India Quiz 129: The Kargil War Quiz

India Quiz 129: The Kargil War Quiz

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1. Which year was the Kargil war fought?

1999
1998
1989
1995

2. What was the name of the Indian military operation to clear out the Kargil sector?

Operation Kargil
Operation Polo
Operation Vijay
Operation Parakram

3. What was the code name assigned to the Indian Air Force's role in the Kargil War?

Operation Pawan
Operation Rahat
Operation Meghdoot
Operation Safed Sagar

4. Where is the Kargil War Memorial located?

Ladakh
Dras
Phuktal
Lamayouro

5. The poem "Pushp Kii Abhilasha" that is inscribed on the gateway of Kargil War Memorial is written by which Hindi poet?

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
Maithilisharan Gupt
Sumitranandan Pant
Makhanlal Chaturvedi

6. What is the death toll in Kargil War as per Indian official records?

527
257
752
275

7. Who was the Indian Prime Minister during the time of the Kargil War?

P V Narasimha Rao
Rajiv Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Man Mohan Singh

8. Name the Pakistani Prime Minister during the Kargil Conflict?

Pervez Musharraf
Nawaz Sharif
Benazir Bhutto
Shaukat Aziz

9. How many soldiers received Param Vir Chakra Award for gallantry in Kargil War?

5
9
11
4

10. What was the code name for the naval operation carried out by the Indian Navy during the Kargil War of 1999?

Operation Python
Operation Sukoon
Operation Cactus
Operation Talwar

11. Who was the chairman of the high-powered committee set up by the Government of India to inquire into the causes of the conflict and the perceived Indian intelligence failures?

K Subramanyam
M. S. Liberhan
G.T. Nanavati
Manoj Kumar Mukherjee

12. Name the historical war film based on the Kargil War directed by J P Dutta with an ensemble cast of Bollywood superstars

Shaheed-E-Kargil
LOC: Kargil
Kurukshetra
Lakshya

13. Which one of the following films set in the backdrop of the Kargil War was directed by Farhan Akhtar?

Shaheed-E-Kargil
Kurukshetra
Lakshya
Mission Fateh

14. Do you know the name of the Malayalam film which was set in the backdrop of the Kargil War?

Kurukshetra
Keerthi Chakra
Izahaq
Kashmeeram

15. How many wars have been fought between India and Pakistan to date?

2
4
6
7

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