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Q88. ‘Vajra Prahar’, recently seen in news is related to


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(a) A military exercise between Indo-US Special Forces

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(b) A health scheme of the central government

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(c) A Child protection initiative against child trafficking

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(d) Women Trafficking

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The correct option is A

(a) A military exercise between Indo-US Special Forces


Vajra Prahar’ is a Indo-US Special Forces joint training exercise conducted alternately in India and the US.

The aim of the exercise is to promote military relations between the two countries by enhancing interoperability and mutual exchange of tactics between Special Forces. The objectives of the joint training is to share the best practices between the two armies and to develop joint strategies by sharing expertise of conducting operations in a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment, while capitalizing on the rich repository of experiences of each other armies.

Though the exercise began in 2010, there was a gap of three years between 2012 and 2015. The last edition was held in Jodhpur in March 2017.

This edition’s Indian Army team is from the Pune-headquartered Southern Command.


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