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CDS 2016-I

1. The rank of Major General in Indian Army is equivalent to:

  1. Air Marshal in Indian Air Force
  2. Rear Admiral in Indian Navy
  3. Air Commodore in Indian Air Force
  4. Commodore in Indian Navy

CDS 2016-II

2. Which one of the following does NOT signify a battle tank?

  1. T─55
  2. T─155
  3. T─72
  4. T─90

3. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

  1. BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile made by India and Russian Federation.
  2. The name BrahMos came from two rivers, Brahmaputra of India and Moskva of Russia.
  3. Indian military scientists were capable of integrating BrahMos cruise missile with Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter.
  4. Defence Research and Development Organization is the manufacturer of Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter.

4. Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by

  1. Indian Army
  2. US Army
  3. Indian Ordnance Factory Board
  4. Indian and US Army jointly

5. Which one of the following statements about the Missile Technology Control Regime is not correct?

  1. The Missile Technology Control Regime is an informal and voluntary partnership initially formed among G─7 countries.
  2. Members of the Missile Technology Control Regime prevent the proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology capable of carrying above 500 kg payload for more than 300 km.
  3. China applied to join the Regime but members did not offer the membership.
  4. No other country outside the membership follows the Regime rules.

6. The first Tejas squadron of Indian Air Force consists of

  1. 20 aircrafts with 4 in reserve
  2. 100 aircrafts with 10 in reserve
  3. 20 aircrafts with no reserve
  4. 25 aircrafts with 5 in reserve

7. Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Andaman and Nicobar Command?

  1. It is the first integrated theatre command in India.
  2. Its headquarters is at Port Blair.
  3. It is commanded by a three-star officer.
  4. It was set up by the British during the Second World War.

8. Who is the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee?

  1. The chief of Army Staff
  2. The Chief of Naval Staff
  3. The Chief of Air Staff
  4. The member who has been the longest on the Committee

9. Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is

  1. an infantry regiment of the Indian Army
  2. a battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles
  3. the name of the Armed Police of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
  4. a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Home Affairs

10. Which one of the following is correct?

  1. Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
  2. Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the Corps of Engineers.
  3. Army Medical Corps and Army Dental Corps are two divisions of the Army Service Corps.
  4. Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.

11. Which one of the following is NOT one of the Commands of the Indian Army?

  1. South Western Command
  2. North Eastern Command
  3. Central Command
  4. Army Training Command (ARTRAC)

12. Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The rank of Second Lieutenant has been abolished.
  2. The Chief of Army Staff carries the rank of Field Marshal.
  3. All officers posted to Andaman and Nicobar Islands wear the ranks of the Indian Navy.
  4. The rank of Major General is higher than the rank of Lieutenant General.

13. Which one of the following is not an Air Defence Missile system?

  1. Akash
  2. Trishul
  3. Tatra
  4. Astra

CDS 2017-I

14. Hindustan Aereonautics Limited handed over the first two indigenously designed and manufactured light combat aircrafts to the Indian Air Force in 2016. What is the name of these new combat aircrafts?

  1. Marut
  2. Garud
  3. Tejas
  4. Pushpak

15. Which one of the following is not an Inter-Services establishment?

  1. Officers Training Academy
  2. National Defence Academy
  3. National Defence College
  4. Armed Forces Medical College

16. Which one of the following is a Peacetime Gallantry Award?

  1. Shaurya Chakra
  2. Vir Chakra
  3. Yudh Seva Medal
  4. Param Vir Chakra

17. The Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy is located at which one of the following places?

  1. Karwar
  2. Kochi
  3. Thiruvananthapuram
  4. Chennai

18. The rank of Captain of the Indian Navy is equivalent to which one of the following?

  1. Captain of the Indian Army
  2. Group Captain in the Indian Air Force
  3. Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army
  4. Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force

19. Which one of the following statements is correct in relation to the Indian Air Force?

  1. It has bases in many friendly countries.
  2. It does not carry out joint exercises with any country.
  3. It has a separate Maintenance Command.
  4. No officer has ever been elevated to the rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force

20. The Indian Navy in October 2016 commissioned the higly maneuverable fast attack craft INS Tihayu. INS Tihayu would be based in

  1. Kochi
  2. Panaji
  3. Visakhapatnam
  4. Mumbai

CDS 2017-II

21. The all-women expedition of Indian Navy to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel, INSV Tarini, is scheduled to have four stopovers. Which one of the following is not one of them?

