GK Question of Indian Defance
LIST OF INDIAN IMPORTANT AIRCRAFT
1. Mirage 2000:
France(Fighter)
2. HAL Cheetah:
France(Transport Helicopter)
3. HAL Chetak:
France(Transport Helicopter)
4. Jaguar: France
and UK(Fighter)
5. Dornier DO 228: Germany (Transport)
6. HAL Kiran (HJT-16): India ( Trainer)
7. HAL Rudra: India
(Attack Helicopter)
8. HAL LCH: India
(Attack Helicopter)
9. HAL Dhruv: India
(Transport Helicopter)
10. Sukhoi 30Mk-I: Russia (Fighter)
11. Ilyushin 78 (IL-78): Russia (Air-to-air Refueller)
12. Beriev A-50: Russia
(AEW&C)
13. MiG 29: Soviet
Union (Fighter)
14. MiG 27: Soviet
Union (Fighter)
15. MiG 21: Soviet
Union (Fighter)
16. Ilyushin 76 (IL-76): Soviet Union (Transport)
17. Antonov 32 (AN-32): Soviet Union (Transport)
18. Mi-35: Soviet
Union (Attack Helicopter)
19. Mi-8/Mi-17: Soviet
Union (Transport Helicopter)
20. Mi-26: Soviet
Union (Transport Helicopter)
21. Pilatus PC-7: Switzerland (Trainer)
22. Hawker Siddeley (HS-748): United Kingdom ( Transport)
23. BAE Hawk: United
Kingdom (Trainer)
24. C-17 Globemaster: United States (Transport)
25. C-130J Super Hercules: United States (Transport)
26. Boeing 737: United
States (Transport)
27. Chinook: USA
(Transport Helicopter)
DEFENCE
MANUFACTURING UNITS
(PUBLIC
SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS UNDER MINISTRY OF DEFENCE)
2. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL): Hyderabad
3. Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML): Bengaluru, Mysore, Kolar, Palakkad
4. Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL): Bengaluru,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Ghaziabad, Pune, Machilipatnam, Taloja (Maharashtra),
Panchkula (Haryana), Kotdwara (Uttarakhand)
5. Cordite Factory: Aruvankadu, Tamil Nadu
6. Field Gun Factory: Kanpur
7. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Ltd. (GRSE): Kolkata
8. Goa Shipyards Ltd. (GSL): Goa
9. Heavy Vehicles Factory: Avadi, Tamil Nadu
10. High Explosive Factory: Khadki, Maharashtra
11. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL): Bengaluru,
Koraput (Odisha), Nasik, Korwa (U.P.),
Kanpur, Lucknow, Barrackpore, Hyderabad,
Kasaragod (Kerala)
12. Hindustan Shipyards Ltd. (HSL): Visakhapatnam
13. Mazagaon Docks Ltd. (MDL): Mumbai
14. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (MIDHANI): Hyderabad
15. Rifle Factory Ishapore: 24 Paraganas, W.B.
16. Vehicle Factory: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
17. Vignyan Industries Ltd. (subsidiary of
BEML):
Tarikere, Chikmagalur (Karnataka)
(Higher post to lower post)
Indian Army
·
General
·
Lieutenant General
·
Major General
·
Brigadier
·
Colonel
·
Lieutenant Colonel
·
Major
·
Captain
·
Lieutenant
Indian Navy
·
Admiral
·
Vice Admiral
·
Rear Admiral
·
Commodore
·
Captain
·
Commander
·
Lieutenant Commander
·
Lieutenant
·
Sub-Lieutenant
Indian Air Force
·
Air Chief Marshal
·
Air Marshal
·
Air Vice Marshal
·
Air Commodore
·
Group Captain
·
Wing Commander
·
Squadron Leader
·
Flight Lieutenant
·
Flying Officer
Defence
Commands and Head Quarters
Commands of Indian Army &
Head Quarters
·
Army
Training Command: Shimla
·
Central
Command: Lucknow
·
Eastern
Command: Kolkata
·
Northern
Command: Udhampur
·
Southern
Command: Pune
·
South-Western
Command: Jaipur
·
Western
Command: Chandimandir
Commands of Indian Navy &
Head Quarters
·
Eastern
Naval Command: Vishakhapatnam
·
Southern
Naval Command: Cochin
·
Western
Naval Command: Mumbai
Commands of Indian Air force
& Head Quarters
·
Central
Air Command: Allahabad
·
Eastern
Air Command: Shillong
·
Maintenance
Command: Nagpur
·
Southern
Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram
·
South-Western
Air Command: Gandhinagar
·
Training
Command: Bengaluru
·
Western
Air Command: Delhi
First
in India (Defence)
·
1st
Chief in the rank of Air Chief Marshall: Air
Chief Marshall Arjan Singh
·
1st
Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Thomas
Elmhirst
·
1st
Chief of Army Staff: General
Rajendrasinhji
·
1st
Commander in Chief of Indian Army:
General Sir Robert Lockhart
·
1st
Indian Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Subroto
Mukherji
·
1st
Indian Commander in Chief of Indian Army:
General KM Cariappa (later Field Marshall)
·
1st
Marshall of the Indian Air Force: Air
Chief Marshall Arjan Singh
·
First
Army Chief to become Field Marshall: Field
Marshall SHFJ Maneckshaw
·
First
Army Chief to die in harness: General BC Joshi
·
First
Chief of Integrated Service Command: Lt Gen
Pankaj S Joshi
·
First
Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Charles
Thomas Mark Pizey
·
First
Indian Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral RD
Katari
·
First
Naval Chief in the rank of Admiral:
Admiral AK Chatterji
·
First
Sikh to become the Chief of Army Staff:
