NCC Hansraj & Hansraj Quiz Soc

Vajra 2.0
The General Military Quiz
November 29th, 2023
Prelims
 Rule
• Prelims will consist of 20 Qs s
• Qs 5,10,15,20 will be star marked
• No Negative Marking
• Do not use unfair means, use of any unfair means will result in
immediate disqualification
• Top 8 teams will qualify for finals.
 Q1
Admiral (Rtd) D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, a
graduate of Hansraj College, after his illustrious career in the
Indian Navy was given a certain high ranking position in the
‘Union Government’ .
Recently we see a character portrayed by actor and director
Ashutosh Gowariker in a Netflix Show inspired by him.

• What position is Admiral DK Joshi currently serving?

• Which Netlfix show is being talked about?
Q2 This flag, first introduced in 1951 was of same pattern, colour and
size as was used by various regiments of the Army, with the badge
and designation placed in the centre.
Later on, it was felt that the flag should be in keeping with the
inter-service character of the agency and finally in 1954, the new (and
current) version of this flag was introduced with some major
changes.

-Which flag and what changes were made in 1954?

 Q3
Until 1970, the ensign of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was a silver
fern, but there were complaints that it looked like peeling paint. Some
called for the fern to be replaced by X, something we all associate with
New Zealand, others remarked that given X’s nature it could hardly be
appropriate. But support for X won out – a red X was formally adopted
as the ensign in September 1970.

Give X and why was it deemed to be inappropriate.

 Q4
There has been several debates surrounding this policy globally. Historically India
has been supporting this policy and still does however in 2010 the traditional
wording was changed in NSA Shivshankar menon's speech but it was brushed as a
typographical or lexical error. In 2016 then defense minister Manohar parrikar raised
concerns over the policy claiming India to be a responsible nation however brushed
it as his personal opinion. Later in 2019 Rajnath Singh stated that India's attitude
towards this policy can change with changing circumstances.

What traditional policy are we talking about? Something that is said to have
supported “Peace” among certain Global powers.
Q5
The following image mentions
different types of colours of a
particular thing, ID it.
(image follows)
Q5
Q6 X is an ancient story about how a Yaksa,
banished by his master to a remote region
for a year, asked a _____ to take a
message of love to his wife. In 1984, X
was rightly used as a name, as Indian
forces sent a 'message of love' to its
'lover' in a remote region, Y.
ID X and Y
blank not indicative
 Q7
In 1967 Captain Prithvi Singh Dagar was detailed as the Officer in
charge of a party ordered to strengthen the wire laying opposite South
shoulder at Nathula.
Soon after the work started, the Chinese opened fire. Despite getting
shot in his right arm, he leapt forward and continued attacking the
Chinese soldiers and before dying managed to kill two of them.
J P Dutta's X brought to screen this lesser known war of 1967 hailing
the brave heroes who fought for the nation.

GIVE X
 L24 is the third Shardul class amphibious vessel of the Indian Navy.
Q8 The ship is named after a ‘heavenly’ enitity once found on the flag of
Laos.
What is the commissioned name of L24?

[Image]
 Q9
Prabuddha Biswas, a resident of patna has penned a book about a
misconception associated with X being something. In the backdrop of his
writing he narrates how X came into being only in 1772 while Bankipore,
Allahabad and munger came as early as 1765. While Bankipore was later
transferred to Danapur in Patna in 1969. The book's title indicates his claim
of how Danapur(Bankipore) is actually the first and X is wrongfully
associated with this honor. However his claims are not that widely accepted
in mainstream Indian military history.

Give X and what first ?

 Q10

X is a christian hymn of Scottish origins. A prayer for God to stay with

the speaker throughout life and in death. X was considered to be
Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymn and was played by the military
bands in Beating retreat every year until 2021, after which it was
replaced by Y, a song written by Kavi Pradeep to commemorate the
Martyrs of 1962 Indo-Sino War.
ID X and Y.
Audio of X follows..
 Q11
Captain Tushar Mahajan was an officer in the Indian Army who made the
ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Captain Tushar Mahajan was born on
May 25, 1987, in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India. In September this
year the government decided to honor him in a way that everyone travelling
to his home place will be aware of him by making his name reach every
eyes and ear in his home place and everywhere else.

What did the Government do to honor him?

