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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 38

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q38

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Who is the first General of the Indian Army, whose retirement day is celebrated as the 'Armed Forces Veterans Day' every year?

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Correct answer: C

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The correct answer is option 3 i.e General K. M. Cariappa.

  • Fifth Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day was celebrated as a recognition of the services rendered by the first Commander-in-Chief of Indian Armed Forces, Field Marshal KM Cariappa, OBE who retired on 14 Jan 1953.

  • Wreath Laying Ceremony was organised at National War Memorial in New Delhi with Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, CISC, Headquarter Integrated Defence Staff paying homage to the martyrs in presence of veterans.