CDS Current Affairs Quiz: 15 November 2026

It organised the three-day meeting at Hyderabad in Telangana, which was the 36th Annual Conference on Non-Destructive Evaluation and Enabling Technologies, held along with the 15th International Symposium on Non-Destructive Testing in Aerospace, and drew more than 2,000 professionals, researchers, industry experts and students.

The correct answer is 1976, which is why the unit's completion of fifty years of service was marked in November 2026.

The Army Chief left for the visit on 15 November 2026 and the programme runs from 16 to 19 November 2026, with the aims of firmer bilateral defence cooperation, closer engagement between the two armies and cooperation in defence technology and industry.

The Raksha Mantri explained that these technologies let engineers check the integrity of materials, components and structures without causing any harm to them, and he used a medical comparison: just as ultrasound and X-rays allow a doctor to examine the body without surgery, non-destructive techniques reveal internal defects in critical…

The theme names the three strands the seminar took up, the sensors that detect, the networks that link them, and the home-grown ability to keep the whole system running.

The correct answer is Brno, where the Defence University of the Czech Republic is situated and which is on the Army Chief's programme along with the NATO Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence.

In his address the Raksha Mantri described its commissioning as an important milestone in the journey towards a self-reliant India, citing it alongside achievements in missile development, naval platforms, aerospace engineering, radar systems and space applications as proof of the country's widening scientific and industrial capability.

The correct answer is hydrogen fuel cells, demonstrated for powering air force radars in partnership with the National Green Hydrogen Mission and NTPC, and presented at the seminar as a milestone in sustainable radar operations.

The correct answer is First Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Chief of Defence, the appointment held by Lieutenant General Petr Cepelka, with whom the Indian Army Chief holds discussions at the General Staff Headquarters in Prague.

Innovations for Defence Excellence and the Technology Development Fund were described as important mechanisms that have encouraged innovative thinking, technological development and experimentation, and have given a new direction to the defence ecosystem.

He is the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command, the command under which base repair depots function, and he presided over the seminar at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.

The Army Chief is to meet its representatives, along with the Defence and Security Industry Association and leading Czech defence manufacturers, to explore where the two countries can work together in defence technology and industry.