 Q12
Remembered Glory is a book series by Milind Wagle and Col Ajay K
Raina, it narrates true stories from 1971 war. One of the chapters talks
about an anecdote surrounding Lt Baljeet Singh Gill. Gill was given the
responsibility of carrying out a “deep strike” mission in the Chittagong hill
tracts which he carried out successfully taking the enemy by a “surprise
ambush”. The author aptly titled the chapter to be what he considers first
instance of something.

What? Something that caught the public eye relatively recently.

 Q13
This drink was invented by the British EIC Army, when a Scottish doctor
studied how quinine, a traditional cure, could be used to prevent malaria.
The quinine was drunk with __X__, but the bitter taste was unpleasant.
The army officers instead used a mixture of sugar, lime and Y in order to
make the drink more pleasant. The officers were already given a X ration
as part of their rations, so the sweet concoction made sense.

Give the drink.

Q14 The Ludhiana Sikhs played a key role in the victory of
General Roberts over the Afghan forces of Ayub Khan in
1880, finally exacting British Vengeance for a
humiliating retreat forty-eight years ago (from then).

Identify the battle, named after an ancient city named

after Alexander the Great and the birth place of a
prominent Pashtun Nationalist ‘organisation’.
 Q15
The hundred hours’ war was fought between El Salvador and
Honduras in July 1969. It was a bloody war enforced by the rising
tensions between both countries due to an immigrant crisis.
However the more popular name comes from the background of
another “passionate” crisis taking place at Honduran capital
Tegucigalpa and later at Salvadorian capital San Salvador finally
reaching it's tipping point in Mexico city.
 Q16
Based in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President's Bodyguard is a cavalry
regiment that is the senior-most regiment in the order of precedence of
the units of the Indian Army.
The President's Bodyguard is the successor to the Governor General's
Bodyguard of the Presidency armies and the British Indian Army.
During the Partition of India, British Indian Army was divided 2:1
between the Dominions of India and Pakistan.
The Viceroy's gold-plated buggy was coveted by both India and
Pakistan. Its fate was decided in the end, by doing something which
most would associate with another aspect of India-Pakistan rivalry.
How was its fate decided?
Q17 4 Officers from the IAF were sent to a certain facility in Bengaluru
where they are undergoing Classroom training, Physical Fitness
training, Simulator training. Their training modules cover academic
courses and simulation courses through Parabolic Flights,
Aero-medical training, Recovery & Survival training, mastering of
Flight Procedures and training on Crew Training Simulators. Aero
medical training, Periodical flying practice and Yoga are also
included as part of their training.
Recently IAF showed a brief glimpse of these “pilots” in their teaser
video without revealing their Identity for obvious security protocols.

What are the 4 IAF officers training for?

 Q18
Kharku were a group of people whose origin can be traced back to British India. During the later
years of British India and early Decades following Indian independence they used slogans to serve
a political message for example- "Khaṇḍā khaṛkū, Náirū pàjju”.

They were primarily from Jat and Ramgharia background and belonged to the lower
socioeconomic groups of the Majha region.

Offended by the term used by media for them, they demanded honorifical terms, such as "Bhai",
"Sant", and ______ . The reasons for their decline are a lack of common vision, lack of a
commitment to a worthwhile cause, and losing trust of the common folk. Hundreds of Kharkus
were killed by their "rivals". Many of those who survive remain in hiding or have escaped abroad.
However, certain individuals keep on resurfacing in the news, most recently after causing a
‘diplomatic crisis’.

Who were these Kharkus ?

 Q19
______(6) is a painting by John Singer Sargent. Sargent was a
government sponsored war artist who made this painting while visiting
the western front during the first World War.

What did John depict in this harrowing painting?

[Image follows]
Q
 Q20
● In 1846, while raising Indian recruits at Peshawar for frontier service
against Afghan Tribals, British officials adopted a certain ‘tactic’ used by
Afghan Tribals in wars.
● This tactic was easier to maintain and allowed greater camouflage and
were subsequently used by British Military in its Colonial campaigns ever
since the Spanish-American war of 1898.
● What Tactic did they adopt?
Answers
 Rule
• Prelims will consist of 20 Qs s
• Qs 5,10,15,20 will be star marked
• No Negative Marking
• Do not use unfair means, use of any unfair means will result in
immediate disqualification
• Top 8 teams will qualify for finals.
 Q1
Admiral (Rtd) D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, a
graduate of Hansraj College, after his illustrious career in the
Indian Navy was given a certain high ranking position in the
‘Union Government’ .
Recently we see a character portrayed by actor and director
Ashutosh Gowariker in a Netflix Show inspired by him.

