Defence Current Affairs July-2019 To January-2020 Set 4 – Free PDF Download

Q) Which country will buy Brahmos missile from India?

1. Vietnam
2.  Palau
3. Philippines
4.  Indonesia

❖ Philippines army to buy India’s Brahmos missile.
➢ Brahmos missile is considered as one of the fastest supersonic missiles.
➢ Philippines army is acquiring Indian-Manufactured weapon in order to strengthen its coastal defences.
➢ In 2018, Indian PM Modi signed 4 bilateral agreements during his visit to Philippines, and acquiring Brahmos is one among them.
➢ Significance :- The acquisition proves that India’s Act East Policy is being strengthened. India’s bilateral relation with South Asian Countries and also with Philippines has diversified. It will also help achieve India’s defence exports target of Rs 35,000 crore in the next 5 years.
Q) What is the strike range of land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile?

1. 200 km
2. 290 km
3. 420 km
4. 320 km

❖ Land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic missile successfully test-fired.
➢ India successfully test fired a land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic missile from Chandipur coast in Odisha’s Balasore district.
➢ The missile, with a strike range of 290km, can be fired from land as well as sea-based platforms.
➢ On March 11, 2017 the first extended version of the missile, which had strike range of 450 km, was successfully tested.
Q) Which of the following corps of Army celebrated the 73rd Infantry Day in Jammu and Kashmir on 27 October?

1. Gajraj Corps
2. Chinar Corps
3. Sudarshan Chakra Corps
4. Konark Corps

❖ Chinar Corps celebrates 73rd Infantry Day in Jammu and Kashmir.
➢ The celebrations took place at BB Cantt to honour the supreme sacrifice of the gallant soldiers in fighting the Pakistani invaders in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
➢ October 27 is celebrated as Infantry Day by the Indian Army in J&K as it was on this day that two Infantry companies of the first battalion of the Sikh regiment were airlifted from Delhi to Srinagar to liberate Kashmir from the Pakistani invaders(Kabailis) and regulars of the Pakistan Army.
➢ Local population fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Indian Army pushed back the invaders West of Uri by the end of November 1947
Military Exercises :-
❖ Exercise Shakti 2019 – India and France In Rajasthan.
❖ IMNEX-2019 – India-Myanmar Naval Exercise Commenced in Visakhapatnam.
❖ Sindhu Sudarshan – Indian Army to conduct exercise codenamed as ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in the deserts of Rajasthan from 29 November to 4 December 2019.
➢ More than 40,000 troops will be participating in an all-arms battle array of Divisions and Brigades carrying out oensive operations in deserts. The exercise will showcase a high degree of synergy between the Indian Army and Indian Air Force.
❖ EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V – Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO) at Air Force Base Masirah in Oman. For the first time that the MiG-29 fighter aircraft participated in an international exercise outside India.
❖ Exercise ‘Shinyuu Maitri’ – The Indian Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) was held at Air Force Station, Arjan Singh, Panagarh, West Bengal.
❖ Vajra Prahar – The 10th edition of the joint military exercise was conducted between India and the US at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle from October 13 till October 28.
❖ Dharma Guardian – The joint military exercise between India and Japan conducted in Mizoram from October 19 to November 2.
❖ Exercise Nomadic Elephant XIV – 14 th edition of Indo-Mongolian Joint Exercise conducted over a period of 14 days conducted from 05 Oct 19 to 18 Oct 19 at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.
❖ Military Exercise Ekuverin– Tenth edition of the Joint between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence was organised from 07 to 20 October 2019 at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra. ➢ Ekuverin means ‘Friends’ in the Dhivehi language.
❖ Exercise KAZIND – India-Kazakhstan Joint Military 2019 was held at Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand from 02 to 15 October 2019.
➢ KAZIND-2019 is the fourth edition of the exercise which is conducted alternatively in Kazakhstan and India..
❖ Malabar 2019 : The 23rd edition of the trilateral maritime exercise of India, Japan and the United States(US) named “Malabar 2019” exercise begun at Sasebo, Japan.
❖ SITMEX 2019 – The inaugural trilateral exercise, involving the Indian Navy (IN), the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), and the Royal Thailand Navy (RTN), recently commenced at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar.
❖ Maitree 2019 : Conducted between India and Thailand at Foreign Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep 2019.
❖ Exercise SLINEX 2019 : The Indian and Sri Lankan Navy conducted the annual Joint Indo-Lanka maritime fleet exercise SLINEX 2019 at the port of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on September 7, 2019.
❖ Yudh Abhyas 2019 : 15 th Indo-US Joint Military Exercise was held Washington from 5 September 2019. Hosted alternately between India and United States.
Q) Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its ___________th Raising Day on 24th October 2019?

