Defense | MCQs

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The Bofors scandal was a major guns-agreement political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden in the course of the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, initiated by Indian countrywide Congress politicians and implicating the Indian top minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and numerous different members of the Indian and Swedish governments who have been accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, an arms producer basically financed by using the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken.

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غزوۂ حنین میں مسلمانوں کی تعداد زیادہ تھی، مگر نو مسلموں کی بدنظمی سے صفوں میں انتشار پیدا ہو گیا۔

نبی کریم ﷺ نے ثابت قدمی دکھائی اور بعد میں مسلمان دوبارہ منظم ہو کر فتح یاب ہوئے۔

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1986

Pakistan continues to promote its uranium enrichment program, which, according to Pakistani sources, gained the ability to carry out a nuclear explosion in 1987.

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VERY IMPORTANT POINTS PLEASE READ CAREFULY

the first Muslim C-in-C of the Pakistan Navy: Admiral Mohammad Siddique

 the first Muslim C-in-C of the Pakistan Army: Field Marshal Muhammad Ayoub

the first Muslim C-in-C of Air Force: Air marshal Asgher Khan

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Frank Meseri was the first C-in-C of the Pak Army

Paery Cane was the first C-in-C of the Pakistan Air Force

Gefford James was the first C-in-C of the Pakistan Navy

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General Takka Khan was the first Chief of Staff of the Pak Army

Zafar Ahmed Chaudhry was the first Chief of Air Staff of the Air Force

Hasan Hafeez Ahmed was the first Chief of Naval Staff

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ND2-12-2022

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General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Army Chief of Pakistan, visited Kuwait on 29 January 2020 to discuss bilateral military cooperation and regional security issues.

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Pakistan conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali weapon system

The missile has range of 450 kilometres (280 miles)

The test of the Abdali Weapon System was conducted on May 3, 2025 as part of a military drill titled Exercise INDUS.

This missile is also known as Hatf-II

This missile was developed by SUPARCO

Additional Information:

SUPARCO stands for Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission.

SUPARCO is the space agency of Pakistan.

Abdali missile is named after Ahmad Shah Abdali.

He was the 18th-century founder of modern Afghanistan.

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Six J-10C multirole fighter aircraft were commissioned by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on March 11, 2022.

China delivered these jets within eight months of the signing of the deal.

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Pakistan conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali weapon system

The missile has range of 450 kilometres (280 miles)

The test of the Abdali Weapon System was conducted on May 3, 2025 as part of a military drill titled Exercise INDUS.

This missile is also known as Hatf-II

This missile was developed by SUPARCO

Additional Information:

SUPARCO stands for Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission.

SUPARCO is the space agency of Pakistan.

Abdali missile is named after Ahmad Shah Abdali.

He was the 18th-century founder of modern Afghanistan.

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Pakistan has developed the Abdali Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs).

Abdali (Hatf 2) is a short-range, road-mobile ballistic missile developed by Pakistan’s Space Research Commission (SUPARCO).

The missile is 6.5 m long, 0.56 m in diameter, weighs 1,750 kg, and has a range of 180-200 km.

It carries a 250-450 kg high explosive or submunition warhead with a CEP of 150 m.

It targets military bases, airfields, and critical infrastructure.

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• General Ayub Khan also served as the Defense Minister of the Cabinet while being the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.
• He served as the Commander-in-Chief from January 23, 1951, to October 26, 1958.
• He served as the Defense Minister from October 28, 1958, to October 21, 1966.