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upsc-p1-current-affairs-defence-security MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Arrange the following stages of a capital defence acquisition in the usual order, from earliest to latest: 1. Request for Proposal 2. Acceptance of Necessity 3. Technical and field evaluation 4. Identification of capability requirement Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A capital acquisition begins by identifying the capability requirement. Acceptance of Necessity follows, after which a Request for Proposal is issued. Technical and field evaluation comes after proposals are received. Therefore, the correct order is 4-2-1-3.
Q2Consider the following statements regarding defence systems and their lifecycle: 1. Akashteer is an indigenous automated air-defence control and reporting system. 2. Akash is a surface-to-air missile system associated with air defence. 3. A successful developmental test by itself establishes that a system has been inducted into operational service. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Akashteer integrates air-defence control and reporting; it is not the Akash missile. Akash is a surface-to-air missile system. Developmental testing, user trials, production and induction are separate lifecycle stages, so a successful test alone does not prove operational induction. Statement 3 is therefore incorrect.
Q3Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Institution) 1. National Investigation Agency 2. Central Bureau of Investigation 3. National Disaster Response Force 4. National Security Guard List II (Legal basis or role) P. Specialist counter-terror force Q. Raised under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 R. Investigates scheduled offences under the NIA Act, 2008 S. Derives police powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
The NIA investigates scheduled offences under the NIA Act, giving 1-R. The CBI derives police powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, giving 2-S. The NDRF was raised under the Disaster Management Act, giving 3-Q. The NSG is a specialist counter-terror force, giving 4-P. Hence the correct sequence is 1-R, 2-S, 3-Q, 4-P.
Q4With reference to Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025, consider the following statements: 1. It was described as the fourth edition of an India-United States bilateral tri-service humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise. 2. Being a joint military exercise, it automatically created a military alliance between India and the United States. Which one of the following is correct?
Statement 1 is correct: Tiger Triumph 2025 was the fourth India-US bilateral tri-service HADR exercise. Statement 2 is incorrect because exercises test capabilities, common procedures and interoperability; they do not automatically create alliances. The correct answer is 1 only.
Q5Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Exercise) 1. Malabar 2024 2. Tiger Triumph 2025 3. MILAN 4. Tarang Shakti List II (Character) P. Indian Navy's biennial multilateral naval exercise Q. India's first multinational air exercise R. India-US bilateral tri-service HADR exercise S. India-hosted naval exercise involving India, Australia, Japan and the United States
Malabar 2024 was hosted by India and involved India, Australia, Japan and the United States, so 1-S. Tiger Triumph 2025 was the India-US bilateral tri-service HADR exercise, so 2-R. MILAN is the Indian Navy's biennial multilateral naval exercise, so 3-P. Tarang Shakti is India's first multinational air exercise, so 4-Q. The correct sequence is 1-S, 2-R, 3-P, 4-Q.
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6Arrange the following national-security reform milestones in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Naresh Chandra Task Force 2. Group of Ministers report following the Kargil Review Committee 3. Shekatkar Committee 4. Kargil Review Committee Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7With reference to national-security reform bodies, consider the following statements: 1. The Kargil Review Committee was chaired by K. Subrahmanyam after the 1999 Kargil conflict. 2. The Group of Ministers report of 2001 recommended reforms in intelligence, internal security, border management and defence management. 3. The Shekatkar Committee of 2016 examined measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to the constitutional distribution of security powers, consider the following statements: 1. The supreme command of the Defence Forces of the Union is vested in the President under Article 53. 2. Public order and police are subjects in the State List. 3. Article 355 gives the Union a routine policing power in every State. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider the following statements about emergency provisions and fundamental rights: 1. Article 352 permits a National Emergency on the grounds of war, external aggression or armed rebellion. 2. Article 358 automatically suspends Article 19 during every National Emergency, including one declared on armed rebellion. 3. Articles 20 and 21 are protected from suspension of the right to move a court under Article 359. Select the correct answer using the code given below.