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MCQ CA NDA NA DEFENCE EVENTS 2019-20Option AExplanation:?The?Defence Expo- 2020?will be held in?Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from February 5 to 8, 2020.?Prime Minister?Narendra Modi?will inaugurate the?biennial?Defence Expo-2020 on February 5. The theme of the?11th edition of expo?is?‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’.Option BExplanation:?The?Indian Air Force?has signed?Rs 300-crore deal?with the government of?Israel to buy more than 100 SPICE bombs.?SPICE bomb stands for Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective.?Option BExplanation:?The?Air Forces of India and France?will carry out a two-week-long mega air exercise?“Garuda VI” beginning July 1, 2019 at an air base in France to further boost to military-to-military ties between the two countries.?Option AExplanation:?The indigenously developed?nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II was successfully test-fired by India from Launch Complex-III of the Integrated Test Range, ITR at Chandipur off the Odisha coast on June 27, 2019.?The?surface-to-surface?missile has a strike range of 350 km, is capable of carrying 500 to 1000 kg of warheads and is powered by?liquid propulsion twin engines.Option BExplanation:?India has signed a deal with Russia?for acquiring the?‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missiles.?The deal is worth around?Rs 200 Crore.?Option BExplanation:?The?first edition of the joint security exercise of International Security Alliance (ISA) named ISALEX19 kicked off in Abu Dhabi, UAE on June 30, 2019?to test the readiness of the different teams and to evaluate the tools, strategies and procedures developed jointly between member countries.?The International Security Alliance was launched in Abu Dhabi in 2017 and comprises nine countries, the United Arab Emirates, France, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Singapore, and the Slovak Republic.Russia COption DExplanation:?INS Sagardhwani,?a Marine Acoustic Research Ship of the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi and operated by the Indian Navy, has been flagged off from Kochi for a scientific venture called?‘Marine & Allied Interdisciplinary Training and Research Initiative (MAITRI)’.Option CExplanation:?India and China?will carry out a?military exercise called ‘Hand-in-Hand’ in Meghalaya in December 2019.?India and China?will carry out a?military exercise called ‘Hand-in-Hand’ in Meghalaya in December 2019.?Option BExplanation:?The Defence Ministry has announced that the?11th edition of the biennial DefExpo?will be held in?Lucknow (UP) in 2020. The 11th edition of Def Expo promises to bring new technologies, technological solutions, where Defence manufacturing companies from India and abroad showcase their products and services in the Defence arena, on a single platform.Option DExplanation: India’s first Space warfare exercise “IndSpaceEx” was conducted by the three armed forces along with DRDO on July 25 and July 26, 2019. The exercise was held in Andaman Island in Bay of Bengal sea.Option BExplanation: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh will be the next Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army.Option CExplanation:?India?conducted the successful test-firing of?Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM)?from launch complex III of the?Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha on August 4, 2019.?The sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain missile has jointly been developed by?Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?and?Bharat Electronics Ltd for the Indian Army.Option AExplanation:?The?Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) multilateral military exercise ‘TSENTR-2019’?is scheduled to be held from?10 September to 21 September at Orenburg in Russia.?India will be participating in “Ex TSENTR (Centre)” for second time in a row after becoming a full member of the SCO in June 2017 along with Pakistan.?Option DExplanation:?The?Indian Army?has launched?“Mission Reach Out” in Jammu?with an aim to ensure basic necessities and essential services in the region.? This has been done to ensure that after provisions of Article 370 has been canceled and reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir there is no problem in daily needs for the people of the region.Option DExplanation: The 14th Edition of KONKAN exercise between Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain has started at the South Coast of UK. It is an annual bilateral exercise.Option AExplanation:?The?Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain?has announced that the Indian Navy will organise the?multilateral naval exercise MILAN at Visakhapatnam in March 2020.?Option AExplanation:?Iranian President?Hassan Rouhani?inducted a?locally built air-defence system named Bavar-373?into the missile defence network of the country on August 22.?Option BExplanation:?Wing Commander Shaliza Dhami of Indian Air Force?has become the?first female officer in India to be appointed as the Flight Commander of a flying unit.Option BExplanation:?Malabar 2019,?the?trilateral maritime exercise (naval exercise) involving India, Japan, and the United States?will start at the end of September 2019 and continue till early October 2019.Option BExplanation:?The?Indo-US joint military training drill named Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2019?is scheduled to be conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord,?Washington, USA from 05-18 September 2019.?This will be the?15th edition of the joint exercise, hosted alternately between India and United States.Option AExplanation: The?28th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) is being conducted from 05-15 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand?between the Indian Navy (IN) and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN).?Option CExplanation:?The Indian and Sri Lankan Navy began the annual Joint Indo-Lanka maritime fleet exercise SLINEX 2019 at the port of Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh on September 7, 2019.?The week long exercise will conclude on September 12.?Option DExplanation:?The?Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO)?handed over the?second airborne warning aircraft, Netra, to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on September 11, 2019.?It was handed over to Western Air Command chief, Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, at the Bathinda Air Base in Punjab.?Netra is an?indigenously-built Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWC) aircraft, designed and developed by scientists of the DRDO, with assistance from the Bengaluru-based Centre for Airborne Systems.?Option CExplanation:?The Army will conduct the?Exercise?‘HimVijay’?in October 2019 in?Arunachal Pradesh and Assam?with its newly created?Integrated Battle Groups (IBG). It will be conducted close to the?borders of China.Option DExplanation:?The?Navies of Singapore, India and Thailand began their first joint maritime exercise ‘SITMEX-2019’ in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands on September 16, 2019.?The Singapore’s Navy (RSN), Royal Thailand Navy (RTN) and Indian Navy (IN) will conduct the five-day exercise till 20 September 2019.Option CExplanation:?India?conducted the?successful flight testing of its indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra?from the?Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha on September 16, 2019.?The beyond-visual-range missile was launched from Sukhoi-30 MKI.?Astra is?India’s first indigenous air-to-air missile, capable of engaging targets of different ranges and altitudes including long-range as well as short-range targets.Option CExplanation:?The Union Minister of?Defence Shri Rajnath Singh scripted history as he became the first Defence Minister to fly the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’?on September 19, 2019 at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in Bengaluru.Option DExplanation:?India and the United States?will conduct their?first tri-services exercise?named?“Exercise Tiger Triumph”?in November 2019 at?Visakhapatnam and Kakinada.?“India-US tri-services ‘Exercise Tiger Triumph’ is being organised under the aegis of the headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff.?Option CExplanation: The Armies of India and Kazakhstan will conduct the annual joint military Exercise KAZIND-2019 at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand from 02 to 15 October 2019.Option AExplanation: Second Kalvari-class Submarine INS ‘Khanderi’ joins Indian NavyThe?Kalvari?class?is a?class?of?diesel-electric?attack submarines?based on the? HYPERLINK "" \o "Scorpène-class submarine" Scorpène-class?submarine being built for the?Indian Navy. The class and submarines take their names from the first submarines inducted in the Indian Navy. The submarines are designed by French naval defence and energy company?DCNS?and are being manufactured by? HYPERLINK "" \o "Mazagon Dock Limited" Mazagon Dock Limited?in?Mumbai.The hull fabrication of all six submarines is now complete. The first submarine was commissioned on 14 December 2017 and the remaining boats are expected to be delivered by 2022. The contract for the construction and Transfer of Technology for six Scorpene submarines in series was signed between French defence major, Naval Group, and MDL in October 2005. This ongoing programme is called Project-75 and is part of a ‘30-Year Plan for Indigenous Submarine Construction’ approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security in 1999. The plan was to develop two production lines on which six submarines each- named Project 75 and Project 75 (I)- would be built with foreign submarine Further as part of the plan the navy meanwhile would develop its own indigenous design to produce 12 more conventional submarines. So by 2030, the navy would have 24 modern submarines. The plan was later amended to include nuclear submarinesINS KALAVARI, INS KHANDARI,INS KARANJ, INS VELA. INS VIGIL, INS VAGSHEEROption BExplanation:?The 14th edition of?Indo Mongolian joint military training Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV?between Indian Army and Mongolian Army will commence from October 5, 2019 at?Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.?Option BExplanation:?United States Military Successfully Tests Unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aOption CExplanation:?The?first India specific Rafale fighter jet was symbolically handed over to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Bordeaux, France.?Raksha Mantri is in France for a two-day official visit from October 8-9, 2019 for bilateral talk with President of the French Republic, Mr Emmanuel Macron.?Rajnath Singh?has also become the?first Indian minister to undertake sortie onboard Rafale,?the state-of-the-art medium multi role combat aircraft.?cross Pacific Ocean Option CExplanation:?The?Joint Military Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN-2019 between India and Japan?will begin at counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte,?Mizoram from 19 October 2019 to 02 November 2019.Option AExplanation:?The?Indian Navy (IN) and Bangladesh Navy (BN)?conducted the?second edition?of the?Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) in Northern Bay of Bengal?on 10 and 11 October 2019.Option DExplanation:?The 10th edition of?‘Vajra Prahar’?the joint military exercise between?India and the US?has started at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in?Seattle,?the US from October 13, 2019 and will continue upto October 28, 2019.Option DExplanation:?The?Indian Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF)?will carry out the annual joint military exercise?‘Shinyuu Maitri’ from October 17 to 23. The Exercise Shinyuu Maitri 2019 will be held at Air Force Station, Arjan Singh,?Panagarh, West Bengal.Option BExplanation:?The?joint air training exercise named “EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V”?has started between the?Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO)?at Air Force Base Masirah in Oman.Option AExplanation:?The?Indian Army?has launched a new software?“Officers Automated Structured Information System “ (Oasis) to digitise the service and personal records of the Army officers.?The new software will be hosted on Army’s intranet and can be accessed by the Army officers to check their details.Option AExplanation:?The second edition of?‘India Myanmar Naval Exercise’ IMNEX-2019?began in?Visakhapatnam, onboard INS Ranvijay?on October 18, 2019.Option DExplanation:?Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) conducted second edition of large scale joint services exercise ,Defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands’ 2019 (DANX-19), from 14 Oct to 18 Oct 19.Option DExplanation:?The?Defence Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh?dedicated to nation the?Col Chewang Rinchan Setu (Bridge), constructed in the?forward area of Ladakh region, on October 21, 2019.?The bridge has been constructed by the?Border Roads Organisation (BRO)?across the Shyok River.?DExplanation: Indian Army will conduct exercise ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in the deserts of Rajasthan from 29 November to 4 December 2019. Indian Air Force (IAF) will also be the part of the exercise.Option CExplanation: Indian Army and Army of France will carry out counter-terrorism drills under the “Exercise Shakti 2019” that will be held in Rajasthan at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges.Option AExplanation:?India and Uzbekistan?will hold their first-ever?joint field training exercise?named?‘DUSTLIK-2019’.?It will be held at?Chirchiq area in Uzbekistan?from November 04 to November 13, 2019.Option CExplanation:?The US Navy exercise that it conducts with various other navies named?‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)- 2019’?has started with Bangladesh Navy in?Chattogram,?Bangladesh from 4 to 7 November, 2019.Option DExplanation:?The?Indian Navy and Indonesian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’?was held in the?Bay of Bengal?on November 06 and 07, 2019.This was the second edition of Samundra Shakti.?Option BExplanation:?The first?India-US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise named ‘Tiger Triumph’?is scheduled to begin at?Visakhapatnam from November 13 to 21.Option CExplanation:?India on November 16 successfully conducted the?first night trial of surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-II from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.The Agni-II is an intermediate-range two-stage ballistic missile (IRBM) which can carry a payload of 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km.Option AExplanation:?The?inaugural edition of the Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) between the Indian Navy and Qatari Emiri Naval Forces?is being conducted from 17 to 21 November 19 in?Doha to enhance interoperability between the two navies.?From Indian side, Indian Navy Guided Missile Stealth Frigate INS Trikand and Patrol Aircraft P8-I are participating in the exercise.Option AExplanation:?The Strike Corps of Indian Army’s Southern Command (or Sudarshan Chakra Corps) began the exercise codenamed?