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Conflicts and Operations: BPSC Prelims MCQs

65 practice questions on Conflicts and Operations. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The joint strikes by the USA and Israel on Iran on 28 February 2026 were code-named, respectively:

   1. AOperation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion
   2. BOperation Midnight Hammer and Operation Rising Lion
   3. COperation Project Freedom and Operation Gideon's Chariots
   4. DOperation Rough Rider and Operation Narnia
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Iran's retaliation against Israel and US bases after the strikes of 28 February 2026 was named:

   1. AOperation Bunyan Marsoos
   2. BOperation Al-Aqsa Flood
   3. COperation True Promise IV
   4. DOperation Eternal Darkness
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Who was chosen by the Assembly of Experts on 8 March 2026 as Iran's third Supreme Leader?

   1. AMasoud Pezeshkian
   2. BMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
   3. CAyatollah Ahmad Jannati
   4. DAyatollah Mojtaba Khamenei
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. Current Affairs 2025–26

   The Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, sunk by a US submarine in 2026, was returning from which event when it was hit off Galle, Sri Lanka?

   1. AIndia's International Fleet Review 2026 at Visakhapatnam
   2. BA port call at Chittagong, Bangladesh
   3. CThe Langkawi maritime exhibition in Malaysia
   4. DExercise Malabar at Guam
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Kharg Island, struck by US forces in 2026, matters to Iran because it:

   1. Ais the only rail link between Iran and Iraq
   2. Bis Iran's main naval base on the Gulf of Oman
   3. Cholds Iran's underground uranium enrichment plant
   4. Dhandles about 90% of Iran's crude oil exports
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. Current Affairs 2025–26

   During the 2026 crisis, Iran announced a new body to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, called the:

   1. AHormuz Maritime Council
   2. BPersian Gulf Strait Authority
   3. CGulf Shipping Corporation
   4. DStrait Security Command
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Operation Project Freedom", launched by the USA in May 2026, aimed to:

   1. Aseize Iranian tankers in the Arabian Sea
   2. Bdestroy Houthi missile sites in Yemen
   3. Creopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping
   4. Devacuate US citizens from Lebanon
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Operation Urja Suraksha" was launched by the Indian Navy to:

   1. Aprotect India-bound oil and gas ships
   2. Bevacuate Indian nationals from Iran
   3. Cescort fishing boats near Sri Lanka
   4. Dprotect undersea cables in the Arabian Sea
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Operation Sindhu" was launched by India to:

   1. Afight forest fires in the Himalayas
   2. Bevacuate Indian citizens from the Iran–Israel conflict zone
   3. Crescue fishermen stranded at sea after a cyclone
   4. Dsupply water to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Israel's heavy air strikes across Lebanon on 8 April 2026, called "Black Wednesday" in Lebanon, were named by the Israeli forces:

    1. AOperation Roaring Lion
    2. BOperation Grapes of Wrath
    3. COperation Northern Arrows
    4. DOperation Eternal Darkness
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. Current Affairs 2025–26

    An air strike in 2026 that reportedly killed more than 100 children hit a school in Minab, in which province of Iran?

    1. AKhuzestan
    2. BSistan and Baluchestan
    3. CHormozgan
    4. DBushehr
    Answer and explanation →

12. 12. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The B1 Bridge, the tallest bridge in the Persian Gulf region, hit in US–Israeli strikes on 2 April 2026, is in:

    1. AKaraj, west of Tehran
    2. BIsfahan, in central Iran
    3. CTabriz, in the north-west
    4. DBandar Abbas, in the south
    Answer and explanation →

13. 13. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Israel's military campaign against Iran in June 2025 was called:

    1. AOperation Roaring Lion
    2. BOperation Rising Lion
    3. COperation Days of Repentance
    4. DOperation Iron Swords
    Answer and explanation →

14. 14. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under Operation Rising Lion, what was the aim of Israel's sub-operation "Narnia"?

    1. ATo destroy Iran's oil export terminals
    2. BTo jam Iran's air defence radars
    3. CTo kill Iran's top military commanders
    4. DTo kill Iran's top nuclear scientists
    Answer and explanation →

15. 15. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Midnight Hammer" (June 2025) was:

    1. Aa US strike on Houthi targets in Yemen
    2. Ban Israeli strike on Hezbollah's tunnels in Lebanon
    3. Ca US strike on Iran's nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan
    4. Dan Iranian missile attack on a US base in Qatar
    Answer and explanation →

16. 16. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Rough Rider" was carried out by the USA against:

    1. Athe Houthis of Yemen
    2. BHezbollah in Lebanon
    3. Cthe Islamic State in Syria
    4. DHamas in Gaza
    Answer and explanation →

17. 17. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following is NOT one of the groups of Iran's so-called "Axis of Resistance"?