  1. Fremantle
  2. Lyttelton
  3. Port Stanley
  4. Durban

CDS 2018-I

22. Which of the following about the role of Indian Coast Guard is/are correct?

  1. Indian Coast Guard has been entrusted with the offshore security coordination authority
  2. Lead intelligence agency for coastal and sea border
  3. Coastal security in territorial waters

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 and 3 only
  2. 1, 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 2 only
  4. 3 only

23. Which one of the following is India's first indigenously designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms?

  1. Astra
  2. Akash
  3. Nirbhay
  4. Shankhnaad

24. Which one of the following is NOT a correct ascending order of commissioned ranks in the defence forces of India?

  1. Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier, Major General, Lieutenant General, General
  2. Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Group Captain, Air Commodore, Air Vice Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal
  3. Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Group Captain, Wing Commander, Air Commodore, Air Vice Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal
  4. Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Admiral

25. Consider the following statements about Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP):

  1. ITBP was raised in 1962.
  2. ITBP is basically a mountain trained force.
  3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in 2004-2005 for border guarding duty.
  4. ITBP presently has 52 service battalions.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 4 only
  2. 3 and 4 only
  3. 1, 2, 3, and 4
  4. 1, 2 and 3 only

26. 'SAMPRITI-2017' is a joint military exercise between armed forces of India and

  1. Bhutan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Pakistan
  4. Myanmar

CDS 2018-II

27. Who is the Chairman of the Defence Planning Committee set up in April 2018?

  1. The Prime Minister
  2. The National Security Advisor
  3. The Defence Minister
  4. The Chief of Army Staff

28. 'Tejas' is the name of which one of the following?

  1. Main battle tank
  2. Nuclear submarine
  3. Light combat aircraft
  4. Aircraft carrier

29. The policy on strategic partnerships in defence was approved by the Ministry of Defence in May 2017. Which of the following is NOT among the four segments identified by the Ministry for acquisition through the strategic partnership route?

  1. Artillery guns
  2. Fighter aircraft and helicopters
  3. Submarines
  4. Armoured fighting vehicles and main battle tanks

30. In which one of the following States was DEFEXPO 2018 held in April 2018?

  1. Goa
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Andhra Pradesh

31. The two defence industrial corridors announced by the Finance Minister in his 2018 Budget speech are coming up in which of the following States?

  1. Odisha and West Bengal
  2. Punjab and Haryana
  3. Gujarat and Maharashtra
  4. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

32. What is India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) called?

  1. Vikrant
  2. Virat
  3. Vaibhav
  4. Varaha

33. Which one of the following manufacturers is engaged in upgradation of the Swedish 155-mm Bofors Howitzer under the project 'Dhanush'?

  1. Bharat Electronics Limited
  2. Ordnance Factory Board
  3. Bharat Dynamics Limited
  4. Mishra Dhatu Nigam

CDS 2019-I

34. 'Prahaar' is

  1. a battle tank
  2. a surface-to-surface missile
  3. an aircraft carrier
  4. a submarine

35. Which one of the following statements with regard to India's surgical strike mission inside Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is correct?

  1. It was conducted in the year 2018.
  2. It was led by the Indian Air Force.
  3. It was not given any name.
  4. It was sanctioned by the United Nations.

36. Which one of the following pairs of military training institute of India and location is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Army War College: Mhow
  2. High Altitude Warfare School: Gulmarg
  3. Army Air Defence College: Pune
  4. Rashtriya Indian Military College: Dehradun

CDS 2019-II

37. Which one of the following is the motto of NCC?

  1. Unity and Discipline
  2. Unity and Integrity
  3. Unity and Command
  4. Unity and Service

38. In December 1962, which Soviet leader declared that China was responsible for the Sino-Indian War of 1962?

  1. Khrushchev
  2. Bulganin
  3. Suslov
  4. Malenkov

CDS 2020-I

39. What was the code name given to the first ever tri-service military exercise between India and USA?

  1. Lion Triumph
  2. Elephant Triumph
  3. Tiger Triumph
  4. Bison Triumph

40. The College of Military Engineering affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University is situated at

  1. New Delhi
  2. Dehradun
  3. Nainital
  4. Pune

41. The Vijaynagar Advanced Landing Ground of the Indian Air Force, which was reopened recently, is located in

  1. Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Karnataka
  4. Himachal Pradesh

42. Rustom-2, which crashed in Karnataka recently, was a.an

  1. fighter aircraft
  2. helicopter
  3. transport aircraft
  4. unmanned aerial vehicle

43. The maiden trilateral naval exercise involving India, Singapore and Thailand was held at

  1. Port Blair
  2. Chennai
  3. Panaji
  4. Kochi

CDS 2020-II

44. Which one of the following is a decommissioned aircraft carrier?

  1. INS Rajput
  2. INS Chakra
  3. INS Khanderi
  4. INS Viraat

CDS 2021-I

45. Which one of the is correct about 'Pinaka'?

  1. It is a multi-barrel rocket system.
  2. It is a type of battle tank.
  3. It is an advanced submarine.
  4. It is an indigenously developed drone system.

