Defence and Security — CDS General Knowledge PYQs

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 ?

Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the codes given below the Lists :

List-I (Name of the Institution)	List-II (Type of Training)
A. Indian Military Academy	1. Training cadets for Short Service Commission
B. National Defence Academy	2. Training the persons joining the Army as officers
C. National Defence College	3. Training cadets of three services of Defence forces before inducting them into respective pre-commissioning training academies
D. Officers Training Academy	4. Training of selected senior officers of the armed forces and civil service officers

Code :

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	3	4	2
(b)	1	4	3	2
(c)	2	3	4	1
(d)	2	4	3	1

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 ?

Which of the following are administered under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India ?

1. Territorial Army
2. Hydrographic surveys and preparation of navigational charts
3. National Cadet Corps
4. All matters relating to Coast Guard Organization

Select the answer using the codes given below :

Operation Sagar Bandhu was launched by India to provide Search & Rescue and Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) support to which one of the following countries ?

Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in December 2025. Which of the following statements is/are correct in the context of this MoU ?

1. This MoU aims to foster collaboration in the areas of training and technology support for defence and internal security.
2. RRU is an institution of eminence under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
   Select the answer using the code given below :

The Ministry of Defence, Government of India, has declared 2025 as the year of :

Surya Kiran is a joint military exercise between India and :

'Maitree' is a Joint Military Exercise between India and :

Which one of the following statements about 'Nilgiri', 'Surat' and 'Vaghsheer' is correct ?