At which base did Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrate Diwali in November 2026?
- A.CoBRA Operations Base, Karanpur
- B.INS Vikrant
- C.Sir Creek
- D.Kargil
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Explanation
The correct answer is the CoBRA Operations Base at Karanpur, in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The Prime Minister went there on 8 November 2026 to spend the festival with security personnel, handed out sweets, and said this was the first Diwali with every district of the country free of Naxalism. The base has served as the training ground and the launch pad for anti-Naxal operations in Bastar and Abujhmad, which is why it was chosen for the occasion. The other three choices are all places where he had celebrated the festival with soldiers in earlier years, not this one. He recalled Diwali aboard INS Vikrant in the ocean, at Sir Creek on the coast, and in the Himalayas at Kargil and Lepcha. So options B, C and D belong to his earlier festival visits, while the 2026 celebration was held in Bastar.
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Practice Questions
For the first time in how many years did no CRPF jawan lose his life on duty, as stated in the Prime Minister's Bastar address?
- A.25 years
- B.37 years
- C.47 years
- D.57 years
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Speaking to the jawans in Bastar, the Prime Minister said that over the past year not a single CRPF soldier had lost their life on duty, and that this had not happened for the previous forty-seven years.
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- A.Over 130 districts
- B.Over 230 districts
- C.Over 330 districts
- D.Over 430 districts
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Recalling the grim years, the Prime Minister said Left-Wing Extremism had gripped more than two hundred and thirty districts spread across nearly twenty states, among them Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Read the full explanation →Under the special development drive in Left-Wing Extremism affected areas, how many kilometres of roads were built?
- A.Over 5,000 km
- B.Over 10,000 km
- C.Over 15,000 km
- D.Over 25,000 km
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Read the full explanation →Where were the sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha taken immediately after the Tawang exposition?
- A.Golden Pagoda, Namsai
- B.TGL Monastery (Lower Gompa), Bomdila
- C.National Museum, New Delhi
- D.Kalawangpo Convention Centre, Tawang
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After the Tawang leg closed on 7 November 2026, the Indian Air Force flew the relics to Bomdila the next day; following a short halt at Upper Gompa they were enshrined at TGL Monastery, the Lower Gompa, and kept open for public darshan from 8 to 13 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Who ceremonially received the sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha when they arrived at Tawang?
- A.The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
- B.Chief Minister Pema Khandu
- C.The Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation
- D.The Director of the National Museum
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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu received the relics with due protocol when they reached Tawang from the National Museum in New Delhi, and Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was present on the occasion.
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