NCC DIRECTORATE TN, P & AN CHENNAI – 600 009

‘C’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION – 2022

COMMON SYLLABUS: SD/SW

DRILL – 10 Marks

1. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) To inspect the squad for Squad drill, it is necessary for the squad to be in Open order.
b) The distance between two ranks in ‘Khuli Line Chal’ is 75 inches.
c) When there is no need to fall in again and the officer is available in the parade, the command
given to disburse the parade is Visarjan.
d) The number of steps to be taken per minute while on pilot duty is 70.
e) Angle between toes in savdhan position is 30 degree.
2. True or False: (5 Marks)
a) The Dahine salute is commanded on the right foot – False
b) In Guard mounting the cadets fall in 2 lines - True
c) Drill was first invented in Germany by general Draul in 1966 – False
d) “Butt Salute” is applicable for Naib Subedar to Captain rank – True
e) Word of command is given in resting position – False

WEAPON TRAINING – 10 Marks

3. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) OX 52 oil is used to for lubrication of 7.62 mm rifle at temperatures above 4 degree centigrade.
b) The parabolic path traced by a bullet during its flight is called trajectory.
c) On the order of 'Aagey Barh' (Detail Advance) the first detail will take position on the firing
point.
d) For rapid firing using .22 Rifle, 6 inches figure target is used.
e) The number of grooves present in the barrel of Rifle .22 Deluxe BA is 6.
4. List out the five major components present in cleaning box of rifle 7.62mm SLR? (5 Marks)
(a) Combination tool
(b) Gas regulator key
(c) Screw driver
(d) Chamber cleaning brush
(e) Chindi
(f) Graphite grease tube.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT – 75 Marks

5. Fill in the blanks: (15 Marks)
a) A motive to increase others welfare, without conscious regard for one‘s self‐interests is called
altruism.
 b) Trust is the firm belief in the reliability, ability, strength of someone or something.
c) Perception is a process of selection or screening which prevents us from processing irrelevant or
disruptive information.
d) Communication helps individuals to motivate the public.
e) The part of personality development where one seems to have no evidence of exploration and
also does not have a clear identity is identity diffusion.
f) A good command over a language is need of speech.
g) Achievers can lead a team to implement new strategies while balancing immediate and long
term objectives.
h) Time management is a set of skills, tools and systems that helps to use time in an effective way.
i) The good personality characteristic feature pass on from generation after generation is through
heredity.
j) Self-esteem is an individual’s general feeling of self-worth.
k) Responsibility gives a person a feeling of belonging and ownership.
l) The behavior by which giving more importance to your goals than to your relationship is
aggressiveness.
m) The process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a goal is team
work.
n) An individual feel more comfortable focusing on their inner thoughts and ideas, rather than
what's happening externally is called introvert
o) Personality of an individual is greatly influenced by the values a person strongly believes in.

6. Discuss the role of NCC in personality / character development? (10 Marks)

NCC plays key role in personality development of cadets through various following activities:‐
a) Drill
b) Integration of cadets in camps
c) Participating competitions
d) Participating in sports and adventure activities
e) Building confidence
f) Improve the leadership traits
g) Accepting various responsibilities
h) Opportunity to expose the talents
i) Opportunity to interact with the public
j) Making service minded

7. List out the five major stress management techniques? (5 Marks)

a) Take deep breath
b) Talk it out
c) Take a break
d) Create a quite place in your mind
 e) Pay attention to physical comfort
f) move
g) Take care of your body
h) Laugh
i) Manage your time
j) Know your limits

8. Illustrate any five types of attitudes (5 Marks)

a) Positive Attitude
b) Negative Attitude
c) Neutral Attitude
d) Rebellious Attitude
e) Rational and Irrational Attitudes
f) Individual and Social Attitude

9. Explore the five major characteristics of an effective listener. (5 Marks)

a) Be attentive
b) Do not assume
c) Listen for feelings and facts
d) Concentrate on other speakers kindly and generously
e) Opportunities

10. Ás a NCC cadet – list out the five vital ways you follow to change your mindset (5 Marks)
a. Get the Best Information Only
b. Role Model the Best People
c. Examine Your Current Beliefs.
d. Shape Your Mindset with Vision and Goals
e. Find Your Voice.
f. Protect Your Mindset.
g. Let Go of Comparisons.
h. Put An End To Perfectionism.
i. Look At The Evidence.

