Defence CA (Sept & Oct) by Dr.

Gaurav Garg

Q) Which country has withdrawn from KavKaz 2020 Military Exercise scheduled to be held in Russia?
A.China B.Pakistan
C.India D.Kazakhstan

India decides to pull out of Kavkaz 2020 military exercise

● India has withdrawn its participation in Kavkaz 2020 multinational exercise in Russia in September citing logistics
difficulties due to COVID-19 pandemic.
● However, it is mainly due to participation of Chinese troops amid the ongoing standoff in Ladakh.
● The invitees to Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise, also referred to as Caucasus-2020, to be held in
Astrakhan in Southern Russia from September 15 to 26 include China, Pakistan and Turkey apart from other member
states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Q) Rafale fighter jets was formally inducted into which squadron of the Indian Air Force on September 10?
A.Golden Arrows B.Challengers
C.Snow Tigers D.Charging Rhinos

Rafale fighter jets formally inducted into IAF on September 10

● Rafale fighter jets was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on
September 10, 2020 at the Ambala airbase in Haryana. Five Rafale fighter jets arrived in India from France on July 29.
● The jets were inducted into the IAF as part of its No 17 Squadron, also known as the 'Golden Arrows'.
● French Defence Minister Florence Parly was invited for the induction ceremony.

Q) INDRA NAVY is a maritime exercise which is conducted between India and which country?
A.China B.Singapore
C.Russia D.France

● The 11th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian
Navy scheduled in the Bay of Bengal from 04 and 05 September 2020.

Q) Which country has assured India that it will follow a policy of ‘no arms supply to Pakistan’?
A.France B.Israel
C.Turkey D.Russia

Q) What is the name of the World War II bomb that was recently exploded underwater in Poland?
A.Little Boy B.Fat Man
C.Small Man D.Tallboy

Q) India and which country have finalised a major deal for manufacturing AK-47 203 rifles in India?
A.Russia B.France
C.United States D.Israel

India, Russia finalise deal to manufacture AK-47 203 rifles: Report

● India and Russia have finalised a major deal for manufacturing AK-47 203 rifles in India during Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh's ongoing visit to Moscow.
● The rifles will be manufactured in India as part of the joint venture Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL),
established between the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), the Kalashnikov Concern and Rosoboronexport -- the
Russian state agency for military exports.
● The OFB would own a majority stake of 50.5 per cent in IRRPL while the Kalashnikov Group would have a 42 per
cent share. Russia's state-owned export agency, Rosoboronexport, would own the remaining 7.5 per cent.

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Q) Which country has conducted a successful test flight of the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology
Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV)?
A.Israel B.South Korea
C.India D.Australia

India successfully test fires Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

● India has conducted a successful test flight of the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator
Vehicle (HSTDV), joining an elite group of countries i.e. the US, Russia and China, who possess the technology.
● The HSTDV tests the indigenously developed hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology.
● The scramjets are a variant of air breathing jet engines and have the ability to handle airflows of speeds much higher
than the speed of sound.
● The HSTDV took off at 11.03 a.m. on Monday from the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam launch complex at Wheeler Island off
the Odisha coast.

Q) Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed which Heavy Drop System which is capable of
para dropping military stores?
A.F-7 B.G-8
C.S-5 D.P-7

Q) The 13th edition of Aero India-21 will be held in which city?

A.Hyderabad B.New Delhi
C.Bengaluru D.Pune

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Aero India 2021 website

● The 13th edition of Aero India-21 will be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru in Karnataka from
February 3 to February 7 next year.
● The Aero India 2021 website will be a contactless online interface for Asia's largest aero show.