1. 60 th
2.  58 th
3. 45 th
4. 64 th

❖ ITBP celebrated its 58th Raising Day.
➢ Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its 58th Raising Day on 24th October 2019.
➢ Indo-Tibetan Border Police was raised on 24 October, 1962 in the wake of Chinese aggression on Indo-China border.
Q) India has opened which battlefield for tourists now?

1. Drass
2. Kargil
3. Siachen
4. Longewala

❖ 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.
Q) Where was Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh?

1. Shillong
2. Leh
3. Itanagar
4. Ladakh

❖ Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu inaugurated in Ladakh.
➢ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) which has been constructed on Shyok River.
➢ Its is situated at an altitude of 14,650 feet in the forward area of Ladakh region.
➢ It is located nearly 45 km from the country’s border with China.
➢ It is named in honour of Colonel Chewang Rinchen who was one of the highly decorated ocers in Indian Army from Ladakh. He was also a Maha Vir Chakara awardee (1952).
➢ It is strategically located on the 255-km Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DSDBO) section of the road between Leh and Karakoram Pass.
➢ The Bridge, which is 1400 feet span, is constructed by the Border Road Organization.
➢ According to BRO, micropile technology was used during the foundation of the bridge to overcome the technological challenges in this remote area of Ladakh.
Q) Ministry of Defence (MoD) will increase the defence export to around Rs.35,000 crore by which year?

1. 2025
2. 2023
3. 2024
4. 2022

• An estimate made by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that India is expecting at a three-fold jump, around Rs.35,000 crore, in its defence exports by 2024. The defence exports is currently Rs.11,000 crore. MoD is to conduct the next defence expo in Lucknow in the first and second weeks of February 2020

Q) Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army is conducting two-day long war exercise in which of the following cities?

1. Jaisalmer
2. Cuttack
3. Hyderabad
4. Jaipur

❖ Two-day long manoeuvres by Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army begins at Jaisalmer.
➢ Two-day long manoeuvres by Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army was conducted at Jaisalmer field firing range in Rajasthan.
➢ In this war exercise, the army exhibited its strength regarding Agni Missile and artillery.
Q) Who has been appointed as Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG)?

1. Anup Kumar Singh
2. V K Johri
3. Arvind Kumar
4. Surjeet Singh Deswal

❖ Anup Kumar Singh Appointed new Director General of NSG.
➢ Senior IPS Officer  Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Security Guard on Oct 18. NSG is famously known as ‘black cats commando’ force.
Q) The Indian Army has begun to digitize its ocial records under its new programme called “____”?

1. START
2. OASIS
3. REACH
4. NEST

❖ Indian Army Launches Software OASIS to Digitize Records of its Ocers.
➢ The Indian Army has launched a new software “Ocers Automated Structured Information System “ (Oasis) to digitise the service and personal records of the Army ocers.
➢ The new software will be hosted on Army’s intranet and can be accessed by the Army ocers to check their details.
➢ When the ocer retires, the whole data will migrate from Oasis to Retired Ocers Digital Records Archive (RODRA). The RODRA holds the pension details of the ocers.
Q) Indian Army has organized the ‘Sangam Youth Festival’ in which of the following towns of Jammu & Kashmir?

1. Bandipore
2. Awantipora
3. Bhadarwah
4. Pulwama

❖ 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-district
Q) On the occasion of 87th raising day of IAF Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a commemorative stamp of which Air Marshal to honour him?

1. Om Prakash Mehra
2. Arjan Singh
3. Dilbagh Singh
4. Swaroop Krishna Kaul

❖ PM 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.
Q) The second edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) of the navies is being held between India and which country?

1. Sri Lanka
2. Russia
3. Myanmar
4. Bangladesh

❖ India – Bangladesh Navies Undertake Coordinated Patrol in North Bay of Bengal.
➢ The second edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) of the navies of India and Bangladesh commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal.
➢ The India Bangladesh CORPAT commenced in 2018. The exercise aims at development of mutual communication and sharing of best practices between the two navies.
❖ Name of Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna added to National War Memorial.
➢ He was killed by JKLF terrorists in 1990, has been added to the National War Memorial after it was approved by the Indian Air Force.
➢ Squadron Leader Khanna and three other IAF personnel were killed in January 1990 in Kashmir allegedly by JKLF founder Yasin Malik. Twenty-seven bullets were pumped into Khanna’s body. The trial against Malik had resumed last month in Jammu.
➢ An Air Force ocial said Khanna’s name was missed out in the National War Memorial and the mistake has now been rectified.
➢ The National War Memorial at the India Gate is dedicated to the defence personnel who laid down their lives for the country.
➢ The three armed services approve the names of the soldiers after which they are included in the National War Memorial.
 

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