Latest Defence General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

The India-Myanmar Naval Exercise called IMNEX-2019 is being organised in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The opening ceremony of the second edition of Indo-Myanmar joint naval exercise was conducted onboard____

A)

INS Ranvijay

B)

INS Arighat

C)

INS Kalvari

D)

INS Vikramaditya

Correct Answer : INS Ranvijay

The opening ceremony of the second edition of Indo-Myanmar joint naval exercise was conducted onboard INS Ranvijay.

2 .

Which aircraft of the Indian Air Force met with a fatal accident and crashed in Central India?

A)

Mirage 2000

B)

Sukhoi Su-30

C)

MiG-21 Bison

D)

Rafale

Correct Answer : MiG-21 Bison

A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) met with a fatal accident on Wednesday morning while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central India. Group Captain A Gupta lost his life in the tragic accident.

3 .

‘Varuna’ is a multilateral Defence Exercise between India and

A)

Australia

B)

Japan

C)

Sri Lanka

D)

France

Correct Answer : France

VARUNA is a multilateral Naval Exercise between India and France. The 19th edition of the bilateral exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ concluded on 27th April 2021.

4 .

What was ‘IN FAC T-81’, which was seen in the news recently?

A)

Naval Craft

B)

Virtual Intelligence tool

C)

Super computer

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Naval Craft

IN FAC T-81 is the Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft of the Super Dvora MK II class, which served the nation successfully for more than 20 years in surveillance and Search & Rescue. It was recently decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

5 .

What is Arjun Mk1A, which was seen in the news recently, with reference to Indian Defence?

A)

Anti-tank Guided Missile

B)

Main Battle Tank

C)

Fighter jets

D)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Correct Answer : Main Battle Tank

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over the Arjun Main Battle Tank Mark-1A (MK-1A) to the Indian Army, at a function held at Chennai.

The battle tank has been indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by the DRDO’s Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), Chennai.

6 .

Which organisation developed Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM), which was seen in news recently?

A)

Larsen & Toubro

B)

HAL

C)

DRDO

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : DRDO

The Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) was indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Recently, the missile was seen in the news, it was tested by the Chandipur Test range, Odisha. It registered a significant milestone as it achieved a direct hit on a pilotless target aircraft (PTA), during the test.

7 .

Which organization has successfully tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV)?

A)

DRDO

B)

ISRO

C)

HAL

D)

Indian Air Force

Correct Answer : DRDO

"The DRDO has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of hypersonic technology demonstration vehicle at 1103 hours from APJ Abdul Kalam launch complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha today," the defence ministry said in a statement.

8 .

Ambala airbase, where the first batch of Rafale fighter jets arrived, is located in which state/UT?

A)

Sikkim

B)

Haryana

C)

West Bengal

D)

Uttarakhand

Correct Answer : Haryana

The first batch of five Rafale fighter jets have landed at the Ambala Air Force Base, located in the state of Haryana.

9 .

In which Indian city, the Indian navy conducted its coastal security exercise, ‘Matla Abhiyaan’?

A)

Vishakhapatnam

B)

Cochin

C)

Mumbai

D)

Kolkata

Correct Answer : Kolkata

The Indian Navy has conducted a five-day-long coastal security exercise called 'Matla Abhiyaan' at Kolkata, which started on 29 January. The exercise is named after the Matla river, which flows around the Sundarbans.

10 .

The flagship biennial Defence exhibition of India ‘DefExpo’ is organised in which Indian city?

A)

Lucknow

B)

Bengaluru

C)

New Delhi

D)

Hyderabad

Correct Answer : Lucknow

The biennial Defence exhibition of India, ‘DefExpo’ was recently inaugurated at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also attended the inaugural programme.

A live demonstration of naval systems, aerial systems and land systems was performed during the ceremony. The main theme of the DefExpo 2020 is ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’ and the focus will be on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’. The five-day-exhibition is to be attended by delegates and military manufacturers from more than 70 countries. The fifth India-Russia Military Industry Conference is also to be held on the side-lines of the event.

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