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SECURITY Flashcards

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WHAT ARE THE TWO WARSHIPS THAT WERE LAUNCHED RECENTLY AND BUILT BY KOLKATA BASED DEFENSE SHIPYARD GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS LIMITED?

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1 ANJADIP- 3RD ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW WATER CRAFT.
2 SANSHODHAK- 4TH SURVEY VESSEL LARGE.

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ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW WATER CRAFTS IN INDIA?

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1 ARNALA
2 ANDROTH
3 ANJADIP.

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SURVEY VESSEL (LARGE) SPOTS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING____________ CLASS SURVEY SHIPS WITH ___________ TO COLLECT OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA.

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SANDHAYAK CLASS, NEW GENERATION HYDROGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT.

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4 SURVEY VESSEL (LARGE) ARE?

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1 SANDHAYAK
2 NIRDESHAK
3 IKSHAK
4 SANSHODHAK

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WHAT IS MQ9 REAPER?

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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE OR PREDATOR DRONE.

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WHICH DRONE WAS USED TO KILL AL QAEDA LEADER AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI?

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MQ9B (USING HELLFIRE MISSILE)- A VARIANT OF MQ9 REAPER.

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SKY GUARDIAN AND SEA GUARDIAN ARE VARIANTS OF?

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MQ9B DRONE.
NOTE: INDIAN NAVY HAS MQ9B SEA GUARDIAN.

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WHAT IS THE APEX BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING ALL CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS FOR THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES?

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THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION COUNCIL.

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MQ-9 REAPER IS ALSO KNOWN AS?

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PREDATOR B.

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WHAT ARE CLUSTER MUNITIONS?

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A CLUSTER MUNITIONS IS A BOMB THAT OPENS IN THE AIR AND RELEASES SMALLER BOMBLETS ACROSS A WIDE AREA.

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WHAT IS DUD RATE?

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IT IS THE RATE AT WHICH WEAPONS REMAIN ARMED BUT FAIL TO EXPLODE UPON LANDING.

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WHAT IS PROJECT 75?

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SIX SCORPENE CLASS SUBMARINES ARE BUILT UNDER THIS PROJECT BY MAZAGON DOCK SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED (MDL)
1 INS KALVARI
2 INS KHANDERI
3 INS KARANJ
4 INS VELA
(COMMISSIONED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021)
5 INS VAGIR (NEWEST)- ENTERED SERVICES WITH INDIAN NAVY IN JANUARY 2023.
6 INS VAGSHEER (UNDER SEA TRIALS- TO BE COMMISSIONED EARLY IN 2024).

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WHAT IS SALVEX?

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IT IS A NAVY EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIA AND US.

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WHAT IS TRINITY TEST?

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1945- THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS TESTED IN NEW MEXICO WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE TRINITY TEST.

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WHAT IS GEOCODING?
WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?

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GEOCODING IS A PROCESS THAT CONVERTS AN ADDRESS OR DESCRIPTION OF A LOCATION INTO GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES.
PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF ADDRESS DETAILS IN GSTN (GST NETWORK) RECORDS AND STREAMLINE THE ADDRESS LOCATION AND VERIFICATION PROCESS.

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WHAT IS TANKAI METHOD?

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IT IS A 2000 YEAR OLD TECHNIQUE OF SHIPBUILDING, WHERE SHIPS ARE CONSTRUCTED BY STITCHING WOODEN PLANKS TOGETHER RATHER THAN USING NAILS, OFFERING FLEXIBILITY AND DURABILITY, MAKING THEM LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE FROM SHOALS AND SANDBARS.

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RECENTLY THE INITIATIVE TO REVIVE ANCIENT METHOD OF SHIPBUILDING WAS TAKEN BY?

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MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND THE INDIAN NAVY SIGNED A MoU.

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WHO WILL OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STITCHED SHIP BUILDING PROJECT?

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INDIAN NAVY WILL OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

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WHAT IS AKIRA WHICH WAS IN NEWS RECENTLY?

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○ AKIRA IS A MALICIOUS SOFTWARE DESIGNED TO TARGET BOTH WINDOWS AND LINUX BASED SYSTEMS.
○ IT STEALS VITAL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND ENCRYPTS DATA LEADING TO EXTORTION OF MONEY FROM PEOPLE AND IN CASE A VICTIM REFUSES TO PAY, THEIR DATA IS LEAKED ON THE DARK WEB BLOG.

