Defence Current Affairs July-2019 To January-2020 Set 2 – Free PDF Download

 
Q) Indian Navy will be hosting military drill called ‘Milan 2020’ in March 2020 in which of the following cities?

1. Kochi
2. Jaipur
3. Visakhapatnam
4. Shillong

• Milan 2020: Indian Navy to host multi-nation military drill in March
• Indian Navy will be hosting military drill called ‘Milan 2020’ at Visakhapatnam in March 2020 which will witness the participation of several countries.
• MILAN stands for ‘Multilateral Naval Exercise’.
• The MILAN series of biennial exercises commenced in 1995.

Q) The third Military Literature Festival will be held in which city?

1. Chandigarh
2. New Delhi
3. Dehradun
4. Imphal

• 3rd Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh
• The 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.

Q) Indian Army has dedicated the Army Goodwill Park as a mark of paying tribute to which soldier?

1. Subedar Chuni Lal
2. Capt Vikram Batra
3. Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani
4. Major Saurabh Kalia

• Army dedicates Goodwill Park to Late Naib Subedar Chuni Lal
• As a mark of tribute to one of the most decorated soldiers of Indian Army Late Naib Subedar Chuni Lal, an Army Goodwill Park was dedicated at his native village Bhara in Doda, Jammu  and Kashmir.
• The Army Goodwill Park has a statue of the martyred soldier, beside a Children park and open Gym for the villagers.

Q) When was Poonch Link Up Day celebrated by Indian Army?

1. November 22
2. November 23
3. November 21
4. November 20

• Indian Army celebrates Poonch Link Up Day on November 23rd, 2019.
• Indian Army commemorated Poonch Link-up day they paid tribute to soldiers and local citizens for their supreme sacrifice in defending Poonch during a conflict in 1948.
• On November 22, 1948, Poonch was recaptured from Pakistani forces in 1948.

Q) Name the First woman pilot of Indian Navy joined Naval operations on December 2?

1. Shivangi
2. Vartika Josh
3. Pratibha Jamwal
4. Aishwarya Boddapati

• First woman pilot of Indian Navy
• Sub-Lieutenant Shivangi of the Indian Navy became first naval woman pilot and joined operational duties in the presence of top naval o cials at its base in Kochi.
• She hails from Muzaffarpur, Bihar

Q) GRSE has recently delivered which Fast Patrol Vessel – third in the series of the FPV to the Indian Coast Guard?

1. ICGS Amrit Kaur
2. ICGS Kamla Devi
3. ICGS Kanaklata Barua
4. ICGS Draupadi

• GRSE Delivers fast patrol vessel ‘ICGS Amrit Kaur’ to Indian Coast Guard
• The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) delivered ‘ICGS Amrit Kaur’, third in the series of five fast patrol vessels (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard on November 19, 2019.
• ICGS Priyadarshini and ICGS Annie Besant are the first two FPV in the series which has already been delivered to ICGS.
• The last two FPVs namely ICGS Kamla Devi and ICGS Kanaklata Barua will be commissioned shortly, after successful sea trails.
• ICGS Amrit Kaur is the 102nd warship by GRSE.

Q) Which country has successfully test-fired Shaheen-1 missile recently?

1. Taiwan
2. Iraq
3. Turkey
4. Pakistan

• Pakistan test-fires Shaheen-1 missile
• Pakistan has successfully test-fired the Shaheen-1 missile recently. It is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
• This surface-to-surface ballistic missile can hit a target at 650 km. Many cities in India can fall within its range.
• Earlier, Pakistan had test-fired surface-to-surface missile Ghaznavi on 29 August, a few days after Article 370 was revoked from Jammu and Kashmir.

Q) The 6^th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) was held in which city?

1. Naypyitaw
2. Jakarta
3. Bangkok
4. Manila

• 6^th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus was held in Bangkok
• Thailand hosted the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM)- Plus in its capital city
• ADMM-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 Singh

Q) What is the strike range of, surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile, Agni-II?

1. 500 km
2. 2,000 km
3. 1,500 km
4. 1,000 km

• India successfully conducted the first night trial of nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-II from the Abdul Kalam Island o” the Odisha coast.
• The 20-metre-long, two-stage ballistic missile has a strike range of 2,000 km. It has a launch weight of 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.
• Developed by the DRDO, the missile has already been inducted into the armed forces.

Q) Who has been appointed as the Indian Army’s first female Judge Advocate General o cer to be deployed on a foreign mission?

1. Divya Ajith Kumar
2. Priya Jhingan
3. Jyoti Sharma
4. Nivedita Choudhary

• Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as first female JAG o cer
• Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma has been appointed as the Indian Army’s first female Judge Advocate General officer to be deployed on a foreign mission.
• She will be appointed as the military legal expert with the government of

Q) Who will become the first woman officer from the Navy to be posted as an Assistant Naval Attache at an Indian mission abroad?

1. Karabi Gogoi
2. Payal Gupta
3. Pratibha Jamwal
4. Vartika Joshi

• Lt. Cdr. Karabi Gogoi has been posted as the Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian embassy in Moscow. She will become the first 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 first 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.

Q) The Defence Innovations Conference ‘Def-Connect’ was held in which city to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative?

1. New Delhi
2. Lucknow
3. Bengaluru
4. Hyderabad

• Defence Innovations Conference ‘Def-Connect’ Showcasing Accomplishments of iDEX Held in New Delhi
• The 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.

Q10) The ‘Air Fest-2019’ was held in which city by the Indian Air Force, recently?

1. Pune
2. Kanpur
3. Nagpur
4. New Delhi

• The ‘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.

Q) The Ministry of Home A”airs (MHA) has proposed to merge which Central paramilitary force with ITBP?

1. Sashastra Seema Bal
2. Central Reserve Police Force
3. Border Security Force
4. Assam Rifles

Changing the status quo :

• The Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed that the Assam Rifles should be merged with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and serve under the operational control of the MHA.
• At present, the Assam Rifles, 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.

Opposed to the move :

• The Army argues that the Assam Rifles should be merged with it, to ensure national security. It requires no wisdom to conclude that the Army would lose its promotional avenues once this  paramilitary force is merged with the ITBP, as it would be directly under the control of the  Home Ministry.
• At present, nearly 80% of o cers’ ranks from Major upwards are held by Army o cers on A Lieutenant General of the Army holds the post of Director General of Assam  Rifles. It is natural for the Army to oppose the move.

Reasoning Behind Merger :

• 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 Rifles with the ITBP is a step in the right direction.

Q) The Indian Air Force has launched which multiplayer version of its interactive mobile game?

1. Indian Air Force – Air Conflicts
2. Indian Air Force – Heroes Above
3. Indian Air Force – A Cut Above
4. Indian Air Force – A Daring Show

• IAF launches multiplayer version of ‘Indian Air Force – A Cut Above’ game
• The 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 flying a combat aircraft. The single-player version of the game was first 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 fighter aircraft, such as Tejas, Rafale Mirage-2000, Su-30 among others. It is available for Android and

Q) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX- 19) in which state?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Goa
3. Odisha
4. Rajasthan

Coast Guard conducts two-day rescue exercise off Goa shore

• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) tested its e ciency and preparedness during the Regional Level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX- 19) conducted o” Goa
• The two-day event, organised by the Coast Guard District Headquarters-11 (Goa), comprised a search and rescue workshop and table top exercise, followed by a search and rescue exercise at  sea .
• Maritime search and rescue remains a challenge with increase in maritime and fishing activities, further complicated by frequent cyclones.

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