11. Define SWOT analysis and comment on your personal SWOT analysis. (5 Marks)
SWOT analysis focuses on the internal and external environments, examining strengths and
weaknesses in the internal environment and opportunities and threats in the external environment.
 Strength: Specific transferable skills, flexibility
 Weakness: Communication, negative personal characteristics
 Opportunities: Strong network
 Threats: Limited advancement, competitors, obstacles
12. Highlight the significance of Personality development. (5 Marks)
a) Confidence: Personality development gives more confidence to people.
b) Interaction: Personality development encourages people to interact with others
c) Communication skills: It improves your communication skills
d) Leading and Motivating: Personality development enhances the capacity to lead and motivate
e) Curiosity: A single wrong word can destroy a relationship
13. Differentiate between high self-esteem and low self-esteem. (15 Marks)
High self-esteem Low self-esteem
Talk about ideas Talk about people
Caring attitude Critical attitude
Confidence Confusion
Assertive Aggressive
Self-interest Selfish
Understanding Greedy
Discuss Argue
Guided Misguided
Discipline Distorted sense of freedom
Internally driven Externally driven
Respect others Look down on others
Giver Taker
Knows limit Everything goes
Enjoys decency Enjoys vulgarity
Solitude Lonely
Willing to learn Knowing it all
14. What all steps you take to develop your personality (5 Marks)
a) Befitting to the society
b) Punctual
c) Confident in all aspects
d) Managing time
e) Building optimistic character
f) Avoiding conflicts
g) Act smartly

LEADERSHIP – 10 Marks

15. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) Autocratic style of leadership, where all policies and procedures are determined by leader.
b) Behavior based on essential rules and norms which is self-imposed is discipline.
c) Morale is a righteous quality that arises from the mental power of man
d) Faith is a concept that refers to a person or describes the beliefs of the culture.
 e) An etiquette is a model of ideal social behavior based on contemporary traditional norms in a
society, class or group.
16. List out the any five important qualities of a good leader? (5 Marks)
a) Vigilance
b) Conduct
c) Courage
d) Decisiveness
e) Reliability
f) Patience
g) Initiative
h) Enthusiasm
i) Knowledge
j) Loyalty
k) Efficiency
l) Selflessness

DISASTER MANAGEMENT – 20 Marks

17. Fill in the blanks: (5 marks)

a) At the State level, the SDMA, will be headed by the Chief Minister
b) “NDRF” stands for National Disaster Response Force
c) The period when the floods have receded and the administration is in the process of clearing the
debris and normalizing the civic amenities are called Recuperation period.
d) The soda acid extinguishers are used for extinguishing fires involving ordinary combustible
material.
e) The year in which the Government of India took a defining step by enacting the Disaster
Management Act of India is 2005.
18. Outline the classification of disasters with suitable examples (5 marks)
(a) Natural Disasters.
(i) Wind Related. Storms, Cyclones, Tornados, and Tidal Waves.
(ii) Water Related.Floods/Flash Floods, Cloudburst, Excessive Rains and Drought.
(iii) Earth Related. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Avalanches, Landslides and Volcanic Eruptions.

(b) Man Made Disasters.

