Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces?
- A.The Prime Minister
- B.The Defence Minister
- C.The President of India
- D.The Chief of Defence Staff
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, the President of India. Article 53 of the Constitution vests the supreme command of the defence forces of the Union in the President, and the exercise of that command is regulated by law; commissions to officers are granted in the President's name. Option A is wrong because the Prime Minister heads the government and the Cabinet Committee on Security, and the President acts on ministerial advice, but the Prime Minister is not the Supreme Commander. Option B is wrong because the Defence Minister heads the Ministry of Defence, which is the administrative department for the forces, not the commander of them. Option D is wrong because the Chief of Defence Staff, a post created in 2019, is the principal military adviser to the Defence Minister and head of the Department of Military Affairs. The constitutional office is the answer examiners want.
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Practice Questions
View allArmy Day in India is observed on 15 January to mark which event?
- A.The raising of the Indian Army in 1895
- B.K. M. Cariappa taking over as the first Indian Commander in Chief in 1949
- C.The end of the 1971 war
- D.The first Republic Day parade in 1950
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On 15 January 1949 General K. M. Cariappa took charge as the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, replacing the last British holder of the post, and the day has been observed as Army Day ever since.
Read the full explanation →Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 4 December in memory of which operation?
- A.Operation Vijay
- B.Operation Trident
- C.Operation Cactus
- D.Operation Meghdoot
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On the night of 4 December 1971 Indian missile boats attacked Karachi harbour in Operation Trident, sinking Pakistani vessels without loss, and the Navy marks the date as Navy Day.
Read the full explanation →The National Defence Academy, where cadets of all three services train together, is located at:
- A.Dehradun
- B.Khadakwasla, Pune
- C.Ezhimala, Kerala
- D.Wellington, Tamil Nadu
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The National Defence Academy is the only academy in which cadets of the Army, Navy and Air Force undergo joint training before moving to their own service academies for pre commission training.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme of India was led by which scientist?
- A.Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha
- B.Dr Vikram Sarabhai
- C.Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- D.Dr Raja Ramanna
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The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was approved in 1983 and run under his leadership at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, which is why he is called the Missile Man of India; it produced Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag.
Read the full explanation →The name of the BrahMos missile is formed from the names of which two rivers?
- A.Brahmaputra and Moskva
- B.Brahmaputra and Mosel
- C.Brahmani and Moskva
- D.Brahmaputra and Mahanadi
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BrahMos is built by a joint venture of India and Russia, and its name joins the Brahmaputra of India with the Moskva of Russia; it is a supersonic cruise missile that flies at nearly three times the speed of sound and can be launched from land, ships, submarines and aircraft.
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