Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on which date?
- A.15 August
- B.21 October
- C.30 January
- D.2 October
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Explanation
The correct answer is 21 October. The day recalls the action at the Hot Springs post in the remote and inhospitable terrain of Ladakh on 21 October 1959, when ten personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed while resisting an attack by Chinese troops. They fought on in the knowledge that the outcome in those high mountains was almost decided, holding to the resolve that not an inch of Indian land should fall into foreign hands. Since that year the date has been observed across the country in memory of police personnel who die on duty, and in 2026 the Union Home Minister led the ceremony at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi. Option A, 15 August, is Independence Day and has nothing to do with the Hot Springs action. Option C, 30 January, is not the day on which police martyrs are remembered. Option D, 2 October, is Gandhi Jayanti. Only 21 October carries the Ladakh link.
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Practice Questions
Ten CRPF personnel were killed in 1959 at the Hot Springs post located in which region?
- A.Ladakh
- B.Arunachal Pradesh
- C.Sikkim
- D.The Jammu region
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Hot Springs lies in the remote, high-altitude and inhospitable stretch of Ladakh, and it was there on 21 October 1959 that ten men of the Central Reserve Police Force laid down their lives against an attack by Chinese troops.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the National Police Memorial in New Delhi inaugurated?
- A.2014
- B.2016
- C.2018
- D.2020
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Police Memorial in that year, dedicating it to police personnel from every part of the country who died in the line of duty.
Read the full explanation →By which date has the Union Ministry of Home Affairs set its target of freeing India from the drug menace?
- A.31 December 2027
- B.31 December 2029
- C.31 March 2026
- D.15 August 2030
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The Union Home Minister said the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to wage a joint fight against drugs through the remaining part of 2026 and the years 2027, 2028 and 2029, so that the country is rid of the problem by the end of 2029.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the nationwide police motorcycle rally flagged off on Police Commemoration Day 2026?
- A.Fight Against Drugs
- B.Run for Unity
- C.Safe Roads, Safe India
- D.Beat Plastic Pollution
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The Union Home Minister flags off a motorcycle rally on this theme at the National Police Memorial, with about 90 riders drawn from the police of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, from the Central Armed Police Forces such as the CRPF…
Read the full explanation →Police Commemoration Day, observed on 21 October, commemorates the policemen killed in an ambush at which place?
- A.Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
- B.Hot Springs, Ladakh
- C.Nathu La, Sikkim
- D.Walong, Arunachal Pradesh
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On 21 October 1959 an Indian police patrol was ambushed there by heavily armed Chinese troops and ten policemen were killed.
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