Q) Which country has conducted its annual exercise ‘Zolfaghar-99’ amid tensions with US?
A.Israel B.China
C.Iran D.Turkey

Q) The government has constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) under whose chairmanship to Oversee
OFB's (Ordnance Factory Board) Corporatisation?
A.Amit Shah B.Nitin Gadkari
C.Rajnath Singh D.Nirmala Sitharaman

Q) A Research lab of DRDO will be opened in Kailaras-Jaura region of which district of Madhya Pradesh?
A.Dhar B.Mandsaur
C.Tikamgarh D.Morena

Q) The union government has allowed how much Foreign Direct Investment in Defence Production through automatic
route?
A.49% B.65%
C.100% D.74%

Union govt approves amendment in Foreign Direct Investment Policy in Defence Sector
● The Union Government has approved the amendment in Foreign Direct Investment Policy in Defence Sector.
● Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that for new licensees, FDI is allowed upto 74 per cent
through automatic route and beyond 74 per cent to be permitted through government route.
● For existing licenses, infusion of fresh foreign investment up to 49 percent can be done by making declaration of
change or transfer within 30 days.

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Q) Defence Research Institute DRDO has set up how many advanced technology centres to carry out research on futuristic
military applications?
A.Two B.Eight
C.Five D.Four

DRDO Sets Up Tech Centres to Research Futuristic Military Applications

● India's premier defence research institute DRDO has set up eight advanced technology centres to carry out research on
futuristic military applications.
● A committee headed by Prof V Ramagopal Rao, Director of Delhi IIT, has been appointed to suggest measures to
improve efficiency of the DRDO laboratories across the country with an aim to boost the domestic defence production.

Q) Indian Army organized the annual 'Shikara Race‘ in which of the following cities?
A.Jammu B.Srinagar
C.Gulmarg D. Shopian

Q) Which organisation has initiated a probe into an accident involving Howitzer gun system in Pokhran?
A.Department of Defence B.Supreme Court
C.DRDO D.ISRO

Q) DRDO has conducted a successful flight-test of which High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)?
A.ABHYAS B.ARJUN
C.KARNA D.DRONA

DRDO conducts successful flight test of ABHYAS

● In yet another milestone for India, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted the
successful flight test of ABHYAS--High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT).
● The flight test was done from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.
● This is the second time that the target vehicle was flight-tested successfully. The first successful test was in May
2019.
● Designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO, Abhyas is capable of
fully-autonomous flight and runs on a gas turbine engine.

Q) Navies of India and which country is conducting a two-day mega exercise in the Indian Ocean Region?
A.Japan B.Canada
C.France D.Australia

Q) Who is set to become India's first woman fighter pilot to fly the Rafale aircraft?
A.Payal Gupta B.Aishwarya Boddapati
C. Shivangi Singh D.Shubhangi Swaroop

Varanasi’s Shivangi Singh to be first woman to fly Rafale

● Shivangi Singh, who hails from Varanasi, is currently being trained to fly IAF’s newest fighter based in Ambala.
● She is undergoing conversion training to fly the Rafale jet and will soon join the Ambala-based No. 17 squadron, also
known as “Golden Arrows.”

Q) A webinar between India and which country under the theme “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative
Partnership: Webinar and Expo” was held?
A.Israel B.Japan
C.Russia D.South Korea

Q) JIMEX is a maritime exercise which is held between India and which country?
A.Jordan B.Japan
C.Singapore D.Russia

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India, Japan Navies To Start 3-Day Mega Exercise
● Indian and Japanese navies held a three-day mega military exercise in the North Arabian Sea.
● It will be the first military exercise after the two countries signed a landmark agreement on September 9 that will allow
their militaries to access each other's bases for logistics support.
● The fourth edition of the India-Japan maritime exercise JIMEX will feature a multitude of advanced exercises across
the spectrum of maritime operations, in reflection of high degree of inter-operability and joint operational skills.
● The JIMEX series of exercises started in January 2012 with a special focus on maritime security cooperation.
● The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in October 2018 off Visakhapatnam coast.

Q) What is the strike range of surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile?

