1. Read the passage and answer the following questions :
(a) What is 'Param Vir Chakra'?
(b) What is seen on the obverse and reverse of the PVC medal?
(c) Who designed the PVC medal?
(d) What makes Indra's vajra or weapon invincible?
Answers
Explanation:
(a) What is 'Param Vir Chakra'?
Answer: The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. Param Vir Chakra translates as the "Greatest of the Ultimate Brave", and the award is granted for "most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy".
(b) What is seen on the obverse and reverse of the PVC medal?
Answer: The PVC Medal is circular in shape, made of bronze, one and three eighth inches in diameter and on the obverse are four replicas of "Indra's Vajra" with the State Emblem embossed in the centre. On the reverse, Chakra, are two lotus flowers between the inscription in both English and Hindi - "PARAM VIR CHAKRA".
(c) Who designed the PVC medal?
Answer: The medal of the PVC was designed by Savitri Khanolkar, whose daughter's brother-in-law, Major Somnath Sharma, was coincidentally awarded the first PVC.
(d) What makes Indra's vajra or weapon invincible?
Answer: Indra, the King of the Devas, was once driven out of Devaloka by an asura named Vritra. This asura was the recipient of a boon which made him invulnerable to any known weapon. This Demon, Vritra, also stole all the water in the world for his own use and for that of his Demon army. He did this so that all other living beings would die of thirst and hunger, leaving no Human or God alive to challenge his place in Heaven. Indra, who had lost all hope of recovering his kingdom, went to seek the aid of Vishnu. Vishnu revealed to Indra that only weapons made from the thunder-containing (called in Sanskrit as Vajra) diamond bones of the sage Dadhichi could kill Vritra. Indra and the other Devas therefore approached the sage, whom Indra had once beheaded, and asked him for his aid in defeating Vritra.
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