Gallantry Awards 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

1. Indian Air Force Chief Vivek R Chaudhari has been decorated with which medal?

a) Vir Chakra

b) Shaurya Chakra

c) Param Vishisht Seva Medal

d) Kirti Chakra

2. Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who was decorated with Vir Chakra, had shot down the fighter aircraft of which country?

a) China

b) Russia

c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

3. When was the Vir Chakra award instituted in India?

a) August 15, 1947

b) January 26, 1949

c) January 26, 1950

d) August 15, 1950

4. Which one is India’s highest Gallantry award?

a) Vir Chakra

b) Param Vir Chakra

c) Maha Vir Chakra

d) Kirti Chakra

5. What was the name of the Military Operation executed against China by the Indian Army to control heights along LAC in Eastern Ladakh?

a) Operation Calm Down

b) Operation Blue Star

c) Operation Snow Leopard

d) Operation Rakshak

Answers

1. (c) Param Vishisht Seva Medal

The Chief of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Vivek R Chaudhari has been decorated with Param Vishisht Seva Medal. The award recognizes the distinguished service of a high order to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. 

2. (d) Pakistan

Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was decorated with Vir Chakra for shooting down an F-16 Fighter aircraft of Pakistan during aerial combat in 2019, a day after the Balakot airstrike.

3. (c) January 26, 1950

The prestigious Vir Chakra Gallantry Medal was instituted by the President of India on January 26, 1950. It is the third-highest wartime medal which is presented for the acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on the battlefield.

4. (b) Param Vir Chakra

Param Vir Chakra is the highest military decoration in India. It is awarded for showing distinguished acts of valour during wartime. The medal, as of January 2018, has been awarded 21 times, of which 14 were posthumous. Param Vir Chakra translates as the ‘Wheel of Ultimate Brave’.

5. (c) Operation Snow Leopard

‘Operation Snow Leopard’ was executed by the Indian Army against China for controlling the key heights along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. With this, India was able to occupy strategic heights identified along the LAC.

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