A.250 km B.400 km
C.450 km D.350 km

Indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile test fired

● The state-of-the-art missile was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
● The trial of the missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch
complex-3 of the ITR.

Q) India's first Coast Guard academy will be established in which city?

A.Kolkata B.Mangaluru
C.Dehradun D.Pune

Q) DRDO has successfully test-fired the Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from which Main Battle Tank?
A.Dhruv B.Karna
C.Agni D.Arjun

DRDO successfully test-fires Laser-Guided Anti Tank Missile

● Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed
Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun at KK Ranges in
Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.
● Pune-based DRDO facilities – Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE) and the High
Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) — have developed the missile in collaboration with another
DRDO laboratory, Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE) in Dehradun.
● DRDO has successfully conducted tests of Man Portable ATGM and also a ATGM system named Nag.
● The indigenously developed low-weight, ‘fire and forget’ Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) in
September last year. In February 2018, ATGM Nag was successfully tested in desert conditions.

Q) DRDO has successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile recently. BrahMos is classified as _______?
A.Surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile B.Air-to-air subsonic cruise missile
C.Sea-to-sea ballistic missile D.Surface-to-surface anti tank missile

BrahMos missile with indigenous booster successfully test-fired

● The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired the BrahMos
surface-to-surface cruise missile.
● The supersonic missile is one of the prime precision-strike missiles used by all three forces, the Army, Navy and the
Air Force. The missile has a strike range of approximately 300 km.
● BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile was successfully flight tested for designated range” at 10.30 am
from the integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha.

Q) Defence Ministry has approved the procurement of 72,000 assault rifles, worth Rs 780 crore, from which country?
A.France B.Russia
C.Israel D.United States

Q) A Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) named ICGS Kanaklata Barua was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard in which city?
A.Mumbai B.Kochi
C.Kolkata D.Chennai

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Coast Guard’s Kanaklata Barua: the legacy of a freedom fighter
● A Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) named ICGS Kanaklata Barua was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard in Kolkata.
● It is named after a teenage freedom fighter who was shot dead in Assam during the Quit India Movement.
● It is the fifth and last in a series of FPVs built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd.
● The other four are ICGS Priyadarshini (named after Indira Gandhi), ICGS Annie Besant, ICGS Kamala Devi (after
Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay), and ICGS Amrit Kaur.
● These FPVs are medium-range surface vessels with a length of around 50 m, and a displacement of over 300 tonnes.

Q) Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) - 2020, which was recently unveiled, was prepared under whose chairmanship?
A.Ashwani Lohani B.Vinod Kumar Yadav
C.Apurva Chandra D.Pradipta Kumar

New defence acquisition policy comes into effect

● The final form of the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) - 2020 has been unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh.
● Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) - 2020 was prepared under Chairmanship of Apurva Chandra.
● It focuses on significantly boosting indigenous production and turning India into a global manufacturing hub of
weapons and military platforms.
● The new Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 has come into effect from today, October 1.
● It will supersede the Defence Procurement Procedure of 2016.
● Government has changed 15-year old policy by removing the clause for offsets for inter-government agreement
(IGA), government-to-government defence deals and single-vendor contracts for the procurement of arms and
military platforms for the armed forces.
● But what is defence offset?
● Under the offset policy, the foreign defence entities were mandated to spend at least 30 percent of the total contract
value in India through procurement of components, transfer of technologies or setting up of research and development
facilities.
● This condition was for all contracts worth more than Rs 2,000 crore. But this is now history.

Q) Bongosagar is a joint navy exercise between India and which country?

A.Sri Lanka B.Japan
C.Bangladesh D.Russia

India-Bangladesh Naval Forces To Hold Exercise Bongosagar In Bay Of Bengal

● The second edition of India-Bangladesh Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar conducted on October 3 in the Bay of Bengal.
● The first edition of this exercise was held in 2019.
● The Exercise Bongosagar was then be followed by the third edition of IN-BN Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT).
● This joint exercise will take place in the Northern Bay of Bengal from October 4-5.
● During the CORPAT exercise, India and Bangladesh’s navy will patrol along the International Maritime Boundary
Line (IMBL).

