Which one of the following is correct?
- A.Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
- B.Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the Corps of Engineers.
- C.Army Medical Corps and Army Dental Corps are two divisions of the Army Service Corps.
- D.Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is D. The Indian Army has its own Corps of Army Air Defence, which guards troops and key places against enemy aircraft, drones and missiles.
Air defence units were once part of the Regiment of Artillery. In 1994 they were separated to form the Corps of Army Air Defence, an arm with its own centre and school at Gopalpur in Odisha. It operates anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missile systems such as Akash. The Army is organised into arms, such as infantry, armour, artillery, engineers and air defence, and services, such as the Army Service Corps, EME and the Army Medical Corps.
A is wrong: the Mechanised Infantry Regiment, raised in 1979, is a separate regiment that fights in armoured vehicles, not another name for infantry. B is wrong: the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a separate corps from the Corps of Engineers. C is wrong: the Army Medical Corps and the Army Dental Corps are separate corps, not divisions of the Army Service Corps.
Exam tip: Corps of Army Air Defence = separated from Artillery in 1994, centre at Gopalpur (Odisha).
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