India Defence

INDIA’S DEFENCE SYSTEM government's transition to a Republic in 1950, the
prefix Royal was removed.

1. Indian Army
The Chief of Air Staff, an air chief marshal, is a
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the
four-star officer and is responsible for the bulk of
largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. It
operational command of the Air Force. There is never
originated from the armies of the East India Company,
more than one serving ACM at any given time in the
which eventually became the British Indian Army in
IAF. The rank of Marshal of the Air Force has been
1895. Its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff
conferred by the President of India on one occasion in
(COAS), who is a four-star general. Two officers have
history, to Arjan Singh. On 26 January, 2002, Singh
been conferred with the rank of field marshal, a five-
became the first and far, only five-star rank officer of
star rank, which is a ceremonial position of great
the IAF.
honour.
The Indian Air Force is headquartered in New
The Indian Army is headquartered in New
Delhi. The Inde Air Force is divided into five
Delhi. It is operationally and geographically divided
operational and two function commands. Each
into seven commands. The motto of the Indian Army
Command is headed by an Air Office Commanding-in-
is "Service Before Self". General Manoj Mukund
Chief with the rank of Air Marshal. The motto Indian
Naravane is current and 27th Chief of the Army Staff
Air Force is "Nabhah Sparsham Diptam". Aircrafts of
(COAS).
Indian Air Force
2. Indian Navy
4. Indian Coast Guard
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is a maritime law
Armed Ford Forces. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-
enforcement and search and rescue agency of India
star admiral, commands the navy.
with jurisdiction over its territorial waters including its
The origins of the Indian Navy date to 1612, when an contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone. The
English vessel under the command of Captain Best Indian Coast Guard was formally established on 1
encountered the Portuguese. February, 1977 by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 of the
Parliament of India. It operates under the Ministry of
The Indian Navy is headquartered in New Delhi. The Defence. The Coast Guard works in close cooperation
Indian Navy operates three operational Commands. with the Indian Navy, the Department of Fisheries, the
Each Command is headed by a Flag Officer Department of Revenue (Customs) and the Central
Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the rank of Vice and State police forces. It is headquartered in New
Admiral. It's motto is "Sham No Varuna?". Admiral Delhi, Its motto is "Vayam Raksamah".
Karambir Singh is the 24th and current Chief of the
Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy. 5. Rank of Armed Forces
At present, India has two aircraft carriers - INS Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force
Vikramaditya, also known as Admiral Gorshkov (2014)
Field Marshal Admiral of the Marshal of the
and INS Viraat, while it is planning to develop the
Fleet Air
third - INS Vishaal by 2030. INS Vikrant was India's Force
first aircraft carrier. It served from 1945 to 1997.
General Admiral Air Chief Marshal
3. Indian Air Force
Lieutenant Vice Admiral Air Marshal
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian
General
Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and Major General Rear Admiral Air Vice Marshal
aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of
the world. It was officially established on 8 October, Brigadier Commodore Air Commodore
1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire
which honoured India's aviation service during World Colonel Captain Group Captain
War II with the prefix Royal. After India gained
independence from United Kingdom in 1947, the Lieutenant Commander Wing
name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in Colonel Commander
the name of Dominion of India. With the
Major Lieutenant Squadron 9.Missiles
Commander Leader
Kind of missile Names of missile
Captain Lieutenant Flight 1.Air to air MICA, Astra missle, Novar K- 100,
Lieutenant 2.surface to air Trishul, Akash, Barak-8
3.Balistic Agni-I, II, III, IV ,V- Prithvi-I,II, Dhanush,
Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Flying Officer Shaurya, Prabha, Aswini, sagarika, K-4, K-5
Exo-atmospheric Prithvi air defence
Supersonic cruise BrahMos
missle
6.Indian Army Commands Hypersonic BrahMos -II
Sub sonic Nirbhay
Command HQ Location
Anti Tank Guided Amogha, Nag , Helina
Central Command Lucknow 10. Tanks of indian Army
1. Arjun (3rd Gen) ---CVRDE
Eastern Command Kolkata 2. T-90 Bhisma (3rdgen)----Russia
3. Vijayanta --India ( first indigenous tank of the India Army
Northern Command Udhampur 4. T-72 Ajeya -----USSR
5. BMP-2 Sarath---- USSR
Southern Command Pune 11. Aircrafts of India
1. Dassault Rafale -- France -- Multirole
SW Command Jaipur
2.Sukhoi Su -30 -- Russia -- multirole
Western Comman Chandigarh 3.HAL Tejas -- India -- multirole
4.Mig-29 -- Russia -- multirole
Training Command (ARTRAC) Shimla
5.Mirage 2000 -- France -- multirole
7.Air Force Commands 6. Mig-21 -- USSR -- interceptor
12. A. Sub-maraines of navy
Command (Operational) HQ Location 1. INS Chakra 2. INS Shakthi 3. INS Sindhushastra
B.Warships
Central Air Command Allahabad 1. INS Savitri 2. INS Delhi 3. INS Mysore
4. INS Brahamputra 5. INS Ghariyal 6. INS Kulish
Eastern Air Command Shillong 7.INS Satpura 8. INS Talwar 9. INS Tillanchang
C. Missile Boats
Southern Air Command Thiruvananthapuram 1. INS Vibhuti 2. INS Prahar 3. INS Prashant
4. INS Nashak 5. INS Vipul
South Western Air Gandhi Nagar 1. Which one of the following is a combat aircraft? (2021)
Command (a) Tejas (b) Dhru
(c) Boeing C-17 Globemaster (d) Chetak
Western Air Command New Delhi 2. Who is the lowest ranked Air Force Officer among these?
(A) Wing Commander (B) Group Captain (2020)
(C) Flying officer (D) Flight lieutenant
Command (Functional) HQ Loaction
3. The Motto of the Indian Navy is – (2019)
(A) Sarvatra Sarv o ttama Suraksh (B) Sham No Varuna
Training Command Bengaluru
(C) Valour and Wisdom (D) Nabha Sprsa Diptam
Maintenance Command Nagpur 4.Sukhoi Su -30 MKI is Indian Military Aircraft developed by
a) USA b) Korea c) Russia d) France
8.Indian Navy Commands 5.Which is the following is world fastest missile ship
Command HQ Location a) INS Vikranth b) INS Virat c) INS Prabha d) INS Delhi
6. The motto of India Army is---

Western Naval command Mumbai a) love all b) serve all
c) Serve after self D) serve before selp
Eastern Naval Command Visakhapatnam
7. The motto of Indian Air Force is
Southern Naval Command Cochin
a) Touch the sky with glory b) fly for self enjoy
c) Safety first speed next d) slow and steady wins

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INDIA’S DEFENCE SYSTEM government's transition to a Republic in 1950, the

prefix Royal was removed.

6. The motto of India Army is---

c) Safety first speed next d) slow and steady wins

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