Q) India has successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable hypersonic missile 'Shaurya’. It is a kind of
________missile?
A.Air to Air B.Surface to Surface
C.Surface to Air D.Sea to Sea

India successfully test-fires new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya Missile

● India has successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable hypersonic missile
'Shaurya' with a strike range of around 1,000 km from a test range in Odisha.
● 'Shaurya', which is the land variant of India's K-15 missile, has a strike range of 700 km to 1000 km and is capable of
carrying payloads of 200 kg to 1000 kg.
● SMART is a missile assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) operations for far beyond torpedo range.

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Q) Which country has conducted a successful flight test of the Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)?
A.India B.United States
C.Israel D.Russia

● India successfully flight-tested the Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) from Wheeler Island
off the coast of Odisha.

Q) India is planning to buy Sprut SDM1 light tanks for use in high altitude areas from which country?
A.Russia B.Israel
C.United States D.France

Q) The seventh offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) “Vigraha” was formally unveiled at which port?
A.Mumbai Port B.Kattupalli Port
C.Tuticorin Port D.Paradip Port

Indian Coast Guard 7th Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Vigraha’ launched

● The seventh offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), ”Vigraha” was formally unveiled at the Kattupalli
port, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
● The vessel, built by Larsen and Toubro, is the last in the series of seven OPVs contracted to the company by the
Ministry of Defence in 2015.

Q) What is the name of the Anti-Radiation Missile that was recently tested by DRDO?
A.TUDRAM-1 B.SUDRAM-1
C.RUDRAM-1 D.NUDRAM-1

DRDO successfully test-fires India’s first indigenous anti-radiation missile Rudram-1

● The DRDO has successfully flight-tested a new generation Anti-Radiation Missile (RUDRAM-1) at the Wheeler
Island off the coast of Odisha.
● The missile was launched from SU-30 Mk1 fighter aircraft.
● Its range depends on the height at which the fighter jet is flying. It can be launched from a height ranging from 500
metres to 15 km and can hit radiation emitting targets within a range of 250 km.

Q) What is the name of a two-day Coastal Security Exercise which was recently concluded between Indian Navy and Indian
Coast Guard?
A.Samudra Raksha B.Jal Yudh
C.Sagar Kavach D.Sagarika

Q) Union defence minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the Nechiphu Tunnel on the
Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road in which state?
A.Sikkim B.Assam
C.Arunachal Pradesh D.Nagaland

Foundation stone of Nechiphu Tunnel on road to China border in Arunachal laid by Rajnath Singh
● It is 450m-long tunnel.
● Singh also inaugurated eight bridges built by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Arunachal Pradesh.
● Thirty-six other bridges built by BRO in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir were
also inaugurated by the defence minister.

Q) Which ship was awarded the best ship among capital ships at the Fleet Award Function (FAF) 2020?
A.INS Trikand B.INS Gomati
C.INS Kamorta D.INS Sahyadri

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INS Sahyadri, INS Kora adjudged best Navy ships
● Coveted trophies for best ship were awarded to INS Sahyadri among capital ships and INS Kora among corvettes at
the Fleet Award Function (FAF), 2020, organised to mark the successful culmination of the Operational Cycle of the
Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam.
● This year’s edition was hosted by Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan.
● The FAF is organised to acknowledge the resilience and perseverance of men-in-white appointed onboard ships of
‘Poorvi Beda’ or colloquially called the ‘Sword Arm’ of the ENC.
● Indian Naval Ships Airavat and Kiltan jointly bagged the ‘best spirited ship’ for displaying indomitable spirit and
grit while undertaking challenging missions.