‘Sindhu Sudarshan-VII’ in Barmer district of Rajasthan?on November 16.Option CExplanation:?Shivangi, hailing from Muzzafarpur, Bihar,?has created history by becoming the first Indian woman pilot to join the Indian Navy.?She is set to join naval operations as first female Pilot of Indian Navy on?December 2 in Kochi, two days ahead of Navy Day, which falls on December 4.?Shivangi will join naval operations as a?Lieutenant on completion of her operational training which she has been undergoing at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi.?After the training, Shivangi will get authorisation to fly?dornier aircraftsOption DExplanation:?The?United States?has approved the sale of?13 MK45 Naval guns?and related equipment to India at an?estimated cost of $1.0210 billion (approximately Rs 7,331.76 crore).?The?MK 45 5 inch/62 calibre (MOD 4) naval guns will provide the capability to conduct anti-surface warfare and anti-air defense missions while enhancing interoperability with the U.S. and other allied forces.?Option BExplanation:?An?Army Goodwill Park?has been dedicated by the Indian Army as a tribute to the late?Naib Subedar Chuni Lal,?at his native?Dhara village of Bhaderwah in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.?The park was inaugurated by the Northern Army Commander?Lt Gen Ranbir Singh?on November 22, 2019.Option AExplanation:?Indian Army?conducted the?‘Epic Run 2019’ at Pedong, West Bengal on November 23, 2019 in recognition and respect for the soldiers and their Next of Kin (NOK).?The Indian Army is commemorating the Year 2019 as the ‘Year of NOK’ (YoNoK).Option DExplanation:?The New Delhi based?National Investigation Agency (NIA)?hosted the?first-ever counter-terrorism exercise ‘CT-TTX’?for the Quad countries namely?India, the US, Japan and Australia, on November 21 and 22, 2019 in New Delhi.Option CExplanation:?The?Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Bipin Rawat?is the front-runner to take over as the first?Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the sole adviser to the government on all three services.?Gen Rawat is to retire on 31 December 2019, three months before he turns 62, the upper age limit for service chiefs.?Option BExplanation:?Joint military exercise ‘SURYA KIRAN – XIV’ between India and Nepal will be conducted at Salijhandi, Rupendehi district of Nepal from 03 to 16 December 2019.Option CExplanation:?The?10th edition of joint military training (JMT) between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is being held at Kalaikunda Air Force Station, West Bengal?from Oct 31 to Dec 12.Option CExplanation:?The?Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, in collaboration with Indian Coast Guard, Cochin Port Trust and all other concerned stakeholders, conducted a large-scale?anti-hijacking exercise code-named Apharan off the Port of Kochi?on December 18, 2019.Option BExplanation:The?Pinaka Missile System was successfully flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the Odisha coast on December 19, 2019.?The Pinaka is an Artillery Missile System capable of striking into enemy territory up to a range of 75 kilometres with high precision.Option CExplanation:?The?12th edition of the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’?has been organised in?Goa.Two ships of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), namely RNOV Al Rasikh and RNOV Khassab arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa on January 5, 2020 to participate in the exercise.?From India, Indian Navy ships Beas and Subhadra are participating.Option DExplanation:?China and Pakistan are conducting their nine-day mega naval exercise ‘Sea Guardians’ in the North Arabian Sea from 06 January 2020 to increase inter-operability and strategic cooperation between their two navies.?On the other hand,?India Navy too deployed its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea, to send a clear strategic signal to them about its operational readiness and combat capability in the maritime domain.Option AExplanation:?Captain Tania Shergill, an officer with?Army’s Corps of Signals, became the?first woman parade adjutant in the Army Day Parade 2020 to lead an all-men contingent.?A parade adjutant is responsible for executing the parade.?Shergill will also be the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade to be held on 15 January 2020?to lead an all-men contingent at the Army Day Parade.Option BExplanation:?Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation the?51st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Armoured System Complex at Hazira in Gujarat?on 16 January 2020.Option AExplanation:?Russia?has said that it will deliver all?five units of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems to India by 2025. The S-400 air defence systems, an upgraded version of the S-300, was previously only been available to the Russian defence forces.Option BExplanation:?Indian Navy?has launched?