Question 15
HardOriginal questionIn the official order of precedence of the gallantry awards, the award immediately after the Param Vir Chakra is
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The order runs Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Vir Chakra, Shaurya Chakra.
It interleaves the two families rather than exhausting one and then starting the other.
So the Ashoka Chakra stands above the Maha Vir Chakra, which is the step most often missed.
Worth noting
Read the wartime three straight down and then the peacetime three and you get a plausible order that is wrong at every position but the first. The interleaving is the fact.
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