On which night did the Indian Army carry out the surgical strikes across the Line of Control, recalled as completing ten years?
- A.26-27 September 2015
- B.28-29 September 2016
- C.13-14 September 2008
- D.11-12 September 2019
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Explanation
The correct answer is 28-29 September 2016. Indian Army soldiers crossed the Line of Control on that night and hit terrorist launch pads, and the action is described as a decisive break in the way India answers cross-border terrorism, followed later by the Balakot air strike and Operation Sindoor. Option A, 26-27 September 2015, carries the wrong year altogether. Option C, 13-14 September 2008, mixes up the strike with the serial blasts in Delhi of 13 September 2008, which took many innocent lives and were followed weeks later by the Mumbai attack. Option D, 11-12 September 2019, is invented and matches no event in the address. A useful memory hook is that the tenth anniversary of the strike falls in the same month as the broadcast itself.
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- A.136th
- B.137th
- C.138th
- D.139th
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- C.M-3
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