UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DAC clears capital acquisition proposals worth about Rs 1.10 lakh crore for the defence forces

Question 1

The restructuring of India's higher defence management in 2001, under which the Defence Acquisition Council was set up in the Ministry of Defence, flowed from the report of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Group of Ministers on Reforming the National Security System, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister Shri L.K. Advani

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The Task Force on Border Management, one of the four expert task forces constituted to examine post-Kargil security gaps

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The Naresh Chandra Task Force on national security, set up to revisit the higher defence organisation of the country

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The Kelkar Committee on defence acquisition reforms, set up to widen the participation of private industry

Question 2

In the reporting of defence procurement decisions, the expression 'Acceptance of Necessity' most precisely denotes which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Official recognition by the apex procurement council of the Services' requirement for an equipment, along with its procurement category, at the outset of the acquisition cycle

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Concurrence of the Department of Expenditure to book a capital scheme of the Services against the capital outlay head of the annual defence budget

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Certification by the Directorate General of Quality Assurance that a platform offered by a vendor conforms to the qualitative parameters laid down by the Service

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Clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Security releasing funds for a procurement whose price has already been settled by the negotiating committee

Question 3

Under the Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020, resort to the 'Buy (Global)' category in exceptional situations requires the specific approval of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Defence Acquisition Council, or the Raksha Mantri who chairs that Council

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The Defence Procurement Board, chaired by the Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence

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The Cabinet Committee on Security, in respect of each such acquisition proposal of the Services

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The Department of Defence Production, acting through the Director General (Acquisition)

Question 4

Of the capital acquisition proposals to which the Defence Acquisition Council accorded Acceptance of Necessity in September 2026, approximately what proportion of the value is to be sourced from Indian industry?

Accepted Answer

About 98 per cent

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About 68 per cent

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About 78 per cent

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About 88 per cent

Question 5

Among the September 2026 clearances, the Arudhra radars approved for the Indian Navy are intended to serve which one of the following purposes?

Accepted Answer

To replace the air route surveillance radars presently in use at various naval air stations

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To provide over-the-horizon detection of surface contacts for the coastal surveillance network along the Indian coastline

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To act as fire-control sensors for shipborne medium-range surface-to-air missiles fitted on frontline destroyers

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To carry out seabed mapping in support of anti-submarine warfare operations in the Indian Ocean Region

Question 6

Consider the following statements comparing recent rounds of Acceptance of Necessity accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council:
1. The value cleared in September 2026 was lower than the value cleared by the Council in March 2026.
2. The Council's clearance of about Rs 1.05 lakh crore in July 2025 covered ten proposals, all under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
3. In the financial year 2025-26 as a whole, the Council accorded Acceptance of Necessity for 55 proposals amounting to about Rs 2.23 lakh crore.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

1 and 2 only

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1 only

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2 and 3 only

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1, 2 and 3

Question 7

For how many capital acquisition proposals did the Defence Acquisition Council accord Acceptance of Necessity during the financial year 2025-26?

Accepted Answer

55 proposals

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35 proposals

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45 proposals

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65 proposals

Question 8

The Group of Ministers set up in April 2000 to review the national security system, whose report preceded the 2001 restructuring of defence procurement, constituted how many Task Forces to assist its work?

Accepted Answer

Four Task Forces

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Two Task Forces

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Three Task Forces

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Five Task Forces

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DAC clears capital acquisition proposals worth about Rs 1.10 lakh crore for the defence forces

Q1. The restructuring of India's higher defence management in 2001, under which the Defence Acquisition Council was set up in the Ministry of Defence, flowed from the report of which one of the following?

Q2. In the reporting of defence procurement decisions, the expression 'Acceptance of Necessity' most precisely denotes which one of the following?

Q3. Under the Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020, resort to the 'Buy (Global)' category in exceptional situations requires the specific approval of which one of the following?

Q4. Of the capital acquisition proposals to which the Defence Acquisition Council accorded Acceptance of Necessity in September 2026, approximately what proportion of the value is to be sourced from Indian industry?

Q5. Among the September 2026 clearances, the Arudhra radars approved for the Indian Navy are intended to serve which one of the following purposes?

Q7. For how many capital acquisition proposals did the Defence Acquisition Council accord Acceptance of Necessity during the financial year 2025-26?

Q8. The Group of Ministers set up in April 2000 to review the national security system, whose report preceded the 2001 restructuring of defence procurement, constituted how many Task Forces to assist its work?