(i) Accidents. Road, rail, air, sea accidents orbuilding collapse.
(ii) Industrial Mishaps. Gas leaks, explosion, sabotage and safety breaches.
(iii) Fires. In buildings, coal fields or oil / gas fields and oil / gas storage depots.
(iv) Forest Fires. In tropical countries, forest fires are often manmade.
(v) Contamination/Poisoning. Incidents of mass foodpoisoning, water contamination
(vi) Terrorists Activities. Serial Blasts / explosions in public transport or markets.
 (vii) Ecological. Pollution of air, water, noise, soil degradation, loss of biodiversity, global
warming, sea level rise, toxic wastes and nuclear accidents.
(viii) Warfare. Conventional, chemical, biological or nuclear.
19. Write about fire fighting equipment (5 marks)
a) Fire Extinguishers – Soda acid, Foam type/Dry chemical powder, CTC carbondioxide.
b) Stirrup Pumps.
c) Buckets.
d) Fire Beaters
e) Hooks.
20. Write any 5 roles NCC cadets can perform in maintaining essential service during natural calamities
(5 marks)
a) NCC cadets being organized and trained group of young citizens can help civil administration in
maintaining essential services
b) Provide first aid to injured
c) Assist civil wardens in carrying out the duties.
d) Assist Tele communication department a telephone operators
e) Assist sanitary department in their duties
f) Cadets can work as ambulance assistant or nursing assistant In hospitals.

SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – 35 Marks

21. Fill in the blanks: (10 Marks)

a) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) programme was launched in the year April,1999
b) Panchayat Raj system is based on Democratic Decentralization
c) The common permanent contraceptive method followed in human male is Vasectomy
d) Depressants are drugs that slow down the function of the central nervous system
e) The problem of drug addiction appears to be common among the youth between 20-24 years of
age.
f) The first opportunistic disease invade the body of HIV infected person is tuberculosis (TB)
g) Hijacking is the seizure by force of a surface vehicle, its passengers, and/or its cargo.
h) Petty corruption occurs at a smaller scale and occurs within established social frameworks and
governing norms.
i) The equipment used to measure the blood alcohol level in a person is Breathalyzer
j) According to RTE,2010 the 25 % of seats allocated for children from poor families in private
schools.
22. Expand the following acronyms: (5 Marks)
a) NSAP - National Social Assistance Programme
b) PMGSY - Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
c) DPAP - Drought Prone Area Program
d) IWDP - Integrated Wastelands Development Program
e) CRSP - Central Rural Sanitation Program
23. List out the five major contributions of NCC cadets towards Social welfare. (5 Marks)
a) Leadership
b) Community Service
c) National and Cultural Integration
d) Education and Literacy.
e) Environment.
f) Health Care and Family Welfare.
g) Physical Education and Adventure Training.
h) Old Age Care.

24. Explain the role of NCC in educating people to make use of public facilities and service (5 Marks)
a) The NCC unit identify a village preferably within their enrolment area
b) The unit must establish a liaison with local authorities
c) The unit should create a good relationship with the village leader
d) The unit should study the problems of the people in that area
e) The people of that area should be motivated to solve their problems
f) The people should be convinced that the work is for the benefit of the people

25. Enumerate the Social service activities that can be organized at NCC unit level for mass awareness
creation among the general public. (5 Marks)
a) Blood donation
b) Tree plantation
c) Adult literacy
d) Anti dowry drive
e) AIDS awareness campaign
f) Puneet Sagar – Beach cleanup drive
g) Anti drug drive
h) Swachh Bharath abhiyan
i) Pollution control

26. Highlight any five factors affecting family planning (5 Marks)

(a) Fatal infant and childhood morbidity.
(b) Poor physical and intellectual development of the unwanted child.
(c) Pregnancy wastage.
(d) Maternal risk of illness and death.
(e) Father‘s risk of hypertension and gastric ulcers.
(f) Marital risk.
(g) Poor nutrition.

