Q1 of 7 Page 17

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The………………of India is the head of the Indian Armed Forces.


(President, Prime Minister, Defence Minister)


(b) Since defense as a subject falls in the…………the Union Government has the authority to take decisions regarding security issues.


(State list, Union list, Concurrent list)


(c) _______ has been set up to protect the Indian coasts.


(The Coast Guard, Border Security Force, Rapid Action Force)

(a) President


The President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Forces so he heads the Indian Armed Forces.


(b) Union List


It was considered important that the decisions regarding the defense of our country should be taken at the central level and not state level so it is in the Union List.


(c) The coast Guard


The role of Indian coast guard is to protect the Indian coast guard & other maritime functions.


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2

Match the pairs from Group A and B:

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Answer in one sentence each:

(a) What is the main function of the Army?


(b) What does the Central Reserve Police Force do?


(c) Why was the National Cadet Corps instituted?

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Answer in two or three lines:

(a) Why is it necessary to maintain all-equipped armed forces?


(b) What does the Border Security Force do?


(c) What does the Rapid Action Force do?

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Compile information regarding the bravery awards given to the soldiers of the Indian Army.