AFCAT Current Affairs 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: India's Project-75I submarine programme, which will procure six advanced submarines, features which key capability absent from the P-75 Scorpène submarines?
- Vertical Launch System
- Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) (Correct answer)
- Nuclear propulsion
- Supercavitating torpedoes
Correct answer: Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP)
Project-75I submarines will feature Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP), allowing them to remain submerged longer without surfacing to recharge batteries.
Question 2: The 'SIMBEX' naval exercise is conducted annually between India and which nation?
- Sri Lanka
- Singapore (Correct answer)
- Indonesia
- South Korea
Correct answer: Singapore
SIMBEX (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise) is conducted annually since 1994 between the Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy.
Question 3: Which country became the first to land a probe on the Moon's far side with its Chang'e-6 mission in 2024?
- USA
- Russia
- Japan
- China (Correct answer)
Correct answer: China
China's Chang'e-6 mission in June 2024 successfully landed on the Moon's far side and returned samples, a world first.
Question 4: The Agni-V ballistic missile's Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) capability was demonstrated under which mission name?
- Mission Divyastra (Correct answer)
- Mission Shakti
- Mission Prahar
- Mission Astra
Correct answer: Mission Divyastra
Mission Divyastra in March 2024 demonstrated India's first MIRV-capable ICBM — Agni-V — putting India in a select group of nations with this technology.
Question 5: The International Solar Alliance (ISA), co-founded by India, is headquartered in which Indian city?
- New Delhi
- Gurugram (Correct answer)
- Mumbai
- Hyderabad
Correct answer: Gurugram
The ISA secretariat is headquartered in Gurugram (Gurgaon), Haryana, and was established under a framework agreement signed at COP21.
Question 6: Operation Kaveri (2023) was an Indian military evacuation mission conducted in which conflict-affected country?
- Yemen
- Afghanistan
- Sudan (Correct answer)
- Libya
Correct answer: Sudan
Operation Kaveri evacuated over 3,800 Indian nationals from Sudan during the April 2023 civil conflict between the SAF and RSF forces.
Question 7: India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was linked with which Southeast Asian country's payment system in 2023, enabling cross-border QR-based transactions?
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Singapore (Correct answer)
- Indonesia
Correct answer: Singapore
India's UPI was linked with Singapore's PayNow in February 2023, enabling real-time, low-cost cross-border fund transfers between the two countries.
AFCAT Current Affairs 5
India's Project-75I submarine programme, which will procure six advanced submarines, features which key capability absent from the P-75 Scorpène submarines?