Tag: general knowledge

Arjan Singh is the first and only Marshal of the Indian Air Force (Five Star rank), promoted to this rank in 2002. Sam Manekshaw was a Five Star rank officer but in the Indian Army, not the Air Force.

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is the IAF's prime air superiority fighter, a twinjet multirole air superiority aircraft developed by Russia and built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics. MiG-29, Hawk 132 (trainer), and Jaguar (strike aircraft) serve different roles.

Sarang is the Indian Air Force's helicopter formation display team, known for their spectacular performances using HAL Dhruv helicopters painted in distinctive colors. Suryakiran is the fixed-wing aircraft aerobatics team, while Jwala and Agni are not IAF display teams.

Kapil Dev was India's first Man of the Match in Test cricket, awarded for his brilliant all-round performance (5 wickets and 73 runs) against Pakistan in Faisalabad, 1978-79. Vinoo Mankad was an early great but the MoM award wasn't instituted then.

Cricket has been included in the Olympics only once, in the 1900 Paris Games where Great Britain won the gold. The sport was extremely limited in participation and never returned to the Olympics.

The Indian Navy is the fifth-largest in the world by personnel and naval assets, trailing the United States, China, Russia, and Korea. It is a significant blue-water navy with substantial capabilities in the Indian Ocean region.

Preet Bharara was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009 to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the most prestigious federal prosecutor positions. He was confirmed and served until 2017.

K.M. Chandrasekhar, a former Cabinet Secretary, headed the high-level committee formed in 2009 to examine the 'one rank one pension' demand of ex-servicemen. The committee was constituted after protests by veterans who returned their medals.

The International Olympic Committee headquarters is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It has been based there since 1915, chosen for Switzerland's neutrality during World War I.