HEALTH AND HYGIENE – 35 Marks

27. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)
a) The respiratory pigment carries the O2 to various parts of the body is Haemoglobin
b) The use of potassium permanganate for purification of water is pinking
c) Which vitamin is commonly known as ‘sun-shine vitamin’? – Vitamin D
d) Lacerated wound is caused by blunt instrument
e) Trikonasana is an asana useful to the eyes, spinal cord, neck and mental power.
28. Outline the Characteristics of Healthy mind. (5 Marks)
a) Normal appetite.
b) Calmness.
c) Cheerful outlook.
d) Good temper.
e) Socially acceptable habits.
f) Well regulated instincts.
g) Normal physical vitality.
h) Receptivity to new ideas.
29. How will you ensure personal hygiene in NCC camps resuming after Covid-19 pandemic? (5 Marks)
a) Ensure care and cleanliness of all cadets
b) Ensure bathing every day.
c) Adequate exercise
d) Properly cooked and nutritive food is served
e) Adequate rest – 7 to 8 hours sleep.
f) Proper disposal of waste materials
g) Ensure preventive measures against diseases by sanitizing and maintaining social distancing
h) Ensure vaccination
i) Wear face mask closing nose and mouth.

30. Describe the composition and functions of blood (5 Marks)

a) Plasma and Blood cells
b) RBCs, WBCs and Platelets
c) RBCs – Transportation of respiratory gases
d) WBCs- Immunity
e) Platelets – Blood clotting mechanism
f) Blood transport nutrients and gases to all parts of the body
g) It maintenance equilibrium of our body.
31. “Yoga as Alternative medicine/exercise” – Justify. (5 Marks)
a) Musculoskeletal and mental health improvements, as well as reduced symptoms of asthma in
asthmatics.
b) Hatha yoga make it beneficial to those suffering from heart disease.
c) Studies investigating yoga as a complementary intervention for cancer patients.
d) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
 e) Yoga has also been studied as a treatment for schizophrenia
f) Psychological benefits, allowing one to develop control over one's mind and body
32. List out the common visible signs of fracture may occur during obstacle training by NCC cadets?
(5 Marks)
(a) Pain, swelling and tenderness over the fractured part and around it.
(b) Loss of power.
(c) Abnormal mobility.
(d) Deformity and irregularity of bones.
(e) Grating sound due to broken bones.

33. List out any five major causes of coma. (5 Marks)

(a) Head injury.
(b) Hemorrhage from brain.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Diabetic coma, Hepatic coma, Uremic coma.
(e) Excessive narcotics e.g. sleeping pills, morphine.
(f) Intracranial or brain infections like meningitis, encephalitis.
(g) Physical agents such as heat strokes, electric socks.
(h) Epilepsy.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND CONSERVATION – 20 Marks

34. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) Acid rain is caused by emissions of harmful chemicals such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide.
b) Water must be purified before it is discharged to lakes
c) The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is located in Rajasthan
d) World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June
e) ‘CFC’ stands for Chloro Fluoro Carbon
35. List out the major effects of unrestricted use of natural resources. (5 Marks)
a) Ozone Depletion
b) Soil Erosion
c) Acid Rain
d) Global Warming
e) Reduction yield of food crops
f) Rise in level of sea
g) Increased and unpredictable rainfall.
h) Food scarcity
i) Human-wildlife conflicts
36. Discuss the role of NCC Cadets in Curbing the Menace of Pollution (5 Marks)
a) NCC cadets can guide and contribute by educating others about the dangers of pollution.
b) Cadets create awareness inorder to respect our environment and natural resources and not pollute
the same.
c) Rivers and water bodies must be kept clean as water is an essential resource and it cannot be
wasted.
d) Cadets can visit villages and guide the farmers regarding the use of natural manure instead of
chemical fertilizer produced after generating industrial waste.
e) All the cadets can actively participate in certain social service activities like Swachh bharath
abhiyan, Puneet sagar abhiyan, etc.
f) Cadets should sensitize their neighbourhood about the green environment by following Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle concept.
g) Maximum cadets should create awareness by conducting Cycle rally inorder to reduce air
pollution.
37. Explain the five major threats faced by the wildlife in India (5 Marks)
a) Decreasing Capacity.
b) Increasing Fatalities.
c) Increasing Forest Fires.
d) Increased Motor Boat Activity
e) Release of Chemicals/Toxins
f) Climate Changes.
g) Increase in Poaching.