• What position is Admiral DK Joshi currently serving?

• Which Netlfix show is being talked about?
A1
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands

Netflix Show- Kaala Pani

Q2 This flag, first introduced in 1951 was of same pattern, colour and
size as was used by various regiments of the Army, with the badge
and designation placed in the centre.
Later on, it was felt that the flag should be in keeping with the
inter-service character of the agency and finally in 1954, the new (and
current) version of this flag was introduced with some major
changes.

-Which flag and what changes were made in 1954?

A2 • NCC Flag
• Tricolour, where red for the
Army, deep blue for the Navy
and light blue for the Air Force
 Q3
Until 1970, the ensign of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was a silver
fern, but there were complaints that it looked like peeling paint. Some
called for the fern to be replaced by X, something we all associate with
New Zealand, others remarked that given X’s nature it could hardly be
appropriate. But support for X won out – a red X was formally adopted
as the ensign in September 1970.

Give X and why was it deemed to be inappropriate.

 A3
X-Kiwi, Kiwi is a flightless bird
 Q4
There has been several debates surrounding this policy globally. Historically India
has been supporting this policy and still does however in 2010 the traditional
wording was changed in NSA Shivshankar menon's speech but it was brushed as a
typographical or lexical error. In 2016 then defense minister Manohar parrikar raised
concerns over the policy claiming India to be a responsible nation however brushed
it as his personal opinion. Later in 2019 Rajnath singh stated that India's attitude
towards this policy can change with changing circumstances.

What traditional policy are we talking about? Something that is said to have
supported “Peace” among certain Global powers.
 A4
NO FIRST USE
Q5
The following image mentions
different types of colours of a
particular thing, ID it.
(image follows)
Q5
A5

Berets used by Indian Armed

Forces
Q6 X is an ancient story about how a Yaksa,
banished by his master to a remote region
for a year, asked a _____ to take a
message of love to his wife. In 1984, X
was rightly used as a name, as Indian
forces sent a 'message of love' to its
'lover' in a remote region, Y.
ID X and Y
blank not indicative
A6 X-Meghdooth, Y- Siachen
 Q7
In 1967 Captain Prithvi Singh Dagar was detailed as the Officer in
charge of a party ordered to strengthen the wire laying opposite South
shoulder at Nathula.
Soon after the work started, the Chinese opened fire. Despite getting
shot in his right arm, he leapt forward and continued attacking the
Chinese soldiers and before dying managed to kill two of them.
J P Dutta's X brought to screen this lesser known war of 1967 hailing
the brave heroes who fought for the nation.

GIVE X
 A7
Paltan
Q8 L24 is the third Shardul class amphibious vessel of the Indian Navy.
The ship is named after a ‘heavenly’ enitity once found on the flag of
Laos.
What is the commissioned name of L24? [Image]
A8 Airavat
 Q9
Prabuddha Biswas, a resident of patna has penned a book about a
misconception associated with X being something. In the backdrop of his
writing he narrates how X came into being only in 1772 while Bankipore,
Allahabad and munger came as early as 1765. While Bankipore was later
transferred to Danapur in Patna in 1969. The book's title indicates his claim
of how Danapur(Bankipore) is actually the first and X is wrongfully
associated with this honor. However his claims are not that widely accepted
in mainstream Indian military history.

Give X and what first ?

 A9
Barrackpore

India’s first cantonment

 Q1
0
X is a christian hymn of Scottish origins. A prayer for God to stay with
the speaker throughout life and in death. X was considered to be
Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymn and was played by the military
bands in Beating retreat every year until 2021, after which it was
replaced by Y, a song written by Kavi Pradeep to commemorate the
Martyrs of 1962 Indo-Sino War.
ID X and Y.
Audio of X follows..
A1
0
X- Abide with Me
Y- Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo
 Q11
Captain Tushar Mahajan was an officer in the Indian Army who made the
ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Captain Tushar Mahajan was born on
May 25, 1987, in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India. In September this
year the government decided to honor him in a way that everyone travelling
to his home place will be aware of him by making his name reach every
eyes and ear in his home place and everywhere else.

What did the Government do to honor him.

