Defence Current Affairs Quiz - November 2016

1. 10th India‚­Nepal Joint Military Training exercise Surya Kiran conducted at ______________ in Nepal. ?

Saljhandi Pokhara Patan Biratnagar None of These

2. 6th India ‚­ Bangladesh Joint military training exercise _____________ 2016 will be conducted at Tangail (Bangladesh) in November 2016 ?

Hand in Hand Yudhabhyaas Sampriti Maitri None of These

3. 6th annual India‚­China Joint Training Exercise Hand in Hand 2016 to be held in ____________ (Maharashtra) in November 2016. ?

Nagpur Aurangabad Mumbai Pune None of These

4. Indian Navy Sailing Vessel (INSV) ____________ with an all‚­women crew was flagged off from Goa to Cape Town, South Africa. It will participate in Cape to Rio Race in December 2016

Vikram Sindhurakshamk Tarangini Vikrant Mhadei

5. Indian army successfully completed its task of laying an irrigation pipeline in _____________ region of Eastern Ladakh, under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to link villages in the region with a hot spring ?

Kargil Hunder Demchok Khartungla None of These

6. 2 surface-to-surface nuclear capable _________ missile successfully tested. It has range of 350 kms and capable of carrying 1000 kg of conventional or nuclear warheads ?

Prithvi-II Prithvi-I Prithvi-III Prithvi-IV None of These

7. _______ Regiment celebrated its 75th Raising Day (Platinum Jubilee). It was raised on 15 June 1941 in Meghalaya. ?

Meghalaya Assam Rashtriya Rifles Nagaland None of These

8. DRDO successfully tested TAPAS 201 ( ________ ), a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV. Ttest flight took place from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, near Bangalore ?

RUSTOM ‚œ II RUSTOM ‚œ I Tejas ‚œ III Dhruv ‚œ II None of These

9. Defence Ministry will re-form blacklist guidelines for dealing with global defence firms engaged in corruption in arms deals. Instead of ban, new policy will imposes heavy penalties. It will also reduce period of blanket ban to ___________ from 10 years. It allows doing business with a blacklisted firm for support of critical spares and maintenance in view of national security ?

5 years 8 years 7 years 4 years None of These

10. India signed 5000 crore deal with __________________________ for purchasing 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers (Artillery Guns). This is the first deal for artillery guns since Bofors scandal in 1980s ?

Spain Russia UK USA None of These

11. ndian Navy inducted four types of DRDO developed sonars, to boost its underwater surveillance capability -

1. Abhay - Advanced hull mounted active-cum-passive integrated sonar system.
2. Humsa UG - upgraded Humsa sonar system.
3. NACS - Near-field Acoustic Characterisation System.
4. AIDSS - _____________ ?

Advanced Indigenous Different sonar system for submarines. Advanced Indigenous Disintegrated sonar system for submarines. Advanced Indigenous Diplomatic sonar system for submarines Advanced Indigenous Distress sonar system for submarines None of These

12. Indian Navy‚„s 7th landing craft utility ________________ launched by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) in Kolkata. It is the 7th vessel in series of 8 LCU Ships, built by GRSE for Indian Navy ?

L-47 L-57 L-37 L-27 None of These

13. Indian Navy‚„s ____________ arrived New Zealand, to represent Indian Navy at Royal New Zealand Navy International Naval Review 2016. ?

INS Chennai INS Vikrant INS Sindhurakshak INS Tarangini INS Sumitra

14. Indigenously built nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile tested successfully, from a test range off Odisha coast. It weighs 12 tonnes and is 15-metre-long and can carry payload of over 1 tonne. It can hit a target _____________ km away. ?

700 7000 200 2000 None of These

15. P 15A Guided Missile Destroyer __________________ commissioned into Indian Navy. It is third and last of ‚ËœKolkata‚„ class destroyers, indigenously designed by Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai. ?

INS Sindhurakshak INS Kolkata INS Vikrant INS Chennai None of These

16. Upgraded Jaguar __________________ twin-seat aircraft received Initial Operation Clearance (IOC). Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) upgraded 3 DARIN I Standard Jaguars, now equipped with world class avionics systems ?

DARIN II DARIN IV DARIN III DARIN V None of These

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