📘 Recent Current Affairs – February 2026
Page 8 – Internal Security & Defence
🔹 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q1. India’s emphasis on defence indigenisation primarily aims to:
A) Increase foreign arms imports
B) Achieve strategic autonomy in defence production
C) Reduce technological innovation
D) Privatize armed forces
Answer: B
Explanation: Defence indigenisation reduces dependency on imports, strengthens domestic industry, and enhances national security resilience.
A) Increase foreign arms imports
B) Achieve strategic autonomy in defence production
C) Reduce technological innovation
D) Privatize armed forces
Answer: B
Explanation: Defence indigenisation reduces dependency on imports, strengthens domestic industry, and enhances national security resilience.
Q2. Cybersecurity threats primarily affect:
1. Financial systems
2. Critical infrastructure
3. National security
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 2 only
Answer: C
Explanation: Cyber threats can disrupt banking, energy grids, defence networks, and governance systems.
1. Financial systems
2. Critical infrastructure
3. National security
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 2 only
Answer: C
Explanation: Cyber threats can disrupt banking, energy grids, defence networks, and governance systems.
Q3. The concept of “Hybrid Warfare” includes:
A) Only conventional military attacks
B) Combination of military, cyber, economic, and informational tactics
C) Trade negotiations only
D) Humanitarian assistance operations
Answer: B
Explanation: Hybrid warfare combines conventional and unconventional methods including cyber attacks, misinformation, and economic pressure.
A) Only conventional military attacks
B) Combination of military, cyber, economic, and informational tactics
C) Trade negotiations only
D) Humanitarian assistance operations
Answer: B
Explanation: Hybrid warfare combines conventional and unconventional methods including cyber attacks, misinformation, and economic pressure.
🔹 Analytical Questions
Q4. Discuss the importance of cybersecurity in safeguarding digital governance.
Explanation: With increasing reliance on digital infrastructure, cybersecurity ensures protection of citizen data, financial systems, and national databases from cyber attacks.
Explanation: With increasing reliance on digital infrastructure, cybersecurity ensures protection of citizen data, financial systems, and national databases from cyber attacks.
Q5. Evaluate the role of technology in modern defence preparedness.
Explanation: AI-driven surveillance, drone warfare, satellite monitoring, and indigenous weapons systems enhance precision, intelligence gathering, and deterrence capability.
Explanation: AI-driven surveillance, drone warfare, satellite monitoring, and indigenous weapons systems enhance precision, intelligence gathering, and deterrence capability.
15 Marks Mains Model Answer
Q6. “Internal security challenges in India are increasingly technology-driven.” Analyse.
Introduction: The nature of internal security threats has evolved with digital transformation and globalization.
Body:
Introduction: The nature of internal security threats has evolved with digital transformation and globalization.
Body:
- Cyber terrorism and data breaches
- Use of drones in border infiltration
- Misinformation and information warfare
- Financial fraud and digital crimes
- Need for coordinated intelligence mechanisms
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