GK Quiz on Indian Air Force
1. On which day is Indian Air Force Day celebrated?
a) August 8
b) March 8
c) October 8
d) None of these
Answer c) October 8
2. What is the motto of Indian Air Force?
a) Service Before Self
b) Touch the Sky with Glory
c) May the Lord of the Water be auspicious unto us
d) None of these
Answer b) Touch the Sky with Glory
3. Which was the first indigenously developed aircraft by India to come into service of IAF?
a) HAL AMCA
b) HF-24 Marut
c) HAL Tejas
d) None of these
Answer b) HF-24 Marut
4. Who was the first and the only Param Vir Chakra recipient of Indian Air Force?
a) Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
b) Arun Khetarpal
c) Somnath Sharma
d) None of these
Answer a) Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
5. Who was the first Indian to be the chief of air staff?
a) Subrata Mukherjee
b) Subroto Mukerjee
c) Arjan Singh
d) None of these
Answer b) Subroto Mukerjee
6. Where is the headquarters of IAF?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) None of these
Answer c) New Delhi
7. How many operational commands are there in IAF?
a) 9
b) 5
c) 7
d) None of these
Answer b) 5
8. Which of the following is the fastest aircraft under Indian Air Force?
a) HAL Tejas
b) Mikoyan MiG-29
c) MiG-21 BISON
d) None of these
Answer c) MiG-21 BISON
9. How many aircraft carriers does India have?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) None of these
Answer a) 2
10. Who is the current Chief Marshal of the Air Force?
a) Arjan Singh
b) Arup Raha
c) Birender Singh Dhanoa
d) None of these
Answer c) Birender Singh Dhanoa
11. Who was the first and the only five star rank officer of IAF?
a) K M Cariappa
b) Arjan Singh
c) Sam Manekshaw
d) None of these
Answer b) Arjan Singh
12. Which animal is the number one squadron of the Indian Air Force named?
a) The Elephant
b) The Tiger
c) The Horse
d) None of these
Answer b) The Tiger
13. What was the prior name of Indian Air Force?
a) Hawai IAF
b) Royal IAF
c) Sky IAF
d) None of these
Answer b) Royal IAF
14. What is the name of the first indigenous jet fighter plane made in India?
a) HAL Tejas
b) HF-24 Marut
c) HAL Ajeet
d) None of these
Answer a) HAL Tejas
15. What is the highest ranking position in the Air Force?
a) Second Lieutenant
b) First Lieutenant
c) Chief Master Sergeant
d) None of these
Answer c) Chief Master Sergeant
16. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force?
a) Harita Kaur Deol
b) Punita Arora
c) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
d) None of these
Answer c) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay.
17. Who was the Chief of the Air Staff of IAF during 1971 war?
a) Subroto Mukerjee
b) Arjan Singh
c) Pratap Chandra Lal
d) None of these
Answer c) Pratap Chandra Lal
18. Who is the first woman fighter pilot in Indian Air Force?
a) Punita Arora
b) Anny Divya
c) Avani Chaturvedi
d) None of these
Answer c) Avani Chaturvedi
19. Who is the father of Indian Air Force?
a) Pratap Chandra Lal
b) Subroto Mukerjee
c) Arjan Singh
d) None of these
Answer b) Subroto Mukerjee.
20. Who was the chief of the air staff of IAF during Kargil war?
a) Shashindra Pal Tyagi
b) Anil Kumar Browne
c) Anil Yashwant Tipnis
d) None of these
Answer c) Anil Yashwant Tipnis
21. Operation Maitri was the relief operation in which country by the IAF in the aftermath of the 2015.
a) Bhutan
b) Sri Lanka
c) Nepal
d) None of these
Answer c) Nepal
22. Operation Rahat was the name given to the Indian Air Force’s rescue operations to evacuate civilians affected by the 2013 ____________.
a) North India floods
b) Kashmir
c) Siachen
d) None of these
Answer a) North India floods
23. What was name of IAF operation in Kargil conflict of 1999?
a) Operation Blue Star
b) Operation Safed Sagar
c) Operation Udan
d) None of these
Answer b) Operation Safed Sagar
24. Which of the following Indian Air Force Wing Commander has been chosen for the first Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar ?
a) Abhinandan Varthaman
b) NIshant Jain
c) Dilbagh Singh
d) None of these
Answer a) Abhinandan Varthaman
25. Where is Indian National Defence University located?
a) Dehradun
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) None of these
Answer c) New Delhi
26. What is the name of a service-specific 12-day exercise 2018 between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF)?
a) Aviaindra
b) Cope India
c) Pitch Black
d) None of these
Answer a) Aviaindra
27. Cope India-2018 begin in West Bengal,between India and which Country?
a) Japan
b) US
c) Russia
d) None of these
Answer b) US
28. What is full form of MMRCA?
a) The Medium Multi-Role Coding Aircraft
b) The Medium Multi- refusal Combat Aircraft
c) The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
d) None of these
Answer c) the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft.
29. What is the name of the special force of IAF?
a) Garud Combat Force
b) Garud Commando Force
c) Great Commando Force
d) None of these
Answer b) Garud Commando Force
30. Which is the largest command of IAF?
a) Southern Air Command
b) Eastern Air Command
c) Western Air Command
d) None of these
Answer c) Western Air Command
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