General knowledge related to Defence is essential for admission tests, SPECIALLY BUP, as the defence forces mainly back those institutes. So a good command over some of the information related to the defence sector of our country will give you an upper hand in all competitive exams, especially in BUP. Some of the important general knowledge questions related to “defence” are-
- The previous name of Bangladesh Army- East Bengal Regiment
- The board that decides and chooses officers to serve in the armed forces- Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB)
- The supreme commander of Bangladesh Armed Forces- the President
- The headquarters of Bangladesh army- Kurmitola, Dhaka
- Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is situated at- Bhatiari, Chittagong
- Bangladesh Air Force Academy (BAFA) is situated at- Jessore
- The headquarters of Air Force- Kurmitola, Dhaka
- The headquarters of the Navy- Banani, Dhaka
- Armed Forces Museum is situated at- Dhaka Cantonment
- The Armed Forces Day- 21st November
- The Staff College is situated at- Mirpur, Dhaka
- The two females to receive the Bir Protik award- Capt. Sitara Begum and Taramon Bibi
- Beer Shrestho title- 7
- Beer Uttam- 67
- Bir Bikram- 174
- Bir Pratik- 424
- Birangona- 438
- Official journey started at- 21st November, 1971
- Headquarters situated at- Kurmitola, Dhaka
- First female Brigadier General- Suraiya Rahman
- First Chakma Major General- Anup Kumar Chakma
- Highest role of the army right now- General
- The first chief of the Bangladesh Army- MAG Osmany
- Present Chief of Bangladesh Army- General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed
- Motto- In War, In Peace, We are everywhere for our Nation
- Total Beer Shresthos from Bangladesh Army- 5
- The journey started in- 1971
- Bangladesh Air Force Academy- Jessore
- First female GDP (General Duty Pilot)- Flying Officer Tamanna-E-Lutfy & Flight Lieutenant Nayma Haque
- Motto- Free shall we keep the sky of Bangladesh
- Headquarters- Kurmitola, Dhaka
- Highest rank at present- Air Chief Marshal
- First Chief of Bangladesh Air Force- AK Khandakar
- Present Chief of the Air Force- Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan
- The one Beer Shrestho of the air force in the liberation war- Flight Lieutenant Mojiuddin Jahangir
- First combat ship- BNS Padma
- Highest rank at present- Admiral
- Current Navy Chief- Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal
- The official journey started on- 10 December 1971
- Bangladesh Navy started with two ships- Padma & Palash
- The only OCF (Officer Cadet Female) to ever receive a sword of honour- Marjia Islam
- The motto of the navy- In War and Peace Invincible at Sea
- The only Beer Shrestho from the navy- Ruhul Amin
- The word Police came from- the Portuguese language
- Full form of police
- Polite
- Obedient
- Loyal
- Intelligent
- Courageous
- Efficient
- The motto of BD police- Discipline Security Progress
- The highest rank of a district police officer- SP (superintendent of Police)
- Bangladesh Police was formed as per The Police Act on- 1861
- Police were first introduced in the sub-continent by- Lord Canning in 1861
- BD Police is under- The Ministry of Home Affairs
- First female OC- Inspector Hossain Ara Begum (Dhaka Cantonment Station)
- BD police became a member of INTERPOL in- 1976
- Highest rank in the police- IGP (Inspector General of Police)
- Officer-in-Charge of a station- OC
- First IGP of BD- MA Khalek
- Present name- Ansar VDP Academy (renamed in 1996)
- The academy is situated in- Safipur, Gajipur
- Starts its journey in- 1976
- HQ is situated in- Kurmitola, Dhaka
- Started its journey in- 2004
- Motto- বাংলাদেশ আমার অহংকার
- Previous name- Ramgarh Local Battalion (in 1975)
- It was renamed in- 3 March 1972
- Officially starts its journey in- 23 January 2011
- HQ is situated in- Pilkhana, Dhaka