    1. AThe Houthis in Yemen
    2. BHamas in Gaza
    3. CHezbollah in Lebanon
    4. DThe Taliban of Afghanistan
    Answer and explanation →

18. 18. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which mountain range of Iran runs along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and has the country's highest peak, Mount Damavand?

    1. AHindu Kush
    2. BElburz (Alborz)
    3. CZagros
    4. DKopet Dag (Koppeh Dagh)
    Answer and explanation →

19. 19. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which desert of south-eastern Iran is counted among the hottest places on Earth?

    1. AKarakum
    2. BThar
    3. CDasht-e-Lut
    4. DDasht-e-Kavir
    Answer and explanation →

20. 20. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which is Iran's main commercial port, on the Strait of Hormuz?

    1. ABandar Abbas
    2. BChabahar
    3. CBandar Anzali
    4. DBushehr
    Answer and explanation →

21. 21. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following countries does NOT share a land border with Iran?

    1. AAzerbaijan
    2. BSyria
    3. CTurkmenistan
    4. DArmenia
    Answer and explanation →

22. 22. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under the 1949 armistice lines (the "Green Line"), until 1967 the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were held, respectively, by:

    1. ASyria and Egypt
    2. BJordan and Lebanon
    3. CEgypt and Jordan
    4. DJordan and Egypt
    Answer and explanation →

23. 23. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following countries does NOT share a land border with Israel?

    1. ASyria
    2. BEgypt
    3. CSaudi Arabia
    4. DJordan
    Answer and explanation →

24. 24. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The Golan Heights, a plateau held by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, was captured from:

    1. ALebanon
    2. BJordan
    3. CEgypt
    4. DSyria
    Answer and explanation →

25. 25. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The Philadelphi Corridor, a sticking point in Gaza ceasefire talks, is:

    1. Athe coastal road of the Gaza Strip
    2. Bthe main crossing for people between Gaza and Israel in the north
    3. Ca 14 km strip along the whole Gaza–Egypt border, including the Rafah crossing
    4. Dan east–west road that cuts Gaza into north and south
    Answer and explanation →

26. 26. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The Netzarim Corridor, from which Israel agreed to withdraw under the ceasefire deal, is:

    1. Aan east–west strip across Gaza
    2. Ba road to the West Bank
    3. Ca strip along the Gaza–Egypt border
    4. Da sea corridor for aid ships
    Answer and explanation →

27. 27. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Gideon's Chariots" is:

    1. Aa US naval escort mission in the Red Sea
    2. Ban expanded ground offensive of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip
    3. Can Egyptian security operation in Sinai
    4. Dan Israeli air strike on Iran's nuclear scientists
    Answer and explanation →

28. 28. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which river flows into the Dead Sea?

    1. AThe Euphrates
    2. BThe Tigris
    3. CThe Litani
    4. DThe Jordan
    Answer and explanation →

29. 29. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been controlled by:

    1. AHamas
    2. BIslamic Jihad
    3. Cthe Palestinian Authority
    4. DFatah
    Answer and explanation →

30. 30. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Operation Sindoor, launched on the night of 7 May 2025, was India's response to the terror attack of 22 April 2025 at:

    1. APauni, Reasi
    2. BUri, Baramulla
    3. CBaisaran Valley, Pahalgam
    4. DLethpora, Pulwama
    Answer and explanation →

31. 31. Current Affairs 2025–26

    How many terror sites did India strike under Operation Sindoor on 7 May 2025?

    1. AFive: all in Pakistan's Punjab province
    2. BNine: four in Pakistan and five in PoJK
    3. CSeven: two in Pakistan and five in PoJK
    4. DEleven: six in Pakistan and five in PoJK
    Answer and explanation →

32. 32. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under Operation Sindoor, India struck Markaz Subhanallah, the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed, at:

    1. AMuridke
    2. BSialkot
    3. CMuzaffarabad
    4. DBahawalpur
    Answer and explanation →

33. 33. Current Affairs 2025–26

    What was Pakistan's counter-operation of 10 May 2025 against Indian military bases called?

    1. AOperation Swift Retort
    2. BOperation Bunyan Marsoos
    3. COperation Ghazab Lil Haq
    4. DOperation Zarb-e-Azb
    Answer and explanation →

34. 34. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following non-military steps did India take against Pakistan after the Pahalgam attack?