 A11

Name Udhampur railway station after him

 Q12
Remembered Glory is a book series by milind wagle and col Ajay K
raina, it narrates true stories from 1971 war. One of the chapters talks
about an anecode surrounding 2Lt Baljeet singh Gill. Gill was given the
responsibility of carrying out a “deep strike” mission in the Chittagong hill
tracts which he carried out successfully taking the enemy by a “surprise
ambush”. The author aptly titled the chapter to be what he considers first
instance of something.

What? Something that caught the public eye relatively recently.

 A12
The first surgical strike
 Q13
This drink was invented by the British EIC Army, when a Scottish doctor
studied how quinine, a traditional cure, could be used to prevent malaria.
The quinine was drunk with X ____, but the bitter taste was unpleasant.
The army officers instead used a mixture of sugar, lime and Y in order to
make the drink more pleasant. The officers were already given a X ration
as part of their rations, so the sweet concoction made sense.

Give the drink.

 A13
Gin and Tonic
Q1
The Ludhiana Sikhs played a key role in the victory of
4 General Roberts over the Afghan forces of Ayub Khan in
1880, finally exacting British Vengeance for a
humiliating retreat forty-eight years ago (from then).

Identify the battle, named after an ancient city named

after Alexander the Great and the birth place of a
prominent Pashtun Nationalist ‘organisation’.
A1
4
Kandahar
 Q15
The hundred hours’ war was fought between El Salvador and
Honduras in July 1969. It was a bloody war enforced by the rising
tensions between both countries due to an immigrant crisis.
However the more popular name comes from the background of
another “passionate” crisis taking place at Honduran capital
Tegucigalpa and later at salvadorian capital San Salvador finally
reaching it's tipping point in Mexico city.
 A15
Football War
 Q16
Based in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President's Bodyguard is a cavalry
regiment that is the senior-most regiment in the order of precedence of
the units of the Indian Army.
The President's Bodyguard is the successor to the Governor General's
Bodyguard of the Presidency armies and the British Indian Army.
During the Partition of India, British Indian Army was divided 2:1
between the Dominions of India and Pakistan.
The Viceroy's gold-plated buggy was coveted by both India and
Pakistan. Its fate was decided in the end, by doing something which
most would associate with another aspect of India-Pakistan rivalry.
How was its fate decided?
 A16
Cointoss
Q1 4 Officers from the IAF were sent to a certain facility in Bengaluru
7 where they are undergoing Classroom training, Physical Fitness
training, Simulator training. Their training modules cover academic
courses and simulation courses through Parabolic Flights,
Aero-medical training, Recovery & Survival training, mastering of
Flight Procedures and training on Crew Training Simulators. Aero
medical training, Periodical flying practice and Yoga are also
included as part of their training.
Recently IAF showed a brief glimpse of these “pilots” in their teaser
video without revealing their Identity for obvious security protocols.

What are the 4 IAF officers training for?

A1
7
Gaganyan
 Q18
Kharku were a group of people whose origin can be traced back to British India. During the later
years of British India and early Decades following Indian independence they used slogans to serve
a political message for example- "Khaṇḍā khaṛkū, Náirū pàjju”.

They were primarily from Jat and Ramgharia background and belonged to the lower
socioeconomic groups of the Majha region.

Offended by the term used by media for them, they demanded honorifical terms, such as "Bhai",
"Sant", and ______ . The reasons for their decline are a lack of common vision, lack of a
commitment to a worthwhile cause, and losing trust of the common folk. Hundreds of Kharkus
were killed by their "rivals". Many of those who survive remain in hiding or have escaped abroad.
However, certain individuals keep on resurfacing in the news, most recently after causing a
‘diplomatic crisis’.

Who were these Kharkus ?

 A18
Sikh militants/ Khalistanis
 Q19
______(6) is a painting by John Singer Sargent. Sargent was a
government sponsored war artist who made this painting while visiting
the western front during the first World War.

What did John depict in this harrowing painting.

[Image follows]
Q
 A19
Mustard Gas Attack
 Q20
In 1846, while raising Indian recruits at Peshawar for frontier service
against Afghan Tribals, British officials adopted a certain ‘tactic’ used by
Afghan Tribals in wars.
This tactic was easier to maintain and allowed greater camouflage and
were subsequently used by British Military in its Colonial campaigns ever
since the Spanish-American war of 1898.
What Tactic did they adopt?
 A20
Using Khakhi Uniforms
FINALS
 Rules
• There are 24 questions in the final. (12+12)
• Infinite pounce and bounce will be followed.
• +10/0 ON DIRECT/BOUNCE
• +10/-5 ON POUNCE
• The quiz master's decisions are final.
• All players are requested to play fairly
 Q1
This book tells the strategic tactics and philosophies used by two
key military strategists . While One is primarily associated with
“guerilla warfare” and tactics to win a war easily the other stressed
the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political
aspects of waging war.

