1) Which country has agreed to setup a National Crisis Management Centre for India to handle disaster and other emergency situations?
a. United States
b. China
c. Russia
d. Pakistan
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ANSWER: Russia
Explanation:
Russia has agreed to assist India to set up National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) in the country to handle disaster and other emergency situations.
This was agreed during a meeting between Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov in Moscow.
Both sides agreed that EMERCOM of Russia would cooperate with India in the establishment of the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) in India.
India also reviewed the progress made on the agreement on disaster management signed in 2010.
The countries also agreed on a programme of training of specialists and sharing of each other's experiences as well as best practices in the field of Disaster Management.
The two leaders later signed a joint implementation plan for 2018-19 for cooperation in disaster management.
They also reviewed the implementation of the agreement on information security signed in October 2016.
Both sides also welcomed the ongoing cooperation and the regular exchange of visits between the two National Security Councils.
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2) Who won the Raksha Mantri award for excellence in performance?
a. HAL
b. SAIL
c. NALCO
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: HAL
Explanation:
Minister of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley gave away Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 in recognition of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
For the year 2015-16 : -
INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS | S.No. | Award | Institution |
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| 1. | Excellence in Performance | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru | | 2. | Best Performance in Exports | Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru |
BEST PERFORMING DIVISION/FACTORY/SHIPYARD AWARDS| S.No. | Award | Institution |
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| 1. | Best performing Division among DPSUs | Naval Systems (Radar Systems & Fire Control Systems), Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru | | 2. | Best performing Factory of OFB | Ordnance Factory Medak, Telangana | | 3. | Best performing Shipyard among Shipyards | Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa |
GROUP/INDIVIDUAL AWARDS| S.No. | Award | Sub Category | Institution |
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| 1. | Indigenisation | On Order Projects
Own initiative Projects | 1. Development & Engineering Division, Light Weight Portable Laser Target Designator (LWPLTD) Group, Bharat Electronics Limited, Pune for Light Weight Portable Laser Target Designator
2. Indigenization Cell, Engine Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru for Indigenous Development of Adour - 871 Low Pressure Compressor Vane – 1 Assembly | | 2. | Design Effort | On Order Projects | 1.Development & Engineering Network Centric System 3 (NCS3) Group / Air Defence Control and Reporting System [ADC&RS], NSC-Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad for Test Bed for Automated Air Defence Control and Reporting System (ADC&RS) for the Field Force of Army.
2.Central Design Office, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, Kolkata forDetailed Design of CGS Barracuda. |
| 3. | Innovation | On Order Projects
Own initiative projects | Aircraft Upgrade Research & Design Centre (AURDC), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Ojhar, (MIG) Nasik for Integration of BrahMos Missile on Su-30MKI.
Awarded jointly to 1. Engineering Deptt., Shipbuilding Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Shafting Work. 2. Shipbuilding Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Innovation in welding techniques at HSL.
3.Engineering Ship Repair Complex, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Rudder Carrier Bearing Modification. |
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3) Upgraded Jaguar Darin III has been given clearance. What is it?
a. An aircraft
b. A satellite
c. A missile system
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: An aircraft
Explanation:
In a massive milestone for the military aviation sector, upgraded Jaguar DARIN III twin seat aircraft has received initial operational clearance.
The aircraft is equipped with world class avionics system.
Total design and development covering systems requirement capture, specification preparation, software, hardware, electrical and mechanical design and development were carried out indigenously at HAL’s Mission and Combat System Research and Design Centre (MCSRDC) and aircraft modification was done at Overhaul Division.
DARIN III upgrade is the best in terms of data handling and overall capabilities
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4) Public sector aerospace and defence major HAL has inaugurated which aircraft (BTA model)?
a. NTT 40
b. HTT 40
c. CTT 40
d. ATT 40
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ANSWER: HTT 40
Explanation:
Public-sector aerospace and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has inaugurated indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40 - It only took one year for the company to fly the first prototype after launching the detailed design of the aircraft by earmarking internal resources only in August 2013 and completing the detailed design phase by May 2015.
- Digital Mock Up (DMU), real time systems clash analysis, laser tracking of assembly jigs, six degree of freedom, mathematical model and complete glass cockpit are among the many first initiatives of the project.
- According to HAL, HTT-40 has been designed to meet the current requirement of the IAF with the provision for role expansion to attach weapons to the trainer aircraft.
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5) Which country did PM Narendra Modi receive a page from Gandhiji’s diary containing his handwritten notes?
a. US
b. UK
c. Russia
d. Australia
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ANSWER: Russia
Explanation:
A page from Gandhiji’s diary containing his handwritten notes and an 18th century Bengali sword have been presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin to PM Narendra Modi. The items were presented during a meeting between the two leaders in the Kremlin.
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6) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is under administrative control of -
a. DRDO
b. Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
c. Ministry of Defense
d. None
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ANSWER: Ministry of Defense
Explanation:
- HAL is government-owned corporation is primarily involved in the operations of the aerospace industry.
- Headquarter:Bangalore
- It was founded in 1940 As Hindustan Aircraft by Walchand Hirachand with help of Government of Mysore.
- In March 1941, the Government of India became one of the shareholders in the Company holding 1/3 of its paid-up capital and subsequently took over its management in 1942.
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7) In which country the first International Army Games was held?
a. China
b. Brazil
c. Kuwait
d. Russia
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ANSWER: Russia
Explanation:
The International Army Games 2015 were held August 1st to 15th on 11 training ranges across three Russia’s military commands, the Western, the Southern and the Central. Fifty seven teams from 17 countries from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, which competed at the Games.
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8) Which country has launched the telephone hotline aimed at preventing people from joining the Islamic State (IS) militant group?
a. Afghanistan
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Russia
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ANSWER: Russia
Explanation:
Russians, who fear that their family members could be under the threat of being recruited by the IS, can address their concerns to the State Civic Chamber by phone or in writing.
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9) Name the festival of Indian Culture inaugurated in Russia on 10th may’15 by the President of India?
a. Namaste India
b. Samruddh India
c. One India
d. Diverse India
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ANSWER: Namaste India
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The President said Indian culture and its heritage of art, music and cinema have enjoyed love and appreciation across Russia over centuries.
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10) Name the cargo spacecraft of Russian Space Agency loaded with cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) that went out of control and crashed into the earth’s atmosphere?
a. Cargo 53
b. Progress 59
c. Mission 99
d. None of these
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ANSWER: Progress 59
Explanation:
Russia's unmanned Progress 59 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.
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