Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces?
- A.The Prime Minister
- B.The Defence Minister
- C.The President of India
- D.The Chief of the Army Staff
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, the President of India. Article 53 of the Constitution vests the supreme command of the defence forces of the Union in the President, to be exercised in accordance with law. The office is therefore the formal head of the three services, and the President confers the President Colours on units and signs the commissions of officers, though the actual direction of defence policy rests with the Union Council of Ministers.
Option A is wrong because the Prime Minister heads the government and chairs the Cabinet Committee on Security but is not the Supreme Commander. Option B is wrong because the Defence Minister is the political head of the Ministry of Defence, answerable to Parliament, not the Supreme Commander. Option D is wrong because the Chief of the Army Staff commands only the Army and is professionally subordinate to the civilian government.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich is the highest rank in the Indian Army?
- A.General
- B.Field Marshal
- C.Lieutenant General
- D.Brigadier
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Field Marshal is the five star rank of the Indian Army and stands above every other rank. It is ceremonial and is conferred only as a rare honour, and the officer who holds it never retires but remains on the active list of the Army for life.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Air Force rank of Group Captain is equivalent to which rank in the Indian Army?
- A.Captain
- B.Major
- C.Colonel
- D.Brigadier
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The three services keep parallel ladders so that officers of equal standing can work together. At that level the Army has a Colonel, the Navy a Captain and the Air Force a Group Captain.
Read the full explanation →Which naval rank is equivalent to the Army rank of Brigadier?
- A.Commodore
- B.Commander
- C.Rear Admiral
- D.Sub Lieutenant
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In the common ladder of the three services the Army Brigadier, the Navy Commodore and the Air Force Air Commodore occupy the same step.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army?
- A.The Madras Regiment
- B.The Bihar Regiment
- C.The Parachute Regiment
- D.The Brigade of the Guards
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The Madras Regiment traces its raising to 1758 and is accepted as the senior most and oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army.
Read the full explanation →The regimental centre of the Garhwal Rifles is located at which place?
- A.Ranikhet
- B.Lansdowne
- C.Fatehgarh
- D.Belagavi
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The Garhwal Rifles has its regimental centre at Lansdowne, a cantonment town in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, and the regiment carries the motto Yudhaya Krit Nishchay.
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