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Railways PYQCBT 2 2017

RRB NTPC · Question 87

Who among the following was awarded the Ashok Chakra (posthumous) by President Pranab Mukherjee on the eve of Independence Day 2016?

  1. Lt. Col. Niranjan Ek

  2. Neeraj Kumar Singh

  3. Lt. Navdeep Singh

  4. Havildar Hangpan Dada

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Answer: (D) Havildar Hangpan Dada

Explanation

Havildar Hangpan Dada of the Assam Regiment, who killed four terrorists in Kupwara in May 2016 before being killed, was awarded the Ashok Chakra posthumously on the eve of Independence Day 2016.