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  1. The Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry award. It is given for acts of bravery in what context?

    Answer: Peacetime gallantry

    The Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry award, given for acts of conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

  2. INS Vikrant (2022), India's first domestically built aircraft carrier, belongs to which class?

    Answer: Vikrant class

    INS Vikrant (2022) belongs to the Vikrant class and is India's first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier.

  3. Operation Pawan was an Indian peacekeeping mission in which country?

    Answer: Sri Lanka

    Operation Pawan (1987–1990) was the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) mission in Sri Lanka to disarm Tamil militant groups.

  4. Which missile system is jointly developed by India and Russia?

    Answer: BrahMos

    BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India's DRDO and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya.

  5. The Indian Army is organized into how many operational commands?

    Answer: 7

    The Indian Army has 7 operational commands: Northern, Western, South Western, Southern, Eastern, Central, and Army Training Command.

  6. Which Indian warship sank the Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the 1971 war?

    Answer: INS Rajput

    INS Rajput is credited with sinking Pakistan's only submarine PNS Ghazi off Visakhapatnam during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.

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