GENERAL AWARENESS – 30 Marks

38. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) On April 2, 2020, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) launched Exercise NCC Yogdan to offer a
helping hand to the authorities fighting against COVID-19.
b) Orang National Park is located in Assam
c) Flipkart enters strategic alliance with Google Cloud to improve innovation in 2022.
d) Rishabh Pant won ESPNcricinfo ‘Test Batting Award’ 2021 by scoring 89 not out, helped India
to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2021.
e) In RDC-2022, TN,P & AN directorate stood 4th position.
39. Choose the best answer: (5 Marks)
a) Which Union Ministry is implementing ‘Gram Ujala programme’?
(i) Ministry of Power (ii) Minstry of Environment, forest & Climate change
(iii) Ministry of Agriculture & farmers welfare (iv) Ministry of Rural Development
b) What is the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) of India in the year 2020-21?
(i) 918 (ii) 920 (iii) 937 (iv) 951
 c) Which Asian Economy is set to ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) in 2022?
(i) Bangladesh (ii) Indonesia (iii) Thailand (iv) Srilanka

d) VS Pathania has taken charge as the Director-General of which Armed Forces Unit in India?
(i) Indian Army (ii) Indian Coast Guard
(iii) Central Reserve Police Force (iv) Central Industrial Security Force
e) Khurnak Fort, which was historically a part of India, is under the control of which country, at
present?
(i) Pakistan (ii) China (iii) Bangladesh (iv)Afghanistan

40. Match the following: (5 Marks)

(a) Football - (i) Milkha Singh (b)
(b) The Race of my Life - (ii) Glamorgan (d)
(c) Plastic-free - (iii) Minamata (e)
(d) Ravi Shastri - (iv) Coolie No.1 (c)
(e) Mercury - (v) Durand cup (a)
41. True or False: (5 Marks)
a) First ODI (Cricket) in India was played in Ahmadabad – True
b) Lata Mangeshkar won the Padma Bhushan in 1960 – False (correct answer is 1969)
c) Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed into a valley and exploded, killing Gen. Rawat, his wife Madhulika
Rawat, Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder and 11 others on 10th December, 2021 – False
(correct answer is 8th Dec, 2021)
d) Sunderban in West Bengal is famous for tigers – True
e) Sabir Bhatia was co-founder of Hotmail – True

Short Answers (Answer any three 2 mark and one 4 mark) – 10 Marks
42. Write the capitals of the following countries. (2 Marks)
(a) Belgium - Euro
(b) France - Euro
43. Write the classical dance style originated in the following states. (2 Marks)
(a) Andhrapradesh - Kuchipudi
(b) Kerala - Kathakali
44. Name the largest and smallest Union territory of India. (2 Marks)
a) Largest - Andaman & Nicobar islands
b) Smallest – Lakshadweep
45. Answer the following: (2 Marks)
a) Who was the first Indian to receive a Noble prize - Rabindranath Tagore
b) Who was the first actor to get Oscar award – Janet Gayner
46. Give the names of life sustaining elements? (4 Marks)
a) Carbon
b) Hydrogen
c) Oxygen
d) Nitrogen
e) Sulphur
f) Phosphorus

OR

Give names of the following TamilNadu Council of Ministers

(a) Minister of Water Resources – Thiru Duraimurugan
(b) Minister for Higher Education – Dr. K. Ponmudy
(c) Minister for Industries – Thiru Thangam Thennarasu
(d) Minister for Forests – Thiru K. Ramachandran
 ‘C’ CERTIFICATE EXAM – SPECIAL SUBJECT – 105 Marks

ARMED FORCES – 10 Marks

1. List out any three Gallantry Awards in the Face of Enemy -War Time. (3 Marks)

(a) Param Vir Chakra.

(b) Maha Vir Chakra.

(c) Vir Chakra.

(d) Sena Medal / Nau Sena Medal / Vayu Sena Medal.

(e) Mention in Dispatch.

(f) Chief of Staff Commendation Card.

