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Recently, the National Security Guard (NSG) celebrated the 35th raising day ceremony NSG headquarters located in Manesar, Gurugram. Consider the following statements regarding the NSG:
- The NSG is a counter-terrorism unit that formally came into existence in 1986 by an act of Parliament- ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986’.
- It is a Federal Contingency World Class Zero Error Force to deal with anti-terrorist activities in all its manifestation.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A |
Only 1
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B |
Only 2
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C |
Both 1 and 2
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D |
Neither 1 nor 2
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Your Ans is
Right ans is C
Your Answer Is Correct
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Explanation :
- NSG was established in 1986 by an act of Parliament- ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986’, to protect states against internal disturbances and terrorism. It is under administrative control of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- It is a Federal Contingency World Class Zero Error Force to deal with anti-terrorist activities in all its manifestation.
- The NSG was modelled on the pattern of the SAS of the UK and GSG-9 of Germany.
- It is a task-oriented Force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Armed Police Forces / State Police Forces.
- It is trained to conduct counter terrorist operations including bomb disposal, counter hijacking tasks on land/sea/air as well as Post Blast Investigation (PBI) and Hostage Rescue missions.
Major Operations till date:
- Operation Black Thunder (Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1986 & 1988)
- Operation Ashwamedh (Indian Airlines Flight-IC427 hijacking, India, 1993)
- Operation Thunderbolt or Vajra Shakti (Akshardham Temple attack, Gujarat, 2002)
- Operation Black Tornado (Mumbai Blasts, 2008)
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