MIL HISTORY

MILITARY HISTORY
1. How many commands are there in army name them with Location?
HQ Central Command, Lucknow;
HQ Eastern Command, Calcutta;
HQ Northern Command, Udhampur;
HQ Western Command, Chandimandir
HQ Southern Command, Pune.
HQ, South Western Command, Jaipur
HQ, Army Training Command, Shimla
Maintenance Command, MHOW
2. What are the Gallantry Awards?

Gallantry awards are PVC-AC-MVC-Kirti charka-Vir charka-Shaury Chakra-Sena
medal
3. Who is our first field Marshal of Indian Army and also mention the Second one?
SHFJ Manickshaw – KM Kariappa
4. What are the pre-requisites for “Battle”?

Training, relationship, discipline, leave, comfort, saluting, turnout, mail, pay, Medical
inspection
5. What do you know about “Battle Honours” and “Colours”?

Honours given to Units/Regiments by Govt for the Heroic act done by
Units/Regiments as a Whole. Colours given as symbolic of the sprit of Regiment
awarded to regiment by the President.
6. What is highest rank in army?

Field Marshal
7. Name any two types of tanks used in Army

Vijanntha Tanks - J 54
8. What is Post independence Operations?

War with Pakistan (1947-48)
War with china (1962)
War with Pakistan (1965)
War with Pakistan (1971)
9. Who is the Supreme Cdr of Indian Armed Forces?

President of India
10. What are the Principal Branches in the Army HQ?

Gen.Staff -Adj.Gen -QM Gen.-Master Gen. of Ordinance-MS branches
11. What is the rank of Principal Staff Officer in Army HQ?

Lt. General
12. What is the Composition of a Rifle Coy?

2-4-130 ORS
13. What is the Composition of a Inf. Bn.?

About 21 Officers - 33 JCO - 765 ORS - 1 MO - 2 Nurses - 2 Education HV - 4Armours
- 4Mechanics - 1 Electrician attached.
14. Name the different Coys in a Inf. BN

01 HQ Coy - 4 Rifles Coy
15. Give the name of Air Craft Carrier of Indian Navy

INS Virat
16. Give three names of Missile Frigates of Navy

INS Ganga - INS Gomathi - INS Godavari
17. Name three fighters Air Craft of Indian Air Force

MIG - Jaguar - Hunter
18. Into how many sectors is the states of J & K divided? Name them?
Six sectors. These are:
Ladakh sector, Kargil Sector, Kashmir Valley,
Rajauri sector, Chhamb sector Jammu sector.
19. Write short notes on Kargil Conflict?

The Kargil conflicts was different to the usual hostilities across the areas LOC.
Earlier each spring PAK intensified the cross border firing to facilitated infiltration,
but there was no physical occupations of Indian territory. The Kargil episode was
entirely different in that, it involved the intrusion of regular Pakistan troops across
the LOC command, interspersed with Mujahideen of Pakistan and other foreign
origin. They succeeded in occupying and fortifying a number of critical locations on
the Indian side of the LOC.
20. Match the following:

(i) 10th April 1627 (a) Shivaji was born
(ii) 15 Jan 1656 (b) Captured Javli
(iii) 24 November 1672 (c) Sultan Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur died.
(iv) 4th April 1680 (d) Shivaji died
(v) May 9th 1540 (e) Maharana Pratap was born
(vi) 1576 (f) Battle of Haldighati
(vii) January 29, 1597 (g) Maharana died
(viii) October 15th , 1542 (h) Akbar was born
(ix) October 27th , 1605 (j) Akbar died
(x) 1971 (k) Indo- Pak War
(xi) 25 March (l) Tikka Khan launched `Operation Blitz’
(xii) 1999 (m) Kargil war
(xiii) 26 May 1999 (n) IAF joined Operation Vijay
(xiv) 1885 (o) Patton was born
(xv) 26 January 1880 (p) Douglas MacArthur was born
(xvi) 3 April 1914 (q) Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji

Manekshaw was born
(xvii) 1969 (r) Gen Manekshaw Appointed COAS.
(xviii) 1973 (s) Gen Manekshaw given the rank of Field

Marshal.
21. Write down the various Akbar's Navratnas?

 Abul-Fazel - Akbars's chief advisor and author of Akbarnama, Akbar's biography
Faizi
 Mian Tansen - known for his voice and music
 Birbal - known for great wit
 Raja Todar Mal
 Raja Man Singh
 Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
 Fakir Aziao-Din
 Mullah Do Piaza
22. Write short notes on Gen Patton?
Patton was born in 1885 in affluent circumstances. His father was a wealthy
rancher, but his grandfather was a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was killed
in the American Civil War. In 1904 he entered West point through the Virginia
Military Academy. He took five years to commission having failed in mathematics
and hence relegated for a year .He was commissioned into the Cavalry in 1909. In
1912 he was selected as ADC to Chief of Army Staff and where he came to know
many who later came into prominence, including Stimson, the future Secretary of
State of War in World war II. In 1912 he represented the USA in the Olympiad games
at Stockholm in the Modern Military Pentathlon.
23. Write short notes on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw?

Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was born on 3 April 1914 into the
Manekshaw family at Amritsar. Sam was amongst the first batch of Indians to
qualify in the examination to gain admission and enroll into the "Indian Military
Academy" at Dehra Dun. He joined the Academy on 30th September, 1932. Being a
good tennis player, he was appointed the Captain of the "Academy Tennis Team"
and was awarded the "Tennis Blue" on 12th October 1933.
On passing out from the Academy he was commissioned into the Indian Army as a
Second Lieutenant in "The Frontier Force Regiment" on 4th February 1934. The
"First Course" with which Sam passed out, gave three chiefs to three Armies! They
were, General Sam Manekshaw-Indian Army, General Mohammed Musa-Pakistan
Army and General Smith Dun- Burmese Army. On completion of his attachment, as
was customary then, with a British Infantry Battalion, the 2nd Battalion the Royal
Scots, he joined the 4th Battalion, 12 Frontier Force Regiment, also known as the
54th Sikhs. After partition of India, this Regiment opted to join the Pakistan Army.
Land Marks
1914: Born in Amritsar.
1933: Joins the Indian Military Academy.
1934: Commissioned into the army.
1947: Pakistan invades Kashmir. Is Colonel in charge of operations.
1962: Sent to NEFA to check further Chinese intrusion.
1965: Commander, Eastern Command during the Indo-Pak war.
1969: Appointed Chief of the Army staff.
1971: Indo-Pak war. Steers India to victory, and Bangladesh is created.
1973: Given the rank of Field Marshal.

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2. What are the Gallantry Awards?

4. What are the pre-requisites for “Battle”?

5. What do you know about “Battle Honours” and “Colours”?

6. What is highest rank in army?

7. Name any two types of tanks used in Army

8. What is Post independence Operations?

9. Who is the Supreme Cdr of Indian Armed Forces?

10. What are the Principal Branches in the Army HQ?

11. What is the rank of Principal Staff Officer in Army HQ?

12. What is the Composition of a Rifle Coy?

13. What is the Composition of a Inf. Bn.?

14. Name the different Coys in a Inf. BN

15. Give the name of Air Craft Carrier of Indian Navy

16. Give three names of Missile Frigates of Navy

17. Name three fighters Air Craft of Indian Air Force

19. Write short notes on Kargil Conflict?

20. Match the following:

(xvi) 3 April 1914 (q) Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji

(xvii) 1969 (r) Gen Manekshaw Appointed COAS.

(xviii) 1973 (s) Gen Manekshaw given the rank of Field

21. Write down the various Akbar's Navratnas?

23. Write short notes on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw?

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