Which is the highest gallantry award of India for bravery shown in peacetime?
- A.Param Vir Chakra
- B.Ashoka Chakra
- C.Kirti Chakra
- D.Maha Vir Chakra
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ashoka Chakra. India keeps two ladders of gallantry awards. Away from the battlefield the order is Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra, so Ashoka Chakra stands highest in peacetime. Option A is wrong because the Param Vir Chakra is the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, that is in war. Option C is wrong because the Kirti Chakra stands second in the peacetime ladder, below the Ashoka Chakra. Option D is wrong because the Maha Vir Chakra is the second highest wartime award, below the Param Vir Chakra and above the Vir Chakra. All six decorations were instituted on 26 January 1950, and the first Param Vir Chakra went posthumously to Major Somnath Sharma in 1947.
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- A.The Prime Minister
- B.The Defence Minister
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- D.The Chief of Defence Staff
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- B.K. M. Cariappa taking over as the first Indian Commander in Chief in 1949
- C.The end of the 1971 war
- D.The first Republic Day parade in 1950
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- A.Operation Vijay
- B.Operation Trident
- C.Operation Cactus
- D.Operation Meghdoot
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- C.Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- D.Dr Raja Ramanna
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