‘Operation Vanilla’?to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at?Madagascar,?post devastation caused by?Cyclone Diane.?The Navy has deployed its warships INS Airavat to provide all necessary assistance?to the affected population of flood-hit Madagascar.Option DExplanation:?The?ninth edition of the bilateral joint military training exercise?between?India-Bangladesh named SAMPRITI-IX will be held from February 3 to February 16, 2020. The?ninth edition of the bilateral joint military training exercise?between?India-Bangladesh named SAMPRITI-IX?will be held at?Umroi, Meghalaya?from February 3 to February 16, 2020.Option AExplanation:?The?Indian Navy?launched a unique?coastal security exercise?named?‘Matla Abhiyan’?in?Kolkata, West Bengal to spread awareness on coastal security from 29th January to 2nd February 2020. Under the exercise, two naval boats were flagged off to move along the the river Matla in the?Sundarbans region up to Hemnagar.Option BExplanation:?The fifth India Russia Military Industry Conference was held on 6th February 2020 on the sidelines of the ongoing DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow.?A total of?11 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have been signed between India and Russia at the conference.?Major Companies which are part of these MoUs includes: BHEL, Bharat Dynamics Limited and and Vista control from Indian side and INVERSIA, UVZ and BEML from Russian side.Option AExplanation:?The?Indian Army Major Anoop Mishra?has developed a?bulletproof helmet, which is claimed to be first such in the world, that can stop an?AK-47 bullet round from a distance of 10 meters.?The “ballistic helmet” has been developed under project Abhedya, by the officer, who is part of the Indian Army’s College of Military Engineering, Pune.Option CExplanation:?The?11th edition of the biennial DefExpo 2020, concluded in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 8 February 2020.?The theme of the 11th Edition was “India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub”.?More than 1,000 companies, including 165 offshore enterprises participated in the event.?Over?200 partnerships involving Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Transfer of Technology (ToTs) , Product launches?were concluded during a ceremony titled?“Bandhan”?at DefExpo 2020.Option BExplanation:?The?fifth edition of annual Joint Military Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR-2020?between the?Armies of India and the United Kingdom?is scheduled to be conducted at Salisbury Plains, the United Kingdom from 13 to 26 February 2020.Option AExplanation:?The?Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?is developing a 200-km strike range tactical ballistic missile named?‘Pranash’. It will be used by the Army and the Air Force for destroying enemy targets at short ranges. It is?Surface-to-surface ballistic missile and single-stage solid-propellant missile.Option DExplanation:?The?Indian Air Force (IAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) (British Sir Force)?commenced the?5th edition of Exercise Indradhanush at Air Force Station Hindan.?The exercise began on 24 Feb 2020 and would conclude on 29 Feb 2020.?The theme of the exercise is: ‘Base Defence and Force Protection’.Option AExplanation:?The?Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the new Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex at Bengaluru, Karnataka on 27 February 2020.?The LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter, which has been designed and developed by HAL?– a Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU).Option DExplanation:?A new?explosive detection device named RaIDer-X?has recently been unveiled with the capability to?detect an explosive from a?specific stand-off distance.?The launch was done during the?National Workshop on Explosive Detection (NWED-2020) organised by High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune on March 01, 2020. RaIDer-X has been co-developed by HEMRL Pune, a premier laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.Option CExplanation:?A?two-day Indian Army International Seminar “PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020”,?has been organized in?New Delhi on 4-5 March 2020.?The seminar has been organized by?Centre for Land Warfare StudiesOption BExplanation:?The?Israel Defense Forces and United States military?launched the 10-day long joint missile defense drill?Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 (JC20) on March 3, 2020.?However, the remaining part of Juniper Cobra 20 has been scraped over the coronavirus outbreak. The exercise was scheduled to be held between March 3-13, 2020.? (CLAWS), an autonomous think tank on strategic studies and land warfare, based in New Delhi.Option AExplanation:?Apart from this,?India has been ranked 23rd among the 25 largest arms exporters in the world.The largest exporters of arms during the five-year period 2015–19 were the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China respectively.Option BOption AExplanation:?US Marines and Emirati forces?conducted the biennial exercise, named?Native Fury at Abu Dhabi?on March 23, 2020.Option CExplanation:?Army Chief General MM Naravane?has launched?“Operation Namaste” to combat the spread of COVID-19.?The aim of the Operation is to insulate the?1.3 million armed force from coronavirus infection and extend all possible assistance to the government in containing the pandemic.?Option AExplanation:?India?launched an 18-hour operation called?‘Operation Sanjeevani’?on 2nd April 2020, to?deliver 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines and hospital consumables to Maldives, as an assistance in fight against COVID 19.?The?Indian Air Force (IAF) used its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft?to airlift the supplies to Maldivian Capital, Male.Siachen, World’s highest battlefield, now open for tourists.? The world’s highest battlefield,?Siachen Glacier, is now open for tourists, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced on Monday.? Tourism will be allowed from Siachen base camp to Kumar Post that lies above 15,000 feet.Sangam Youth Festival organised by Indian Army.? More than 1,500 students from 32 dierent colleges and universities participated in the ‘Sangam Youth Festival’ held at Bhadarwah, Jammu and Kashmir.? The festival was organised from 11 October to 15 October 2019.? The event was inaugurated by the Northern Army commander Lt General Ranbir Singh.? The 5 day festival was organised by Indian Army in collaboration with Jammu University with aim of spreading message of peace, prosperity, communal harmony & national integration.? Bhaderwah is a town and tehsil in the Doda district of Jammu Division in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has now been given the status of sub-districtPM Modi releases commemorative stamp on Air Marshal Arjan Singh.? PM Modi attended the ‘at home’ programme of the Indian Air Force to mark its 87th raising day and released a commemorative stamp to honour Air Force Marshal late Arjan Singh.? This year we mark the birth centenary of Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). As a tribute to his exemplary service to our nation, a stamp was released.? Arjan Singh is an icon of Indian military history and the best remembered for providing excellent leadership to a young IAF during the 1965 war.? He served as?the Chief of Air Sta from August 1964 to July 1969.?Even after retirement, he continued to serve in various positions including India’s Ambassador to several countries.? Government of India designated him as the Marshal of the Air Force in January 2002. He remains the only ocer of the IAF to be given a Five-Star rank.? The IAF celebrating its 87th anniversary on 8 Oct 2019. IAF was founded on October 8, 1932.Option A3rd Military Literature Festival in?ChandigarhThe three-day long Military Literature Festival (MLF) was inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 13 at the Lake Club of the?Chandigarh.MLF, a joint initiative of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore in collaboration with?Western Command.Option C Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as ?rst female JAG o cerLieutenant Colonel?Jyoti Sharma?has been appointed as the Indian Army’s??rst female Judge Advocate General officer?to be deployed on a foreign mission.She will be appointed as the military legal expert with the government?Option C6th?ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus was held in BangkokThailand hosted the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM)- Plus in its capital cityADMM-Plus is key ministerial-level platforms in regional security architecture for promoting strategic dialogue and practical cooperation between?ASEAN and its 8 partner countries? India, China, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Russia and US.Thereby, India was represented by Union Defence Minister Rajnath SinghLt. Cdr. Karabi Gogoi has been posted as the Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian embassy in Moscow. She will become the ?rst woman o cer from the Indian Navy?to be posted as a? Defence Attache at an Indian mission abroad.Lt. Cdr. Gogoi was commissioned into the Navy in 2010 and is currently posted at Karwar.India has over 100 Defence Attaches or Defence Advisors posted at missions across the world with all three Service Attaches posted at important missions.IAF became the ?rst Service to post a woman o cer abroad at a diplomatic mission. Wing?Commander Anjali Singh?was posted as the Deputy Air Attache also at the same embassy.Option Defence Innovations Conference ‘Def-Connect’ Showcasing Accomplishments of iDEX Held in New DelhiThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) organised the conference ‘Def-Connect’ in New Delhi?on November 11, 2019 to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence? (iDEX) initiative and growth of the defence ecosystem in the country.Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh?was the Chief Guest of the event.Option CThe ‘Air Fest-2019’ was held at the headquarters maintenance command (HQMC) at?Nagpur?in Maharashtra with a spectacular display of aerial maneuvering.The event was part of the 87th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force and the 65th anniversary of the HQMC.The objective of the Air Fest was to showcase the IAF with a view to instill a sense of patriotism and motivate the younger generation to join the IAF.Option DThe Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed that the?Assam Ri?es?should be merged with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and serve under the operational control of the MHA.At present, the Assam Ri?es, a Central paramilitary force, is under the?administrative control of the MHA and operational control of the Army, i.e. the Ministry of Defence. The Army opposed? to this proposal.All Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) are acclimatised to almost every region of the country now due to country-wide deployment of all CAPF battalions.The operational role performed by the ITBP at 18,700 feet in Ladakh is testimony enough to its capability to guard the border in any part of the country.It needs to be noted that back in 2001, the Group of Ministers had stated that the principle of ‘One Border, One Force’?should be strictly adhered to.If ITBP?can guard the India-China border in Ladakh, there is no reason why it cannot guard the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh and beyond.The concept of having two masters for an organisation — one for administrative control and another for operational control — is not only absurd but also leads to problems of coordination.Therefore, the Home Ministry’s move to merge all its 55,000-strong Assam Ri?es with the ITBP is a step in the right direction.Option CIAF launches multiplayer version of ‘Indian Air Force – A Cut Above’ gameThe Indian Air Force (IAF) launched the multiplayer version of its interactive mobile game named ‘Indian Air Force – A Cut Above’.The game lets users experience the thrill of ?ying a combat aircraft. The single-player version of the game was ?rst launched by then Chief of Air Sta” (COAS), B S Dhanoa, on 31 May 2019.The game is a combat simulator that lets the players choose from an array of IAF’s ?ghter aircraft, such as Tejas, Rafale Mirage-2000, Su-30 among others. It is available for Android and other mobile OS.Option BRafale jet tail numbers to feature former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa’s initials.In recognition of Air Chief Marshal (retd) B S Dhanoa’s unrelenting backing for the Rafale deal, the Indian Air Force has decided to put tail numbers in 30 Rafale jets with ‘BS’ initials.Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Sta”.India has requested for an early delivery of Meteor air-to-air missiles fromThese missiles will provide India the power to take on US supplied?AMRAAM missiles?possessed by the Pakistan Air Force.The Meteor missiles are?air-to-air missiles?with a range of 150 km & no escape zone of 60km.This no escape zone is the largest in the world according to its manufacturers.These missiles are to be attached to the Rafale jets. With increasing tensions between India and Pakistan, India is requesting for an early delivery.Option C‘Made in India’ Patrol Vessel named "KAAMIYAAB” to the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) as part of Delhi’s efforts to be net security provider in the region amid China’s increasing forays in the Indian Ocean Region.The brand-new vessel will be manned by eight Maldives personnel trained in India and will be a asset for Maldives in enhancing its maritime security, fostering its blue economy and safeguarding its tourism industry. India is a key supplier of defence equipment to Maldives and also trains its military personnel.Option BIndian Army has successfully test ?red two?Spike long- range Anti-Tank Missiles?from an Infantry School at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.Spike anti-tank missiles is a?4th generation missile?which can engage any target with precision at ranges up to 4 km.It is developed and designed by?Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.The missile is man-portable and has its own vehicle-launch and helicopter-launched variants. It will bolster Indian Army’s ?re power capability.Option BExplanation:?President?Ram Nath Kovind?presented the?President’s Colour to INS Shivaji?on 13 February.?The President’s Colour is the?highest honour that can be bestowed upon any military unit.?INS Shivaji is an Indian Naval station located in Lonavala, Maharashtra and houses the Naval College of Engineering which trains officers of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard. ................
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