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G.K. QUESTIONS ON DEFENCE (INDIAN ARMED FORCES)

1. From which of the following countries has India purchased the Pilatus PC-7 trainer aircraft?

a. United States of America

b. France
c. Switzerland
d. Germany

2. Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet aircraft carrier imported by India is now named -

a. INS Vikrant
b. INS Vikramaditya
c. INS Virat
d. INS Vishaal

3. Which of the following organisations has Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha as its slogan?

a. Border Security Force

b. Sikh Light Infantry
c. Indian Air Force
d. National Security Guard

4. At which of the following places is the Heavy Vehicles Factory located?

a. Kanpur
b. Khadki
c. Avadi
d. 24 Paraganas

5. At which of the following places has the second Officers Training Academy for training army
officers been established?

a. Pune
b. Jabalpur
c. Secunderabad
d. Gaya

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6. Which of the following is the air-to-air refueller of the Indian Air Force?

a. C-17 Globemaster
b. Ilyushin-76
c. Ilyushin-78
d. C-130J Hercules

7. Which of the following is India's first indigenously developed nuclear powered submarine?

a. INS Vikrant
b. INS Trikhand
c. INS Arihant
d. INS Sindhurakshak

8. Who of the following is the only Chief of Air Staff to be given the rank of Marshall of the
Indian Air Force?

a. Arjan Singh
b. Subroto Mukherjee
c. PC Lal
d. OP Mehra

9. With which of the following countries does India conduct the Indra series of exercises?

a. Russia
b. France
c. Singapore
d. Israel

10. Which of the following corps deals with the supply of weaponry and ammunition to the
Indian Army?

a. Army Ordnance Corps

b. Armoured Corps
c. Army Supply Corps
d. Corps of EME

11. Which of the following is the home base of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya?

a. Visakhapatnam
b. Cochin
c. Karwar

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 d. Jamnagar

12. At which of the following places is the Headquarters of South Western Air Command
located?

a. Vadodara
b. Jodhpur
c. Pune
d. Gandhinagar

13. Which of the following is the equivalent rank in Army of the Naval rank of Captain?

a. Colonel
b. Brigadier
c. Major
d. Captain

14. Who of the following was the Chief of Army at the time of Indo-Pak war of 1971?

a. General PP Kumaramangalam
b. Field Marshall SHFJ Manekshaw
c. General JN Chaudhari
d. General KS Thimayya

15. Which of the following was the first aircraft inducted by the Indian Air Force (then Royal
Indian Air Force) in 1932?

a. Tiger Moth
b. Westland Wapiti
c. Supermarine Spitfire
d. Fairchild Packet

16. Which of the following joint multi-nation Naval exercise has the participation from the most
number of countries?

a. Yudh Abhyas
b. Malabar
c. Milan
d. Shoorveer

17. Who of the following was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, gallantry award?

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 a. Lance Naik Albert Ekka
b. Havildar Abdul Hamid
c. Major Shaitan Singh
d. Major Somnath Sharma

18. Daulat Beg Oldie, a well-known airstrip for supply of provisions to the armed forces is
located in -

a. Ladakh
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Andaman Islands
d. Sikkim

19. Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy became the first Indian to complete a
solo, unassisted, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in 2013. What was the name of the
vessel used by him?

a. INSV Mandovi
b. INSV Mhadei
c. INS Abhimanyu
d. INS Abhay

20. At which of the following places is the Indian National Defence University being set up?

a. Medak, Telangana
b. Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
c. Gurgaon, Haryana
d. Kasargod, Kerala

21. At which of the following places is the College of Defence Management located?

a. Dehradun
b. Pune
c. Secunderabad
d. Chennai

22. What was the name given to the operation conducted by National Security Guard in 2008
against terrorist attack in Taj hotel, Mumbai?

a. Operation Black Tornado

b. Operation Black Thunder
c. Operation Safed Sagar

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 d. Operation Vijay

23. At which of the following places is the headquarters of a Naval Command NOT located?

a. Mumbai
b. Goa
c. Kochi
d. Visakhapatnam

24. On which of the following dates is the Navy Day celebrated in India?

a. January 15
b. October 8
c. December 4
d. February 1

25. In which year did General Bipin Rawat assume office as the first Chief of Defence Staff of the
Indian Armed Forces?

a. 2020
b. 2021
c. 2019
d. 2018

26. Which one among the following is the unit raised to protect the naval assets?

a. Sagar Rakshak Bal

b. Sagar Suraksha Bal
c. Sagar Prahari Bal
d. Sagar Nigrani Bal

27. Army officers of which country are imparted training by the Indian Military Training Team
(IMTRAT)?

a. Nepal
b. Bangladesh
c. Maldives
d. Bhutan

28. Where is the Indian Army's counter-insurgency school situated?

a. Kanker

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 b. Srinagar
c. Tezpur
d. Vairengte

