Current Affairs May 2026 – Defence and Security (20 MCQs)

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1.  

Which missile was tested with MIRV technology in May 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Advanced Agni]

விளக்கம்:

8 May 2026, Abdul Kalam Island.

2.  

MIRV stands for?

Correct Answer: A [Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle]

விளக்கம்:

One missile can strike several targets.

3.  

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island is in which state?

Correct Answer: C [Odisha]

விளக்கம்:

Formerly Wheeler Island.

4.  

What was the first MIRV test of Agni-5 called?

Correct Answer: C [Mission Divyastra]

விளக்கம்:

11 March 2024.

5.  

In ULPGM-V3, 'UL' stands for?

Correct Answer: B [UAV-Launched]

விளக்கம்:

UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile.

6.  

Where were ULPGM-V3's final trials held?

Correct Answer: A [Near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh]

விளக்கம்:

Developed by RCI Hyderabad.

7.  

ULPGM-V3's production partners are?

Correct Answer: B [BDL and Adani Defence]

விளக்கம்:

The UAV is by NewSpace Research and Technologies.

8.  

Which is correct about a scramjet engine?

Correct Answer: C [Combustion takes place in supersonic airflow]

விளக்கம்:

It uses atmospheric oxygen and has no moving compressor.

9.  

Where was Exercise PRAGATI 2026 held?

Correct Answer: A [Umroi, Meghalaya]

விளக்கம்:

From 20 May 2026 for two weeks; 12 nations.

10.  

Which country did NOT take part in PRAGATI 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Bangladesh]

விளக்கம்:

The 12: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

11.  

PRAGATI 2026 focused mainly on?

Correct Answer: C [Counter-terrorism operations]

விளக்கம்:

In semi-mountainous and jungle terrain.

12.  

CINBAX-II is an exercise between India and?

Correct Answer: C [Cambodia]

விளக்கம்:

4–17 May 2026, Kampong Speu.

13.  

Who is India's third Chief of Defence Staff?

Correct Answer: C [N.S. Raja Subramani]

விளக்கம்:

31 May 2026; the first CDS was Bipin Rawat.

14.  

Who took charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 May 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Krishna Swaminathan]

விளக்கம்:

Succeeded Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi.

15.  

On which date did India’s first Chief of Defence Staff take office?

Correct Answer: A [1 January 2020]

விளக்கம்:

Gen. Bipin Rawat took office as the first CDS on 1 January 2020; the Cabinet had approved the post on 24 December 2019.

16.  

Which department does the CDS head as Secretary?

Correct Answer: B [Department of Military Affairs]

விளக்கம்:

The DMA was created in 2020.

17.  

ICGS Achal, commissioned in May 2026, belongs to which class?

Correct Answer: A [Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessel]

விளக்கம்:

Built by Goa Shipyard Limited.

18.  

Where was the NGOPV 'Sanghmitra' launched?

Correct Answer: B [GRSE, Kolkata]

விளக்கம்:

Named after Ashoka's daughter Sanghamitra.

19.  

From where was Agni-1 test-launched in May 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Chandipur, Odisha]

விளக்கம்:

Integrated Test Range, Chandipur; Strategic Forces Command.

20.  

Which drug was seized in India for the first time under Operation RAGEPILL?

Correct Answer: C [Captagon]

விளக்கம்:

NCB seized about 227.7 kg.

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