[Image Follows]
Safety
 A
Sun Tzu, Clauswitz
 Q2
In 2010, Mid Day published a controversial article surrounding PVC awardee Sanjay
Kumar as shown in the image. The article based it's source on the fact that Kumar
was wearing something that he should not be wearing indicating that he was
"downgraded“.
While official Press releases did not mention about this supposed "downgrading".
Maj Gen Thapiyal commented that it could have been due to a senior junior
contention that Sanjay Kumar fell victim to as a PVC awardee has to respected by
everyone. However it was never declared officially.

What was the subject of the article/ what was Sanjay Kumar wearing ?
Q2
Safety
 A2
He was donning the Lance Naik Rank
instead of his actual Havildar Rank
 Q3
The ________ Defense is a defensive strategy employed in modern
warfare. It was used by several allied and axis powers in world war 2 and
later used in south east asia.

When asked in Quora- what is ___ defense ?

A user replied the following :

Give the defense

Q3
Safety
 A3
Hedgehog
 Q4
In 2015 the household name X collaborated with Indian army and Indian
Airforce presenting a 248 Page illustration covering several key battles and
personalities. The following panel illustrates one of them Identify the person
and Give X
Q4
Safety
 A4
X- AMAR CHITRA KATHA

MAJOR SOMNATH SHARMA

 Q5
Originally recruited for the British Indian Army during the World War II by Khan Muhammad Khan of
Bagh, the recruitment officer for the British war effort. There are estimates that 50,000 young people
joined the Army during the war, calling themselves ‘Punjabi Musalmans’ and serving in the Punjab
Regiment. After the second world war, they returned to their home districts, where they grew
increasingly dissatisfied with the living conditions and formed an ‘irregular force’.
Their main claim to fame was their involvement in their ‘motherland’ right after the second World
War.

• What war did they fight as an irregular force after WW2?

• After the conflict their government designated them as a regular unit. What name did they finally
adopt which represents their political aspirations and draws an uncanny similarity with Netaji’s
Army.
Safety
 A5

INDO PAK WAR OF 1947-48

Azad Kashmir Liberation force
 Q6
The 1965 Indo Pak war witnessed the epic Battle of Asal
Uttar which is often referred as one of the mightiest tank
battles. India used an epic battle strategy to combat
invading pakistani forces to slow their advance. As a result
of this field strategy, the ground became swampy and
sticky inhibiting the invading pak tanks to cross the ground.
What did the Indian Forces do ?
Safety
 A6
Flood the field with sugarcane
 Q7
Although X is synonymous with Y, Xs were first used in the 1920s by
Californian restaurants. It was only in 1974 that Y opened its first X in
Arizona. The inspiration to move forward stemmed from soldiers located
at the Fort Huachuca Army Base. The restaurant was experiencing a
decline in sales because soldiers had to follow the rule of staying in their
vehicles when wearing Army uniforms, when off base. The problem was
solved by building X and it resulted in a 40% increase in sales.

What is X, seen now all across the world?

Safety
 A7
McD DriveThru
 Q8
X was a warship of the Indian Navy which was sunk off the coast of Diu by the

Pakistani Navy during the 1971 War. This was the first warship to be sunk in action

since the second world war and independent India’s only warship to be ever lost in

war.

The ship was sunk by a torpedo fired by a Pakistani submarine, due to which 18

officers and 176 sailors died. The ship’s captain: Mahendra Nath Mulla chose to do

something which has never been done in Indian Navy history by a commanding officer,

for which he was posthumously awarded the Mahavir Chakra.

• ID X and what act of valour Capt. Mulla chose to do?

Safety
 A8
X-INS Khukri, chose to go down with the ship
 Q9
The release of this 2017 movie caused many on the internet to discuss the
contribution of India to the Second World War. Oftentimes overlooked the
contribution of Indian soldiers during the WW2 helped massively to turn the tide
in favour of the allies.

When asked about the issue historian Joshua Levine, who was the film's
historical consultant, said that the movie was a work of fiction. He also said, "the
film focuses on a few protagonists whose paths cross occasionally, each one of
whom experiences just a tiny corner of the whole story."