Q) What is the strike range of Nirbhay cruise missile launched by DRDO but was later aborted?
A.600 km B.400 km
C.500 km D.800 km

DRDO fires Nirbhay cruise missile into sea, hits abort after 8 minutes
● The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched the 800-km range Nirbhay cruise missile
from Odisha’s test facility into the Bay of Bengal but decided to abort the trial a few minutes later.
● Nirbhay was the 10th missile to be fired by the DRDO during the last 35 days, an average of a missile every four days.
● Nirbhay is a subsonic missile.

Q) India will deliver a kilo class which submarine to the Myanmar Navy?
A.INS Sindhughosh B.INS Sindhuraj
C.INS Sindhuvijay D.INS Sindhuvir

● The step is in accordance with India's vision of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) and also in
line with India's commitment to building capacities and self-reliance in the neighbouring countries.

Q) The eighth edition of the annual Indian Navy (IN) - Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 took
place in which city?
A.Chennai B.Kochi
C.Colombo D.Trincomalee

● Indigenously built ASW corvettes Kamorta and Kiltan under the command of Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, Flag
Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, will represent the Indian Navy.

Q) DRDO has successfully conducted a night trial Prithvi-2 missile. What is the strike range of the missile?
A.450 km B.550 km
C.350 km D.400 km

● The state-of-the-art surface-to-surface missile blasted off around 7.30 pm from launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test
Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore and the trial was successful.

Q) Which country is finally set to join the Malabar trilateral naval exercise comprising India, Japan and the U.S?
A.South Korea B.Australia
C.Russia D.United Kingdom

Q) DRDO has successfully tested indigenously developed SANT missile. What does “S” in SANT stands for?
A.Stand-off B.Surface
C.Sea D.Scale

SANT missile clears crucial developmental trial off Odisha coast

● India has successfully flight tested indigenously developed Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) missile from a ground-based
platform off Odisha coast.
● The air-to-surface missile developed by DRDO for the Indian Air Force was test fired from a roof-top launcher at the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) against a static target.
● An upgraded version of anti-tank missile - Helicopter Launched Nag (HeliNa), the SANT missile has both lock-on
before launch and lock-on after launch capability.

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Q) What is the name of the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who passed away recently?
A.Barbara Ghosh B.Pratibha Jamwal
C.Vijaylakshmi Ramanan D. Punita Arora

Q) Which Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) launched a cycling expedition from its Pegong base in Sikkim to border
villages of the state?
A.Central Reserve Police Force B.Indo-Tibetan Border Police
C.National Security Guards D.Border Security Force

Q) What is the name of the last of the four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes which was
commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam?
A.INS Kadmatt B.INS Kiltan
C.INS Kavaratti D.INS Kamorta

ASW corvette INS Kavaratti to be commissioned in Vizag

● The last of the four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes ‘INS Kavaratti’ under the
Project 28 (Kamorta class) is scheduled to be commissioned into the Indian Navy by General Manoj Mukund
Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
● Kavaratti is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design (DND),
and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata.

Q) 59th Raising Day of Indo-Tibetan Border Police was observed on which date?
A.24 October B.22 October
C.21 october D.23 October

Government approves setting up of 47 additional ITBP outposts to step up vigil along border
● Government has given consent to Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP to set up 47 additional border outposts to step up
vigil along the border.
● Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said this while addressing the 59th Raising Day of Indo-Tibetan Border
Police on 24 October.
● The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is India's primary border patrol organization with its border with Tibet (China).
● It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the
wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

Q) Joginder War Memorial has recently been inaugurated at Bum La in which state?
A.Jammu & Kashmir B.Arunachal Pradesh
C.Himachal Pradesh D.Assam

Joginder War Memorial on 1962 Sino-India War inaugurated at Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh
● Joginder Singh of 1st Battalion the Sikh Regt received the highest gallantry award, 'Param Vir Chakra' in the Eastern
Theatre during the 1962 Sino- India War.