2. What are the duties of armed force during peace? (3 Marks)

a) Internal Security Duties

 Maintaining law and order

 Controlling Civil Unrest

b) Assist in Disaster Relief

c) Search and rescue operations

d) Safeguard our boundaries

e) Training for military preparedness.

3. Fill in the blanks: (4 Marks)

a) In Navy Lieutenant commander rank is equivalent to Major rank in Indian Army.

b) The Head Quarters of Armed Force is located at New Delhi

c) The Indian Army is organized into seven commands

d) Artillery is one of the supporting arms in the Indian army.

MAP READING – 30 Marks

4. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) The highest part of a hill or mountain range is crest

b) Magnetic variation is the difference between True North & Magnetic North

c) The normal GPS operational constellation consists of 24 satellites that orbit the earth in 12 hours.

d) Pink/white running vertical and horizontal on the map Red lines are grid lines

e) Cultivable land is shown on the map in yellow colour.

5. What are the methods used to identify objects from Map to ground? (3 Marks)

a) Bearing and Distance Method

b) Direction and Distance Method

c) By Estimation Method

6. Discuss any five types of maps. (5 Marks)

a) Atlas Maps. These are small scale maps showing whole country’s continents, oceans or even world
on one sheet.

b) Topographical Maps. These are maps with which we are concerned in map reading. Survey of
India maps are all topographical maps.

c) Relief Maps. These are solid maps built as an actual model of the ground.

d) Outline Maps. These indicate general plan of the country e.g. main towns and rivers.

e) Rail / Road Maps.

f) Photo Maps. These are produced by making a mosaic of strips of vertical air photographs

7. Highlight the significance of map reading? (3 Marks)

a) Finding own position

b) Finding the enemy’s position and distance

c) without visiting any object its geographical position can be detected

d) Getting information about any locality

e) to find out forward and backward degree of any place

f) Can know the nature of different lands

8. Draw conventional signs and military symbol (10 Marks)

a) Road metalled with Km-stone

b) Church

c) Lighthouse

d) Palms

e) Contour

f) Artillery

g) Infantry

h) Ammunition only

i) Engineers

j) Chemical Warfare service

9. Write short notes (answer any 2 questions) (4 Marks)

a) Spur‐

A piece of high ground jutting out from a range of hills onto lower ground.

b) Plateau‐

A table land, and elevated region of considerable extend generally fairly level.

c) Dead Ground

Ground which by reason of undulations or hills is not visible to the observer

d) Ridge

The line along a hill or range of hill or mountains from which water flows in opposite

directions.

FIELD CRAFT & BATTLE CRAFT – 25 Marks

10. What all subjects are included in Field Craft? (5 Marks)

a) Visual Training.

b) Recognition and description of targets.

c) Personal camouflage and concealment.

d) Judging distance.

e) Movement with and without arms.

f) Fire discipline and control.

11. What are the methods of indicating a difficult target? (5 Marks)

a) Indication by description ‐ general direction indicated

b) The reference point method ‐ help of prominent land marks

c) Clock ray method ‐ centre of clock as reference point

d) The degree method ‐ General direction indicated

e) Hand span method ‐ an alternative to degree method

f) Misc method ‐ By firing a burst pointer staff etc

12. What are the tactical groups of section? (2 Marks)

a) LMG group

b) Rifle Group

13. What are the aims of Ambush? (3 Marks)

a) Destroy as many enemy or his vehicle and animal transport as possible

b) Obtain information at intelligence for example identification and documents.

c) Harass Hills so that he has to use increasing number of troops on purely protective duties

14. Discuss the different types of Fire Control Orders (5 Marks)

a) Delayed Fire Control Orders.

b) Full Fire Control Orders.

c) Opportunity Fire Control Orders.

d) Brief Fire Control Orders.

15. Define Section Formation and add a note on its types. (5 Marks)

a) Single file.

b) File.
c) Arrow Head.

d) Diamond.

e) Spear Head.

f) Extended Line.