Which film are we talking about?

Safety
 A9
Dunkirk
 Q10
As tensions between India and China grew in LAC, the Indian Army came up
with a unique plan to make its soldiers more aggresive.

Soldiers do 140 minutes of physical exercise at an altitude of about 15,000 feet.

This includes martial arts and other combat training followed by 50 minutes of
aggressive activities. Under this, the effigy of the enemy has to be attacked with
a rifle dagger. The tire has to be beaten with a hammer and a bundle of wood is
torn in two with the help of an axe in a speedy manner.

What is the name of this plan?

Safety
 A10
Plan 190
 Q11
X was a dramatic and bloody massacre during the
Durrani Empire’s campaign against the Sikhs.

For a long time, no memorial was constructed

commemorating the massacre and it was only after the
1947 partition of Punjab that memorials were erected.

Why is that so? Id X.

Safety
 A11

X- Vadda Ghalughara

Because pre independence majority of the areas were

muslim dominated
 Q12
These are the chortens at the Dochu La pass built near the southern border of
this nation in memorial to the soldiers who were killed in Operation All Clear.
Conducted during December 2003 and January 2004, this was the first military
operation conducted by this nation's Royal Army.

This operation was undertaken to remove camps set up by separatist groups

operating in a neighboring country.

In which country are these chortens located?

Which separatist groups?
Q
Safety
 A12

Bhutan

Assamese Insurgency
Written Round
 Sudarshan Fakir, a famous music composer and a Ghazal writer is known
Q13 for his works such as “hey ram” and “kaagaz ki kashti”, which were made
popular by legends such as Begum Akhtar and Jagjit Singh.
In 1982 Asian Games, one of his most ‘patriotic’ compositions replaced
the regimental marching song of the erstwhile INA as the NCC marching
song for the Asian Games opening ceremony.
-What patriotic song did Fakir compose?
-What was the regimental quick March song of INA which was replaced by
this composition during Asian Games 1982?
Safety
A13
• “Hum Sabh Bharatiya hai” NCC
Song
• Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja
 Q14
“_ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _/ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ : From Tokyo to Netaji’s Army” is a
memoir book by Lt. Bharati “Asha” Sahay Chouduri.
Lt. Bharati was the daughter of Anand Mohan Sahay, a minister in Azad Hind Govt
and a close ally of Netaji.
In her book she talks about her experience as an Indian born in pre WW-2 Japan
and as a woman officer in Netaji’s Army.

What is the apt title of the book (FITB), representing Lt. Bharati “Asha” Sahay’s
childhood in Japan and her days spent in the war, where she started writing this
book.

Which Regiment of the INA was Lt. Sahay a part of?

Safety
A1
4
The war diary of Asha San
Rani ki jhansi regiment
 Q15
The Muslim personnel of the Viceroy’s Bodyguard regiment were
transferred to the Pakistan Army. The rest of the regiment, having
a certain specific composition, remained with the Indian Army.
This specific composition has two peculiar facets – Physical and
Ethnic.
While the physical remains fairly uncontroversial when
considering the ceremonial duties of the regiment, the ethnic
facet is often challenged and criticised as being a relic of the
past.
Id both facets.
Safety
 • Ethnic = The President's Bodyguard is open to only Jats,
A15 Rajputs and Jat Sikh castes which are taken in equal
numbers 33.3 percent from the states of Punjab, Haryana
and Rajasthan. (Just 3 castes is fine)

• Physical = The basic height requirement for enlistment is

1.83 metres (6 ft 0 in)
 Q16
This term “The X Empires” was coined by Marshall G. S. Hodgson at the
University of Chicago when used in his highly influential three-volume
work, The Venture of Islam.
Hodgson saw X as the key to the "military patronage states of the Later
Middle Period" which replaced the unstable, geographically limited
confederations of Turkic clans that prevailed in post-Mongol times.
This term was used to describe the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans
and, closer to home, the Mughals. Almost poetically, X gave Babur the
decisive edge he needed at Panipat; laying the foundation of his empire.
ID X
Safety
A1
6
X- Gun Powder
 Q17
The bombing was justified by two arguments; firstly, that it was necessary "to
disrupt and degrade the command, control and communications network" of the
enemy, and secondly, that the target was a dual-use object which "was making an
important contribution to the propaganda war which orchestrated the campaign
against the population of ______(6)".