29. Which of the following is generally considered the largest international maritime military
exercise in the world?

a. RIMPAC
b. Malabar
c. BALTOPS
d. Vostok

30. What is the name of the commando unit of the Indian Air Force?

a. Baaz
b. Garud
c. MARCOS
d. Ghatak

31. From which country has India procured the Rafale fighter aircraft?

a. France
b. United Kingdom
c. Italy
d. Switzerland

32. What is the approximate range of Agni-V missile?

a. 1000 km
b. 3000 km
c. 5000 km
d. 10000 km

33. With which country does India conduct Exercise Sampriti?

a. France
b. Maldives
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal

34. With which country is the Trident nuclear deterrent associated?

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 a. U.S.A.
b. United Kingdom
c. France
d. Germany

35. Sham No Varunah is the motto -

a. Indian Air Force

b. Indian Navy
c. Coast Guard
d. CRPF

36. Lamitye is a joint military exercise by India and which other country?

a. Maldives
b. Latvia
c. Mauritius
d. Seychelles

37. Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School is located in which state?

a. Manipur
b. Mizoram
c. Assam
d. Meghalaya

38. Which company manufactures C-17 Globemaster aircraft?

a. Boeing
b. Airbus
c. Lockheed Martin
d. Agusta

39. Defence undertaking Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd has its headquarters at -

a. Mumbai
b. Kolkata
c. Goa
d. Kochi

40. Which of the following is the first aircraft carrier to be manufactured in India?

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 a. INS Vikramaditya
b. INS Viraat
c. INS Vijay
d. INS Vikrant

41. Which of the following is a tandem-rotor helicopter with the Indian Air Force/

a. HAL Rudra
b. AH-64 Apache
c. CH-47 Chinook
d. Mil Mi-17

42. With which country does India conduct the joint military exercise named Khanjar?

a. Kyrgyzstan
b. Kazakhstan
c. Bangladesh
d. Mongolia

43. Which of the following does not have a Northern Command?

a. Indian Army
b. Indian Navy
c. Indian Air Force
d. Both b and c

44. What is the name of the helicopter display team of the Indian Air Force?

a. Sarang
b. Surya Kiran
c. Thunderbird
d. Saras

45. What is the lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy?

a. Second Lieutenant
b. Sub Lieutenant
c. Lieutenant
d. First Lieutenant

46. Where is the High Altitude Warfare School located?

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 a. Gulmarg
b. Dalhousie
c. Wellington
d. Pithoragarh

47. Where are the headquarters of Southern Command of Indian Army located?

a. Chennai
b. Bengaluru
c. Pune
d. Thiruvananthapuram

48. Who was the first Indian Chief of Naval Staff to hold the rank of Admiral?

a. A.K. Chatterji
b. S.M. Nanda
c. R.D. Katari
d. B.S. Soman

49. With which country does India conduct the joint military exercise Nomadic Elephant?

a. Mongolia
b. Thailand
c. Singapore
d. Maldives

50. Where is the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology located?

a. Pune
b. Vadodara
c. Wellington
d. Secunderabad

51. Which of the following is a nuclear-powered submarine of the Indian Navy?

a. INS Sindhughosh
b. INS Kalaveri
c. INS Kursura
d. INS Chakra

52. With which country does India conduct the joint military exercise named SIMBEX?

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 a. Singapore
b. Sri Lanka
c. Seychelles
d. Indonesia

53. Who of the following are referred to as Blue Helmets?

a. US Soldiers
b. UN Peace Keeping Soldiers
c. Israeli Soldiers
d. New York Police personnel

54. Where are the headquarters of Army Training Command located?

a. Dehradun
b. Mussoorie
c. Chandigarh
d. Shimla

55. On what date is the Indian Army Day observed?

a. January 5
b. December 4
c. September 15
d. January 15

56. Exercise Iron Fist is related to -

a. Indian Army
b. Indian Navy
c. Indian Air Force
d. Coast Guard

57. With which country does India conduct the joint military exercise Bold Kurukshetra?

a. Indonesia
b. Thailand
c. Singapore
d. Japan

58. Where is the Defence Services Staff College located?

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 a. Roorkee
b. Dehradun
c. Pune
d. Wellington

59. Muntra with respect to defence services is the name of a/an -

a. tank
b. submarine
c. missile
d. aircraft

60. Al-Nagah is a joint military exercise conducted by India and -

a. Qatar
b. Iran
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Oman

Answers
1. c 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. a
11. c 12. d 13. a 14. b 15. b 16. c 17. d 18. a 19. b 20. c
21. c 22. a 23. b 24. c 25. a 26. c 27. d 28. d 29. a 30. b
31. a 32. c 33. c 34. b 35. b 36. d 37. b 38. a 39. b 40. d
41. c 42. a 43. d 44. a 45. b 46. a 47. a 48. a 49. a 50. a
51. d 52. a 53. b 54. d 55. d 56. c 57. c 58. d 59. a 60. d

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