General Knowledge carries 50 marks in the AISSEE Class 6 paper and is also tested in the RMS CET. These 10 MCQs on Defence GK cover facts that are asked again and again in Sainik and Military School entrance exams.
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Practice Questions
Q1. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces?
(A) The Prime Minister
(B) The President of India
(C) The Defence Minister
(D) The Chief of Defence Staff
Q2. Where is the National Defence Academy (NDA) located?
(A) Ezhimala
(B) Dehradun
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Khadakwasla, Pune
Q3. The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is located at ________.
(A) Pune
(B) Dehradun
(C) Gwalior
(D) Chennai
Q4. Where is the Indian Naval Academy located?
(A) Ezhimala, Kerala
(B) Mumbai
(C) Goa
(D) Visakhapatnam
Q5. The Air Force Academy that trains IAF pilots is at ________.
(A) Pune
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Dundigal, Hyderabad
(D) Jodhpur
Q6. Which is India's highest gallantry award during war?
(A) Param Vir Chakra
(B) Vir Chakra
(C) Ashoka Chakra
(D) Kirti Chakra
Q7. Which is India's highest peacetime gallantry award?
(A) Sena Medal
(B) Shaurya Chakra
(C) Ashoka Chakra
(D) Param Vir Chakra
Q8. Army Day is celebrated in India on ________.
(A) 15 January
(B) 8 October
(C) 26 July
(D) 4 December
Q9. Navy Day is celebrated on 4 December to remember which operation?
(A) Operation Vijay
(B) Operation Meghdoot
(C) Operation Blue Star
(D) Operation Trident (1971)
Q10. Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed on ________.
(A) 8 October
(B) 15 January
(C) 16 December
(D) 26 July
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) The President of India — The President is the Supreme Commander of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
(D) Khadakwasla, Pune — NDA trains cadets of all three services at Khadakwasla near Pune.
(B) Dehradun — IMA in Dehradun trains Army officers.
(A) Ezhimala, Kerala — The Indian Naval Academy is at Ezhimala in Kannur, Kerala.
(C) Dundigal, Hyderabad — The Air Force Academy is at Dundigal near Hyderabad.
(A) Param Vir Chakra — The Param Vir Chakra is the highest wartime gallantry award.
(C) Ashoka Chakra — The Ashoka Chakra is the highest gallantry award in peacetime.
(A) 15 January — Army Day marks Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa taking over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief in 1949.
(D) Operation Trident (1971) — Navy Day honours the 1971 attack on Karachi harbour.
(D) 26 July — It marks India's victory in the Kargil War of 1999.
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