-US Defence Relationship. Commencing at the platoon level, the exercise has graduated to a command post (CPX) and field training exercise (FTX).

Multiple choice

According to Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) 2016, which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. India’s private sector in military manufacturing

  2. The policy lays stress on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

  3. It incorporates newly procurement class called ‘Buy Indian-IDDM'.

  4. The product should be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with a minimum of 60 percent local content.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation: Defence Procurement Policy 2016 increases the participation of India’s private sector in military manufacturing. It has several recommendations for improving indigenous procurement. The DPP, the governing manual for all defence procurement, was part of a set of military reforms undertaken to address the many deficiencies noticed during the 1999 Kargil war. Since the first one in 2002, the DPP has been revised periodically. The new policy places the highest preference to a newly incorporated procurement class called ‘Buy Indian-IDDM’, with IDDM denoting Indigenous Designed Developed and Manufactured. This category refers to procurement from an Indian vendor, products that are indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with a minimum of 40 percent local content, or products having 60 percent indigenous content if not designed and developed within the country.