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Static GKMediumAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GK

Which one of the following military operations was not undertaken by India ?

  1. A.Operation Ablaze
  2. B.Operation Spider's Web
  3. C.Operation Trident
  4. D.Operation Bandar

Correct answer

B. Operation Spider's Web

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Operation Spider's Web. Operation Spider's Web was carried out by Ukraine, not India, in June 2025: small drones hidden in trucks were driven deep inside Russia and launched against several air bases, damaging long-range bombers. The other three are Indian operations from different wars. Option A is wrong because Operation Ablaze was the Indian Army's mobilisation of 1965 in response to Pakistan's incursion into the Rann of Kutch, months before the full war of that year. Option C is wrong because Operation Trident was the Indian Navy's missile-boat attack on Karachi harbour on the night of 4–5 December 1971, during the Bangladesh war; 4 December is celebrated as Navy Day for it. Option D is wrong because Operation Bandar was the code name of the Indian Air Force strike on a terrorist camp at Balakot in Pakistan on 26 February 2019, after the Pulwama attack. Exam tip: Trident 1971, Navy Day; Bandar 2019, Balakot; Vijay 1999, Kargil; Meghdoot 1984, Siachen.

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Q1.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Peninsula Shield Force is a military arm of

  1. A.Organization of Islamic Cooperation
  2. B.Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  3. C.Gulf Cooperation Council
  4. D.Arab League
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Correct answer: C. Gulf Cooperation Council

The Peninsula Shield Force is the joint military force of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), set up in 1984 to deter and respond to attacks on its member states.

Q2.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Consider the following statements with regard to the UN Peacekeeping Operation :

1. The power to authorize a Peacekeeping Operation is exclusively vested with the General Assembly.

2. UN Peacekeeping Operations are deployed with the consent of the main parties to the conflict.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

UN peacekeeping missions are set up by resolutions of the Security Council, the organ that the UN Charter makes primarily responsible for international peace and security, so the power does not rest exclusively with the General Assembly and statement 1 is wrong.

Q3.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Which one of the following pairs of Newspaper and Editor is not correctly matched ?

Newspaper — Editor

  1. A.Navjivan — Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Mahratta — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. C.Bengalee — Surendranath Banerjea
  4. D.Voice of India — Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Correct answer: D. Voice of India — Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The Voice of India was an English journal started in Bombay in 1883 by Dadabhai Naoroji, who later merged it with the Indian Spectator; Gokhale was not its editor.

Q5.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about the position of the Chief of Defence Staff : 1. He is the Head of the Department of Military Affairs within the Ministry of Defence. 2. He is the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. 3. He does not exercise any military command over the three Service Chiefs. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: D. 1, 2 and 3

The post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was created in December 2019 on the advice of the Kargil Review Committee and later expert groups, and the first CDS took office on 1 January 2020.