    1. AIt closed its embassy in Islamabad
    2. BIt stopped all flights over Pakistan for its airlines
    3. CIt put the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance
    4. DIt withdrew from the SAARC Charter
    Answer and explanation →

35. 35. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The S-400 Triumf air defence system, used in Operation Sindoor, is called in India:

    1. ASudarshan Chakra
    2. BMission Kavach
    3. CAkash Teer
    4. DRajendra
    Answer and explanation →

36. 36. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which weapons did the IAF's Rafale jets use in Operation Sindoor for deep strikes?

    1. ASCALP and HAMMER
    2. BHarpoon and Exocet
    3. CBrahMos-NG and Astra
    4. DNirbhay and Pralay
    Answer and explanation →

37. 37. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of these officers briefed the media during Operation Sindoor along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri?

    1. ALt. Gen. Madhuri Kanitkar and Captain Shiva Chauhan
    2. BColonel Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh
    3. CColonel Ponung Doming and Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh
    4. DMajor Radhika Sen and Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi
    Answer and explanation →

38. 38. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, Director General of Air Operations during Operation Sindoor, comes from which district of Bihar?

    1. ABegusarai
    2. BSaran
    3. CNalanda
    4. DPurnia
    Answer and explanation →

39. 39. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Mahadev" was carried out by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir to:

    1. Aclear snow from the Zojila Pass
    2. Brescue trekkers after a cloudburst
    3. Chunt down the Pahalgam attackers
    4. Dprotect the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims
    Answer and explanation →

40. 40. Current Affairs 2025–26

    On 7 May 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs held nationwide civil defence mock drills in how many civil defence districts?

    1. A244
    2. B600
    3. C112
    4. D150
    Answer and explanation →

41. 41. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which operation of 1984 secured the Siachen Glacier and the Saltoro Ridge?

    1. AOperation Trident
    2. BOperation Vijay
    3. COperation Cactus Lily
    4. DOperation Meghdoot
    Answer and explanation →

42. 42. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Navy Day on 4 December marks which Indian naval operation of the 1971 war?

    1. AOperation Safed Sagar, the air campaign in Kargil
    2. BOperation Python, the blockade of Chittagong
    3. COperation Trident, the missile-boat attack on Karachi
    4. DOperation Cactus Lily, the crossing of the Meghna
    Answer and explanation →

43. 43. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Safed Sagar" (1999) was:

    1. Athe Indian Army's campaign to evict intruders from Kargil
    2. Bthe Indian Air Force's air campaign in the Kargil war
    3. CIndia's nuclear test at Pokhran
    4. Dthe Indian Navy's blockade of Karachi in the Kargil war
    Answer and explanation →

44. 44. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The IAF's air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp at Balakot on 26 February 2019, after the Pulwama attack, was code-named:

    1. AOperation Sindoor
    2. BOperation Bandar
    3. COperation Swift Retort
    4. DOperation Ablaze
    Answer and explanation →

45. 45. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Cactus Lily" (December 1971) is remembered as:

    1. Athe capture of the Haji Pir Pass
    2. Bthe defence of Longewala in Rajasthan
    3. Cthe naval attack on Karachi harbour
    4. Dthe Meghna Heli Bridge
    Answer and explanation →

46. 46. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Operations Riddle and Ablaze are linked with which war?

    1. AThe India–Pakistan war of 1965
    2. BThe India–China war of 1962
    3. CThe Kargil war of 1999
    4. DThe Bangladesh war of 1971
    Answer and explanation →

47. 47. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation White Strike" of the Narcotics Control Bureau targets:

    1. Afugitive drug traffickers living abroad
    2. Bopium poppy farming in the North-East
    3. Ccocaine trafficking networks
    4. Ddrug sales on the darknet and social media
    Answer and explanation →

48. 48. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Global Hunt" of the Narcotics Control Bureau aims to:

    1. Adestroy cannabis farms with drones
    2. Bshut down drug sales on the darknet
    3. Cseize cocaine shipments at sea
    4. Dbring back drug traffickers from abroad
    Answer and explanation →

49. 49. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Herof 2.0" (also called Black Storm 2.0) was carried out by:

    1. AIran's forces, against groups in Sistan and Baluchestan
    2. BPakistan's army, against militants in Afghanistan
    3. Cthe Balochistan Liberation Army, against Pakistani military targets
    4. Dthe Taliban, against the Islamic State in Afghanistan
    Answer and explanation →

