This Static GK quiz on Ranks and Regiments of the Indian Armed Forces puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Which is the highest rank in the Indian Army?
Field Marshal is the five star rank of the Indian Army and stands above every other rank. It is ceremonial and is conferred only as a rare honour, and the officer who holds it never retires but remains on the active list of the Army for life.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces?
Article 53 of the Constitution vests the supreme command of the defence forces of the Union in the President, to be exercised in accordance with law.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Air Force rank of Group Captain is equivalent to which rank in the Indian Army?
The three services keep parallel ladders so that officers of equal standing can work together. At that level the Army has a Colonel, the Navy a Captain and the Air Force a Group Captain.
Read the full explanation →Which naval rank is equivalent to the Army rank of Brigadier?
In the common ladder of the three services the Army Brigadier, the Navy Commodore and the Air Force Air Commodore occupy the same step.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army?
The Madras Regiment traces its raising to 1758 and is accepted as the senior most and oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army.
Read the full explanation →The regimental centre of the Garhwal Rifles is located at which place?
The Garhwal Rifles has its regimental centre at Lansdowne, a cantonment town in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, and the regiment carries the motto Yudhaya Krit Nishchay.
Read the full explanation →What is the motto of the Indian Air Force?
The motto is taken from the Bhagavad Gita and is translated as touch the sky with glory.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Naval Academy, which trains officer cadets of the Navy, is located at which place?
The Indian Naval Academy stands on the coast at Ezhimala in Kannur district of Kerala and is the basic training establishment for officer cadets of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
Read the full explanation →Army Day in India is observed on which date?
Army Day marks the day in 1949 when Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army from the last British holder of the post.
Read the full explanation →Who was conferred the rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force?
Arjan Singh led the Indian Air Force during the 1965 war and was raised to the five star rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force in 2002, the only officer of the Air Force ever to hold it.
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