Q) Southern Naval Command has deployed its first Batch of three women pilots on Dornier Aircraft at Kochi. Name the
woman who is not part of it?
A.Divya Sharma B.Shivangi
C.Shubhangi Swaroop D.Riti Singh

Indian Navy operationalises first batch of 3 women pilots on Dornier Aircraft at Kochi
● The three women pilots of the first batch are Lieutenant Divya Sharma, Lieutenant Shubhangi Swaroop, and
Lieutenant Shivangi.
● The three women pilots were part of the six pilots of the 27th Dornier Operational Flying Training Course DOFT.

Q) Indian Army Commanders' Conference is being held from October 26-29, 2020 in which of the following cities?
A.Pune B.Dehradun
C.New Delhi D.Chennai

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Indian Army to Hold Four-day Commanders' Conference from Monday amid Border Row with China
● Indian Army Commanders' Conference is an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions
through collegiate deliberations.
● The conference will be addressed by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and all the three Service
Chiefs. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address the conference on October 27.

Q) Which edition of Infantry Day was observed on 27 October 2020?

A.74th B.72nd
C.73rd D.75th

India Proud Of Role Played By Infantry In Protecting Our Nation": PM Modi

● The Chinar Corps of the Indian Army on celebrated the 74th Infantry Day at Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar to
honour the supreme sacrifice of the gallant soldiers in fighting the Pakistani invaders in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
● The Indian Army celebrates October 27 every year as the ''Infantry Day'', as it was on this day that the 1st Battalion of
the Sikh Regiment landed at Srinagar airbase and displayed resoluteness and extraordinary courage to thwart the evil
designs of the Pakistan Army, who had invaded Kashmir with the help of tribal raiders in 1947.

United States offers F-18 naval fighter jets for Indian Navy's requirements
● The United States of America (USA) has offered its F-18 naval fighter jets for the Indian Navy's requirements of
combat jets for its aircraft carriers.
● The US government has offered to sell their F-18 fighters along with the unmanned aircraft Sea Guardian to the
Indian Navy along with a number of other systems to the Indian armed forces in recent times.

Q) Name the two women officers who have been selected to join as ‘Observers’ (Airborne Tacticians) in the Indian Navy’s
helicopter stream?
A.Kumudini Tyagi & Riti Singh B.P Swathi & Pratibha Jamwal
C.Payal Gupta & Aishwarya Boddapati D.Shubhangi Swaroop & Punita Arora

India, US Sign Major Defence Pact BECA, Days Before Presidential Polls
● The long-awaited Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement or BECA, which gives India access to classified
geo-spatial data as well as critical information having significant military applications from the US, was signed .
● Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held the third edition of the 2+2 talks with US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper, in New Delhi
● BECA, which is the fourth and final "foundational" understanding the US has with India, will allow India to gain
access to precision data and topographical images - on a real time basis - from United States military satellites.

Foundation stone laid for aircraft museum in Kakinada

● The foundation stone for the aircraft museum being developed by the Godavari Urban Development Authority
(GUDA), exhibiting the decommissioned Indian Navy’s aircraft, TU-142 M, was laid at the Kakinada beach park in
East Godavari district.

Pentagon okays $90 mn sale of spares, support for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to India
● The Pentagon has approved India’s request to buy $90 million worth of equipment, spare parts and logistical support
for its fleet of C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft.’
● India is one of the 17 countries to whom the U.S. has sold its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

IAF plans to set up Air Defence Radars in 3 Uttarakhand districts

● The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to set up Air Defence Radars in three border districts of Uttarakhand including
Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi.

Goa Shipyard begins production of stealth frigates for Navy, delivery likely by 2026
● Goa Shipyard Ltd has commenced production of the two guided missile frigates, which are being built in
collaboration with Russia’s Yantar Shipyard for the Indian Navy.
● GSL expects to deliver the first ship to the Navy by 2026.

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