MCQs - 2026-06

Loitering munitions offer a blend of surveillance and strike capabilities, allowing for rapid deployment and precision targeting.

Procuring indigenous systems strengthens domestic defense manufacturing capabilities and reduces dependence on foreign military hardware.

Loitering munitions, often called 'kamikaze drones', are designed to hover over a target area and strike when a target is identified.

'Varuna' is a naval exercise focused on maritime security operations, including anti-piracy, counter-terrorism, and humanitarian assistance.

The question specifies 'Varuna-2026', implying the 26th edition of the exercise.

The 'Varuna' exercise is a bilateral naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the French Navy.

NavIC offers superior accuracy in India and a region extending up to 1,500 km around its boundary, and being under Indian control, it ensures service availability even in hostile situations.

NavIC, India's indigenous satellite navigation system, was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

NavIC is the operational name for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), which stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation.

Satellites generate petabytes of data daily. AI is essential for efficiently processing, analyzing, and extracting meaningful information from this enormous and complex data volume, which is impossible for manual analysis.