Human Rights Watch condemned the attack

France opposed it.
Amnesty International called it a war crime.
Noam Chomsky has described it as an act of terrorism.

What event? Who carried it out

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NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia
headquarters
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Some have proposed that Al-Qaeda chose September 11, 2001 as the
date to carry out terrorist attacks throughout the United States due to
the day's perceived significance as the turning point in the ______ __
______ (6,2,6). According to Lawrence Wright, September 11, 1683 was
seen by Al-Qaeda as the date when the Western world gained
dominance over Islam, the September 11th 318 years later would mark
a rebirth of Islamic power.
FITB
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Battle of
Vienna
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Despite being one of the principal population elements of Afghanistan,the origins of the X people have
not been fully reconstructed. However, due to genetic and linguistic analysis, the X are certainly a racially
mixed group with them having varying degrees of Iranian, Mongolic and Turkic ancestry in addition to
sharing common physical attributes, culture and partly language with Central Asian Turkic tribes and the
Mongols.
The etymology of the term X is disputed but might be derived from the Persian word for "thousand" which
itself may be the translation of the Mongolic word (mingghan), a military unit of 1,000 soldiers at the time
of Genghis Khan.
The X are considered to be one of the most persecuted groups in Afghanistan and their persecution has
intensified with the coming of the taliban.
ID X.
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Hazaras
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Until 1831, The Ludlow Castle in Delhi had been the home of Samuel Ludlow - the
Residency Surgeon. The building would later become the Residency, and was the site
of a battery employed by British troops during the Siege of Delhi in 1857 to successfully
breach the Kashmiri Gate bastion. Therefore the building was seen by Indians as a
symbol of enslavement and was demolished in 1960s to make room for the expansion
of a school. Ironically, in 1879, this building - which at the time served as the home of
the Chief Commissioner of Delhi - would host a man who, in his home country, is
associated with feelings quite opposite to what we associated with the building he was
hosted at. Who is this man/What is he known for?
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Ulysses S grant, led the union army to
victory/became president
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This Battle is refered to as the “Stalingrad of the east”, was a originally a Japanese plan
to attack allied east-ward offensive campaign in the continent, but later became an
ambitoius plan to invade India and possibly overthrow the British Empire.
Among the most fiercest Battles a part of the wider aforementioned battle, took place in a
sporting facility near the local District Commissioner’s Bungalow.

Name both the Battles.

(Latter may remind you of another historic development from late 1700s.)
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Battle of Kohima
Battle of Tennis
Court
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The SAS Insignia is said to have been designed by Bob Tait and was intended to
be a winged representation of King Arthur’s mythical sword representing the
rightful sovereignty of Britain, with a scroll bearing the Motto, “Who Dares Wins”.
The SAS Insignia is the source of Inspiration for Insignias of certain units from all
over the world, including India.

• The SAS Insignia has a winged representation of which mythical sword?

• Which Indian Military Unit dons a similar badge of ‘honour and sacrifice’?
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Excalibur
Balidan Badge- Para
SF
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_____-_______ Axis is an alliterative term used by scholars in the latter
half of the 20th century to refer to a military-political axis against India.
The alliterative phrase is a reference to two geographic (and major
political) ‘entities’ in the region and also the name of possibly the two
most famous food items from the respective regions.
FITB and also mention the third member of this axis which joined for a
brief period during the 1970s. (7+3)
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Pindi-Pecking Axis
Pindi-Pecking-Washington
Axis
(third member being USA)
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_________/__/___/_____ (1) is the first ever video game produced by X
in 2014. Thrye an Indian Video game developer was chosen for the
tender to make this game and the launch of the game was divided into
different phases.
In 2019, x launched its second official video game titled ‘X: A Cut Above’.
with multiplayer combat options and newer generation ‘fighters’.

ID X and FITB
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X- Indian Air force

Guardians of the
Skies
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The regimental song of the Assam Regiment is an ode to a rifleman. After his
death, the quartermaster did not remove his name from the rations roster and
the company continued to draw rations in his name.
This extra ration helped the company survive through a siege when
Japanese troops surrounded them during the Battle of Kohima and supplies
were cut.
Accordingly, the song was composed in the rifleman’s honour with the lyrics
"We get rations because ________'s body is buried beneath".
What is the regimental song of Assam Riffles?
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Badluram ka Badan Zameen ke

neeche hai
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