INTRODUCTION TO INFANTRY WEAPON – 15 Marks

16. Write about the characteristics of 7.62MM SLR (5 Marks)

a. Calibre ‐ 7.62 mm.

b. Length

(i) With short butt ‐ 1126.50mm (44.35in).

(ii) With normal butt ‐ 1139.20mm (44.85 in).

(iii) With long butt ‐ 1151.90mm (45.35in).

(iv) Length of rifle with bayonet ‐ 1397.00mm (55 in).

c. Weight

(i) Rifle only ‐ 4.4 kg.

(ii) Rifle with full mag ‐ 5.1 Kg.

(iii) Rifle with full mag and bayonet ‐ 5.392 kg.

(iv) Bayonet ‐ 0.283 kg.

(v) Empty Mag ‐ 0.255 kg.

(vi) Full mag ‐ 0.709 kg.

d. Range

(i) Effective range ‐ 275 m (300 yds).

(ii) Sight range ‐ 200 yds to 600 yds.

e. Sight Radius ‐ 533.40 mm (21.77in).

f. No of Grooves ‐ 06 (Six)
17. List out the Items required for cleaning of 5.56mm INSAS Rifle (5 Marks)

(a) Oil bottle with oil. (b) Brush cleaning bore.

(c) Brush cleaning chamber. (d) Pullthrough.

(e) Rod cleaning barrel. (f) Tool adjusting for sight / rear sight.

(g) Tool removing repair case. (h) Chindi.

(j) Drift.

18. What are the types of 2 inch mortar bombs? (5 Marks)

a) HE – High Explosive

b) SMOKE

c) Signals

d) Parachute

e) Sand filled bowls

MILITARY HISTORY – 20 Marks

19. Fill in the blanks: (5 Marks)

a) Shivaji was born at Pune

b) Lt Gen Tikka Khan was known as the Butcher of Bangladesh

c) The highest bravery award during war is PVC

d) The President is the supreme commander of all the armed forces.

e) “AOC” stands for Army Ordinance Corps

20. Give a brief note on Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw (5 Marks)

a) Sam Hormisji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was born on 03 April at Amritsar

b) His father Captain Hormisji Framji was a medical officer with British Indian Army during World

War‐I

c) He was commissioned into the British Indian Army from the first course from Indian Military
Academy in Feb 1934

d) In World War‐II he was in Burma front where he was seriously injured and evacuated. He was

awarded Military Cross for his act of gallantry.

21. True or False: (5 Marks)

a) Indian Military Academy is located at Pune – False

b) Din‐l‐ Illahi is the new religious faith begun by Akbar – True

c) Pakisthan Army along with militants trained in Pakisthan launched an attack on India in August
1999 across the 520 long line of control in the Kaargil sector – False (correct answer is May
1999)

d) Akbar was the ruler of Mughal empire from 1556-1605 – True

e) NATO stands for North Atlantic Trusty Organization – False (correct answer is North Atlantic
Treaty Organization)

22. Describe the genesis of Russia-Ukraine conflict? (5 Marks)

a) The attack on Ukraine by Russia is potentially the onset of war in Europe on top of Russia’s behest
for an end to NATO’s eastward expansion.

b) The launch of the major invasion by Russia on Ukraine, that started with air and missile assaults on
Ukrainian military targets before sending troops and tanks across the country’s northern, eastern,
and southern borders.

c) On many fronts, the Ukrainian military fought back. In a video speech delivered early Friday,
February 25.

d) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that 137 people had been killed, including troops and
civilians, and that hundreds more had been injured.

COMMUNICATION – 5 Marks

23. Write the principles of R.T Procedure. (2 Marks)

Remember it from BASS :-

B – Brevity A – Accuracy

S – Security S – Speed
24. Highlight the standard phrases used in the following RT procedure: (3 Marks)

a) Out : My transmission has ended and I do not expect you to make a further transmission on
the subject.

b) Roger: Message received and understood.

(t) Wilco: Message received, understood and will be complied with types of Calls