General JJ Singh
·
The
Chief of Air Staff during 1962 war: Air
Marshall AM Engineer
·
The
Chief of Air Staff during 1965 war: Air
Chief Marshall Arjan Singh
·
The
Chief of Air Staff during 1971 war: Air
Chief Marshall PC Lal
·
The
Chief of Army during 1962 war: General PN Thapar
·
The
Chief of Army during 1965 war: General JN Choudhary
·
The
Chief of Army during 1971 war: Field Marshall SHFJ
Maneckshaw
·
The
Chief of Naval Staff during 1962 and 1965 war: Vice
Admiral BS Soman
·
The
Chief of Naval Staff during 1971 war:
Admiral SM Nanda
ROCKET
LAUNCHING STATIONS
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Kourou: French Guiana, (Territory of France in S America)
·
Baikonur: Kazhakastan (Formerly in USSR)
·
Sriharikota: Andhra Pradesh, India
·
Woomera: Australia
·
Jiquan
Space Launch Centre: China
·
Al
Anbar: Iraq
·
Palmachim
Air Base: Israel
·
Uchinoura
Space Center: Kagoshima, Japan
·
Emamshahr: Iran
·
Kapustin
Yar: Russia
·
Plesetsk
Cosmodrome: Russia
·
Cape
Canaveral: Florida, USA
·
Kennedy
Space Center: Merrit Island,
Florida, USA
·
Edwards
Air Force Base: California, USA
LIST OF IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS
·
Operation
Black Thunder: Launched by DGP KPS
Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of militants.
·
Operation
Black Tornado: An action by
National Security Guards against the 26 Nov 2008 terrorists attacks in Mumbai.
·
Operation
Blue Star: Launched during the
reign of Mrs Indira Gandhi in Jun 1984 against the Sikh militants operating
from Golden Temple.
·
Operation
Brasstacks: The operation was
launched by the Indian Army in November 1986 to simulate a full-scale war on
the western border.
·
Operation
Cactus: The operation was
launched in Nov 1988 on call of Maldives President MA Gayoom, who was under
threat of a coup from mercenaries. The three services of India launched the
operation and captured the mercenaries.
·
Operation
Dhangu Suraksha: This refers to the
operation launched in Jan 2016 to neutralise terrorists who attacked Pathankot
air base in Punjab.
·
Operation
Green Hunt: The name given to
Government's paramilitary offensive against the naxals in the 'Red Corridor'.
·
Operation
Meghdoot: An operation
launched by the Indian Military to capture the Siachen Glacier in the disputed
Kashmir region in April 1984. The Indian troops finally gained control of the
entire Siachen Glacier.
·
Operation
Parakram: The operation was
launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. Thousands
of Indian troops were deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation
was the largest military exercise carried out by any Asian country
·
Operation
Pawan: It was the codename given to the
operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the
LTTE in late 1987.
·
Operation
Safed Sagar: It was the codename
assigned to the Indian Air Force's strike to support the Ground troops during
Operation Vijay Kargil.
·
Operation
Talwar: This refers to the
deployment of Naval Fleets in the North Arabian Sea during the 1999 Kargil
conflict between India and Pakistan.
·
Operation
Trident (1971): This was a naval
offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian
Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. India celebrates its Navy Day
annually on 4 December to mark this operation.
·
Operation
Vajra Shakti: Launched in Sep 2002
to evacuate Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat of terrorists.
·
Operation
Vijay (1961): Launched in 1961 to
liberate Goa from Portuguses control.
·
Operation
Vijay (1999): Indian operation to
push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector.
Indian
Navy – Aircraft, Submarines and Aircraft Carriers
List of
Aircrafts/Helicopters in the Indian Navy and Country of origin
Boeing P-81: U.S.A. (Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and
Anti-Submarine Warfare)
Dornier 228: Germany (Transport)
HAL ALH: India (Transport Helicopter)
HAL Chetak :France (Transport Helicopter)
Ilyushin 38: Soviet Union (Transport)
MiG 29K: Russia (Fighter)
Sea Harrier: Great Britain (Fighter)
Seaking 42: U.K. (Transport Helicopter)
TU-142M: Soviet Union (Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft)
Submarines in the Indian Navy
Class: Chakra (Nuclear Powered)
Name: INS Chakra (Originally K-152 Nerpa of Russian Navy)
Class: Sindughosh (Diesel-Electric)
Name: INS Sindhugosh, INS Sindhudhvaj, INS Sindhuraj, INS
Sindhuvir, INS Sindhuratna, INS Sindhukesari, INS Sindhukirti, INS Sindhuvijay,
INS Sindhurakshak, INS Sindhurashtra
Class: Shishukumar (Diesel-Electric)
Name: INS Shishumar, INS Shankush, INS Shalki, INS Shankul
Aircraft Carriers in the Indian
Navy:
Name: INS Viraat, INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikrant