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What does the expression ‘all India character’ mean?

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The CRPF has an all-India character, both in organisation and in deployment. Its various attributes are mobility, adaptability, wide spectrum of duties and graded response. The force keeps on moving from one corner of the country to the other to deal with internal security challenges. They played a significant role during the amalgamation of the princely States into the Indian Union. It helped the Union Government in disciplining the rebellious princely States of Junagarh and the small principality of Kathiawar in Gujarat which had declined to join the Indian Union. Soon after Independence, contingents of the CRPF were sent on Kutch, Rajasthan and Sindh borders to check infiltration and trans-border crimes. They were, subsequently, deployed on the Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir following attacks launched by the Pakistani infiltrators. The CRPF bore the brunt of the first Chinese attack on India at Hot Springs (Ladakh) on October 21, 1959.

  1. CRPF consists of Indians from all regions.

  2. CRPF played a significant role during independence.

  3. CRPF is deployed all over India and is comprised of Indians from all regions.

  4. CRPF contingents have been deployed on all Indian borders.

  5. .
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Explanation

This is the correct answer. All India character of CRPF is indicated by the movement of the force from one corner of the country to the other to deal with internal security challenges, and also in its organisation, i.e. comprising of Indians from all regions.

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