46. The first phase of Exercise Malabar, 2020 was conducted at

  1. Port Blair
  2. Mumbai
  3. Visakhapatnam
  4. Kochi

47. 'CARAT Bangladesh 2020' was a joint naval between Bangladesh and

  1. India
  2. USA
  3. Japan
  4. Thailand

48. Peninsular Shield Force is a military arm of

  1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation
  2. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  3. Gulf Cooperation Council
  4. Arab League

49. Which one of the following ships was involved in 'Mission Sagar-II'?

  1. INS Shakti
  2. INS Vikramaditya
  3. INS Kesari
  4. INS Airawat

CDS 2021 - II

50. Bagram Air Base is located in

  1. Turkey
  2. Pakistan
  3. Afghanistan
  4. Israel

51. Pinaka, developed in India, is a

  1. battle tank
  2. multi-barrel rocket launcher
  3. anti-tank guided missile
  4. armoured utility vehicle

52. What is the range capability of Agni-P Ballistic Missile?

  1. 1,000 - 2,000 km
  2. 2,000 - 3,000 km
  3. 3,000 - 4,000 km
  4. 4,000 - 5,000 km

53. Indian Naval Ship INS Tabar had recently participated in a two-day naval exercise with the Italian Navy. The exercise was conducted in

  1. Ionian Sea
  2. Adriatic Sea
  3. Tyrrhenian Sea
  4. Mediterranean Sea

CDS 2022 - II

54. P-75I (or P-75 India) project refers to manufacture of

  1. Diesel-electric submarines.
  2. Nuclear-powered submarines.
  3. Aircraft carrier warships.
  4. Field guns.

55. The term "Thermal High Altitude Area Defense', sometimes mentioned in news, refers to

  1. Anti-Missile system
  2. Air-launched cruise missile
  3. Aircraft navigation system
  4. Surface-to-air guided weapon

56. With reference to BrahMos missile, consider the following statements:

  1. It has a flight range of up to 290 km km.
  2. It is capable of attaining a speed of 2.8 Mach
  3. Its cruising altitude could be up to 30 km

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 only
  3. 1 and 3
  4. 3 only

57. Blue Helmets are

  1. United Nations Peacekeepers
  2. Violent Non-State Actors
  3. Civil Society Organisations
  4. Environmental Organisations

CDS 2023 - I

58. Which one of the following is the only paramilitary force with a dual control structure?

  1. Central Reserve Police Force
  2. Assam Rifles
  3. Indo-Tibetan Border Police
  4. Central Industrial Security Force

59. The eighth edition of the Exercise Garuda Shakti, a bilateral military-to-military exercise, was conducted recently between the special forces of India and

  1. Japan
  2. Indonesia
  3. Bhutan
  4. Myanmar

60. India is the first country in the world to deploy an all-woman contingent to a UN Peacekeeping Mission. In which country did this mission operate?

  1. Liberia
  2. Sudan
  3. Burundi
  4. Croatia

61. The 16th edition of Indo-Nepal annual joint training exercise in jungle warfare and counterterrorism operations was held in December 2022 at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi. What is the name of this exercise?

  1. Sampriti
  2. Mitra Shakti
  3. Yudh Abhyas
  4. Surya Kiran

CDS 2023 - II

62. Which of the following statements about 'Operation Sadbhavana' in Ladakh is/are correct?

  1. Indian Army undertakes welfare activities, such as running of Army Goodwill Schools in remote areas of Ladakh.
  2. It aims at building harmonious relationships between religious communites in Ladakh.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

63. The joint multinational maritime exercise named IBSAMAR is conducted by the Navies of which of the following countries?

  1. India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives
  2. India, Bangladesh and South Africa
  3. India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Mauritius
  4. India, Brazil and South Africa

64. In which one of the following cities is the Heliopolic Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery located?

  1. Marseille
  2. Washington D.C.
  3. Cairo
  4. Athens

65. From which one of the following countries has India procured the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system?

  1. United Kingdom
  2. U.S.A.
  3. France
  4. Russia

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