{"id":2451,"date":"2025-05-02T12:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:28:16","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-is-are-correctly-matched-in-terms-of-equivalent-rank-in-the-three-services-of-indian-defence-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-is-are-correctly-matched-in-terms-of-equivalent-rank-in-the-three-services-of-indian-defence-forces","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Which of the following is\/are correctly matched in terms of equivalent rank in the three services of Indian Defence forces?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/th>Army<\/th>Airforce<\/th>Navy<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1.<\/td>Brigadier<\/td>Air Commodore<\/td>Commander<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Major General<\/td>Air Vice Marshal<\/td>Vice Admiral<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Major<\/td>Squadron Leader<\/td>Lieutenant commander<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Lieutenant Colonel<\/td>Group Captain<\/td>Captain<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • 1 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Answer: (d) 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Equivalent Ranks in the Indian Armed Forces:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    General Officer Ranks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Lieutenant General (Army) = Vice Admiral (Navy) = Air Marshal (Air Force)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Major General (Army) = Rear Admiral (Navy) = Air Vice Marshal (Air Force)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Brigadier (Army) = Air Commodore (Air Force) = Commodore (Navy)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Senior Officer Ranks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • Colonel (Army) = Captain (Navy) = Group Captain (Air Force)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lieutenant Colonel (Army) = Commander (Navy) = Wing Commander (Air Force)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Junior Officer Ranks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Major (Army) = Lieutenant Commander (Navy) = Squadron Leader (Air Force)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Captain (Army) = Lieutenant (Navy) = Flight Lieutenant (Air Force)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          Indian Army<\/strong><\/th>Indian Navy<\/strong><\/th>Indian Air Force<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
          *Field Marshal<\/td>*Admiral of the fleet<\/td>*Marshal of the Air Force<\/td><\/tr>
          General<\/td>Admiral<\/td>Air Chief Marshal<\/td><\/tr>
          Lt. General<\/td>Vice Admiral<\/td>Air Marshal<\/td><\/tr>
          Major General<\/strong><\/td>Rear Admiral<\/strong><\/td>Air Vice Marshal<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
          Brigadier<\/strong><\/td>Commodore<\/strong><\/td>Air Commodore<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
          Colonel<\/td>Captain<\/td>Group Captain<\/td><\/tr>
          Lt. Colonel<\/strong><\/td>Commander<\/strong><\/td>Wing Commander<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
          Major<\/strong><\/td>Lt. Commander<\/strong><\/td>Squadron Leader<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
          Captain<\/td>Lieutenant<\/td>Flight Lieutenant<\/td><\/tr>
          Lieutenant<\/td>Sub Lieutenant<\/td>Flying Officer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          * represents a 5 star rank<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \n
          • Admiral of the fleet, has never been awarded yet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Field marshal, awarded to\u00a0Kodandera Madappa Cariappa\u00a0and\u00a0Sam Manekshaw.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Marshal of the Indian Air Force, awarded to\u00a0Arjan Singh.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Indian military officers of\u00a0five-star rank\u00a0hold their rank for life<\/strong>, and are\u00a0considered to be serving officers until their deaths.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
            \n
            \"equivalent<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Army Airforce Navy 1. Brigadier Air Commodore Commander 2. Major General Air Vice Marshal Vice Admiral 3. Major Squadron Leader Lieutenant commander 4. Lieutenant Colonel Group Captain Captain Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (d) 3 only Equivalent Ranks in the Indian Armed Forces: General Officer Ranks: Senior Officer Ranks: Junior…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[47],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-international-relations","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}