International Organizations, Defence, Books & Authors, World History

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Infantry is the largest regiment of the Indian Army. It is followed by the Artillary and this has an array of armours including mortars, field artillery, self propelled artillery, rocket Internal & External Security.

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Corvettes are light warships often deployed for anti-submarine operations. India has 26 Corvettes divided into five classes viz. Kamorta, Kora, Khukri, Abay and Veer Class corvettes.

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The “Hungarian Revolution of 1956” was a nationwide revolution against the Soviet Union. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or the Hungarian Uprising, was a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Leaderless at the beginning, it was the first major threat to Soviet control since the Red Army drove Nazi Germany from its territory at the End of World War II in Europe. The revolution was crushed by the Soviet Union which leads to its victory.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution which is responsible to global monetary corporation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade and promote high employment and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty around the world. It is headquartered at Washington DC, USA.

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North Korea has one of the largest standing military force in the world. It spends about 20% of its GDP on Military.

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Considered one of the most famous Bengali authors, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote under the pen name Anila Devi. Author of novels like Devdas, Parineeta and Nishkriti, Chattopadhyay was known for writing about women and for women, long before it was considered a norm.

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In his foreign policy, Hitler acquired quick successes. He pulled out of the League of Nations in 1933, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936, and integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, ‘One people, One empire, and One leader’. He then went on to wrest German-speaking Sudentenland from Czechoslovakia, and gobbled up the entire country later under the Munich Pact. In all of this he had the unspoken support of England, which had considered the Versailles verdict too harsh. So, option ‘a’ is the correct answer.

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‘Atlantic Charter’ was a declaration issued jointly by the Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, and the President of USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in August 1941. It was an important document, even though, it did not imply any direct military commitment on the part of the US to take part in the war. The Charter set out certain common principles on which to base ‘a better future for the world’. The two parties committed themselves to these principles, and they became, in a sense, a statement of war aims. The two countries stated that they did not seek any territorial aggrandizement or any territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned. The Charter also implicitly accepted the principle of ‘self-determinism’ for the colonies. So, option b is the correct answer.

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The war started in 1775, when the first battle was fought between the British soldiers and the colonial militia at Lexington in Massachusetts. Soon, George Washington assume the command of the army of the American colonies.

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The Revolutionary government at Paris led by Danton massacred 1500 suspected supporters of the French king. Then the French army defeated the Austrian army at Valmy. This was known as the “September Massacres”.