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On which date is Air Force Day observed in India?
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Answer: 8 October. Air Force Day falls on 8 October, the 1932 founding date of the Royal Indian Air Force.
On which date in 1984 did India launch Operation Meghdoot?
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Answer: 13 April. India launched it on the morning of 13 April 1984, pre-empting Pakistan's plan.
Which award is India's highest peacetime military decoration?
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Answer: Ashoka Chakra. The Ashoka Chakra is the peacetime counterpart to the Param Vir Chakra.
Who is the only Indian Air Force officer promoted to the five-star rank of Marshal of the IAF?
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Answer: Arjan Singh. Arjan Singh was the first and only IAF officer made Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
Major Somnath Sharma was killed in 1947 in a battle near which place in Kashmir?
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Answer: Badgam. Sharma died on 3 November 1947 at the Battle of Badgam.
INS Arihant, whose name means 'Conqueror', is what kind of vessel?
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Answer: Nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Arihant leads India's class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.
Operation Parakram, India's 2001–02 troop mobilisation, followed an attack on what?
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Answer: Indian Parliament. The buildup followed the 13 December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament.
India's Operation Sindoor in May 2025 was launched in response to an attack at which place?
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Answer: Pahalgam. India said Operation Sindoor responded to the 22 April 2025 Pahalgam attack.
Of the 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, how many came from the Indian Air Force?
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Answer: One. Twenty PVC recipients were from the Army and one from the Air Force.
India's Arjun main battle tank is named after a hero of which epic?
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Answer: Mahabharata. It is named after Arjuna, the archer prince of the Mahabharata.
The Madras Regiment's Regimental Centre is at Wellington, near which hill town?
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Answer: Ooty. Its centre is at Wellington, Udhagamandalam (Ooty), Tamil Nadu.
What was the code name of India's first nuclear test in May 1974?
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Answer: Smiling Buddha. Smiling Buddha, also called Pokhran-I, was detonated on 18 May 1974.
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