Q 01/05

Which Swiss-born woman, who married an Indian Army officer in 1932, designed the Param Vir Chakra medal?

A) Amrita Sher-Gil

B) Rukmini Devi Arundale

C) Savitri Khanolkar

D) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Answer · why

C) Savitri Khanolkar

Savitri Khanolkar, born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros in Neuchâtel, also designed the Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra, and the very first PVC went to her da...

Q 02/05

Which African country's £100,000 gift, thanking Indian troops for its liberation, helped fund the NDA at Khadakwasla?

A) Ethiopia

B) Sudan

C) Egypt

D) Libya

Answer · why

B) Sudan

Sudan's gift reached Viceroy Linlithgow in 1941, which is why the academy's headquarters at Khadakwasla is called the Sudan Block, opened by Sudan's a...

Q 03/05

Which cricketer, an honorary lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army's 106 Para, qualified as a paratrooper in 2015?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Kapil Dev

C) M. S. Dhoni

D) Virat Kohli

Answer · why

C) M. S. Dhoni

M. S. Dhoni was given the honorary rank in 2011 and completed five jumps at Agra; he has said that as a child he wanted to be a soldier, not a cricket...

Q 04/05

Which Mahabharata archer gives his name to India's home-built main battle tank, which entered service in 2004?

A) Bhima

B) Arjun

C) Karna

D) Abhimanyu

Answer · why

B) Arjun

Arjun tanks first went to the 43rd Armoured Regiment, and in 2010 desert trials the Arjun reportedly out-shot the Army's Russian-designed T-90s.

Q 05/05

Which two rivers, one Indian and one Russian, are fused in the name of the BrahMos cruise missile?

A) Brahmaputra and Volga

B) Beas and Moskva

C) Brahmaputra and Moskva

D) Bhagirathi and Moskva

Answer · why

C) Brahmaputra and Moskva

Brahmaputra and Moskva are the rivers behind the portmanteau, a supersonic cruise missile built by an Indian–Russian joint venture and fielded by Army...