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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the first serving Lieutenant General of Indian Army to complete 1, 200 km Paris-Brest-Paris circuit?
A
Lieutenant General S S Hasabniss
B
Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Bhatt
C
Lieutenant General Anil Puri
D
Lieutenant General S K Srivastava
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lieutenant General Anil Puri has become the first serving Lieutenant General-rank officer of the Indian Army to complete France’s oldest cycling event - 1,200-km Paris-Brest-Paris circuit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhinder, AVSM, VSM took over the command of South Western Command on 1st Apr 2021. An alumnus of National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy, he was commissioned into the Deccan Horse in Jun 1983 which he later commanded.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surgeon Vice Admiral (Lieutenant General) Punita Arora PVSM, SM, VSM is a former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy and the Indian Army. Arora was the first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank.

Detailed explanation-4: -The description of these eight lieutenant generals include a vice-chief, two deputy chiefs, a military secretary, the quartermaster general, an adjutant General, the master general of ordnance and the engineer in Chief. The Indian Army is divided into six commands for operations and one command for training.

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