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WHICH IS THE NATIONAL NODAL AGENCY FOR RESPONDING TO COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENTS AS AND WHEN THEY OCCUR?

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INDIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT-IN).

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PARTS OF PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT 2002?

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○ PART A INCLUDES OFFENSES UNDER ACTS LIKE INDIAN PENAL CODE, PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, NARCOTICS DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, ANTIQUITIES AND ART TREASURES ACT, TRADEMARK ACT, WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, COPYRIGHT ACT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT.
○ PART B INCLUDES OFFENSES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN PART A, BUT ARE OF A VALUE OF RS 1 CRORE OR MORE.
○ PART C INCLUDES TRANS-BORDER CRIMES.

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WHAT IS SWATHI MOUNTAINS?

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INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED WEAPON LOCATING RADAR (WLR-M) DEVELOPED BY BHARAT ELECTRONICS LIMITED (BEL).

23
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USA BIGGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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USS GERALD R FORD.

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CHINA’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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LIAONING.

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RUSSIA’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV.

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UK’s AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH.

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INDIA’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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INS VIKRAMADITYA.

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FRANCE’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER?

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CHARLES DE GAULLE.

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WHAT IS USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)?

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IS A NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER CURRENTLY IN SERVICE WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

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WHAT IS SKY SABRE?

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AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM OF UNITED KINGDOM.

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WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE NOT SIGNED COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY?

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NORTH KOREA
INDIA
PAKISTAN HAVE NOT SIGNED CTBT.

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WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY?

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CHINA, EGYPT, IRAN, ISRAEL AND THE US.

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WHAT IS SHI YAN 6?

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CHINA’S RESEARCH VESSEL.

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WHAT IS STRING OF PEARLS?

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STRATEGY DEPLOYED BY CHINA, BY BUILDING A NETWORK OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY BASES AND PORTS IN MANY COUNTRIES.

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WHAT IS KAVACH?

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IT IS AN INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED AUTOMATIC TRAIN PROTECTION (ATP) SYSTEM BY THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION (RDSO) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INDIAN INDUSTRY.

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COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM-In (CERT-In) WORKS UNDER WHICH MINISTRY?

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MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MEITY).

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INS MAHE, INS MALWA AND INS MANGROL WERE IN NEWS. WHAT ARE THEY?

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THEY ARE ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) SHALLOW WATER CRAFTS FOR THE INDIAN NAVY REPLACING THE EXISTING ABHAY CLASS ASW CORVETTES.

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WHAT ARE DARK SHIPS?

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DARK SHIPS ARE VESSELS WITH THEIR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS)- A TRANSPONDER SYSTEM-SWITCHED OFF SO AS NOT TO BE DETECTABLE.

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WHAT IS LOCKBIT?

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LOCKBIT IS A CRIMINAL GANG WITH TIES TO RUSSIA, USES RANSOMWARE TO ENCRYPT FILES ON ITS VICTIMS COMPUTERS DEMANDING PAYMENT TO UNLOCK THEM.

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WHAT IS PROJECT BEACON?

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LAUNCHED IN 1960s, PROJECT BEACON IS THE BORDERS ROADS ORGANISATION’S OLDEST INITIATIVE, OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF VITAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN KEY KASHMIR REGIONS.

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MINISTRY AND MOTTO OF BORDERS ROADS ORGANISATION?

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BRO HAS BEEN ENTIRELY BROUGHT UNDER THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN 2015.
MOTTO: SHRAMENA SARVAM SADHYAM (EVERYTHING IS ACHIEVABLE THROUGH HARDWORK).

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INDIAN CYBER THREAT REPORT IS RELEASED BY?

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DATA SECURITY COUNCIL OF INDIA (DSCI) AND QUICK HEAL.

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WHAT IS CRYPTOJACKING (EMERGING THREAT)?

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IT IS A TYPE OF CYBERCRIME THAT INVOLVES THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PEOPLE’S DEVICES (COMPUTERS, SMARTPHONES, TABLETS OR EVEN SERVERS) BY CYBERCRIMINALS TO MINE FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY.

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