The silver jubilee celebrations of the victory at Kargil is being celebrated as Kargil Vijay Divas Rajat Jayanthi. A quiz on Operation Vijay (Kargil)
QUESTION 1
The Tiger of Drass is a biography of which Mahavir Chakra Awardee of the Kargil War?
QUESTION 2
The sub-sector west of the Siachen glacier was renamed after which Vir Chakra awardee’s gallant sacrifice?
QUESTION 3
What was the codename of the Indian Air Force operations during the Kargil War in 1999?
QUESTION 4
The science block of the
National Defence Academy is named after which Param Vir Chakra awardee of Kargil?
QUESTION 5
Bikram Saluja portrayed which Vir Chakra awardee’s role in the movie LOC based on the Kargil war?
QUESTION 6
Which PVC awardee’s code name was Shershah?
QUESTION 7
What was the name of the Indian Navy operation launched in conjunction with Op Vijay in 1999?
QUESTION 8
Who was the Chief of Army Sta of India during the Kargil War?
The monument of which ‘Batalik Hero’, was established in the Vir Chakra’s awardee’s hometown of Trichy in 2007 ?
Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: Identify the husband-and-wife duo. Ans: Nikolai Andrianov and Lyubov Burda in Gymnastics
2. This father and son duo holds the record of winning the most medals. Ans: Oscar Swahn and Alfred Swahn from Sweden have 15 medals in Shooting.
3. Which Indian family has an overall haul of 6 Olympic medals? Ans: Dhyan Chand, his brother Roop Singh and his son Ashok Kumar - all in Men’s Hockey competition
4. Which father and son duo from India won one bronze medal each? Ans: Father Vece Paes in Hockey and son Leander Paes in Men’s Singles Tennis
5. In Athletics, which family had three of its members win an overall haul of 12 medals. Ans: Al Joyner, his wife Florence Griith Joyner and his sister Jackie Joyner-Kersee
6. Identify the couple who have achieved the feat of Golden Slam in Tennis? Ans: Andre Agassi and his wife Stei Graf
7. Identify this family which had three generations winning 9 Olympic medals? Ans: Erwin Keller, Carsten Keller, Andreas Keller & Florian Keller, Natascha Keller, Louisa Walter, and Navina Omilade
8. Thris 3 sisters from Ethiopia had winning Olympic medals. Ans: The Dibaba
Visual: Connect the two Indian Olympic Medalists? Ans: Cousins Simranjit Singh & Gujrant Singh – both won bronze in Men’s Hockey for India in 2021.
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