50. 50. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India launched "Operation Sagar Bandhu" to give humanitarian help to Sri Lanka after:

    1. Athe Easter Sunday attacks
    2. BCyclone Ditwah
    3. CCyclone Montha
    4. Da tsunami off Galle
    Answer and explanation →

51. 51. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Yuttha Bodin" was a military operation by:

    1. AThailand's army, against Cambodia's
    2. Bthe Philippine navy, near Scarborough
    3. CCambodia's army, to guard Preah Vihear
    4. DMyanmar's army, against border rebels
    Answer and explanation →

52. 52. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Spider Web" was:

    1. AIsrael's cyber attack on Iran's banks
    2. BRussia's missile attack on Ukraine's power grid
    3. CNATO's air patrol over the Baltic states
    4. DUkraine's drone strikes on Russian air bases
    Answer and explanation →

53. 53. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Nambala Keshava Rao alias "Basavaraju", General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), was killed in 2025 in which operation?

    1. AOperation Kagar, in the Abujhmad forest of Chhattisgarh
    2. BOperation Octopus, in the Budha Pahad of Jharkhand
    3. COperation Green Hunt, in the Saranda forest of Jharkhand
    4. DOperation Prahar, in the Gadchiroli forest of Maharashtra
    Answer and explanation →

54. 54. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under "Operation Bambi Bucket", the IAF used Mi-17 V5 helicopters to:

    1. Arescue pilgrims after a cloudburst at Kedarnath
    2. Bput out forest fires around Nainital with water from lakes
    3. Cspray pesticides on locust swarms in Rajasthan
    4. Ddrop food to villages cut off by floods in Assam
    Answer and explanation →

55. 55. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation AAHT" of the Railway Protection Force is against:

    1. Atouts selling railway tickets
    2. Bthe smuggling of drugs by train
    3. Chuman trafficking
    4. Dthe theft of passengers' luggage
    Answer and explanation →

56. 56. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under which RPF operation are runaway or missing children found at railway stations rescued?

    1. AOperation Nanhe Farishtey
    2. BOperation Amanat
    3. COperation Jeevan Raksha
    4. DOperation Meri Saheli
    Answer and explanation →

57. 57. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Amanat" of the Railway Protection Force is about:

    1. Asaving passengers who fall from moving trains
    2. Breturning lost or left-behind luggage to passengers
    3. Cchecking tickets on long-distance trains
    4. Drescuing children in distress at stations
    Answer and explanation →

58. 58. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Match the evacuation or relief operation with the country:

    List-I (operation)	List-II (country)
    A. Operation Kaveri (2023)	1. Ukraine
    B. Operation Ganga (2022)	2. Sudan
    C. Operation Devi Shakti (2021)	3. Turkiye and Syria
    D. Operation Dost (2023)	4. Afghanistan

    1. AA-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
    2. BA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
    3. CA-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
    4. DA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
    Answer and explanation →

59. 59. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under Operation Kaveri (2023), India evacuated over 3,800 people, including the Hakki Pikki tribal people of Karnataka, from:

    1. AYemen
    2. BLibya
    3. CIsrael
    4. DSudan
    Answer and explanation →

60. 60. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India launched "Operation Ajay" in October 2023 to bring its citizens home from:

    1. AGaza
    2. BUkraine
    3. CIsrael
    4. DSudan
    Answer and explanation →

61. 61. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Karuna" (May 2023) was India's relief mission to Myanmar after:

    1. ACyclone Remal
    2. Bfloods in the Irrawaddy delta
    3. Can earthquake in Mandalay
    4. DCyclone Mocha
    Answer and explanation →

62. 62. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under Operation Ganga (2022), Indian students were brought out of Ukraine through its western neighbours. Which of the following was NOT one of them?

    1. ABelarus
    2. BRomania
    3. CMoldova
    4. DHungary
    Answer and explanation →

63. 63. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation Absolute Resolve" of the USA led to the capture of:

    1. AHouthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
    2. Bformer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
    3. CVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
    4. DHamas leader Yahya Sinwar
    Answer and explanation →

64. 64. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall (979 m), is on which river of Venezuela?

    1. ACaroní
    2. BChurun
    3. CApure
    4. DOrinoco
    Answer and explanation →

65. 65. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Venezuela has the world's largest proven reserves of crude oil. Most of them are in:

    1. Athe Guiana Highlands
    2. Bthe Gulf of Paria
    3. Cthe Lake Maracaibo basin
    4. Dthe Orinoco Oil Belt
    Answer and explanation →