SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 23 September 2024, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 21 of 100

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Who assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Navy on 31 July 2021?

(a)Ravneet Singh
(b)Karambir Singh
(c)SN Ghormade
(d)Dinesh K Tripathi

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Vice Admiral S N Ghormade assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 July 2021, taking over from Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, who left the post the same day.

The Vice Chief is the Navy's second-ranking officer at Naval Headquarters, directly below the Chief of the Naval Staff.

All four names belong to real senior naval officers, so the date and the exact post are what separate them → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Ravneet Singh — Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh took over as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 June 2021 — a separate appointment at Naval Headquarters, and he never held the Vice Chief's post.
(b)
Karambir Singh — Admiral Karambir Singh was the Chief of the Naval Staff on that date, holding the top job from 31 May 2019 to 30 November 2021. The stem asks for the Vice Chief.
(d)
Dinesh K Tripathi — Dinesh K Tripathi became Vice Chief only on 4 January 2024 and Chief of the Naval Staff on 30 April 2024.

Concept

Naval Headquarters is headed by the Chief of the Naval Staff, with the Vice Chief as the second-ranking officer and the Deputy Chief below that. Three distinct appointments, and this item puts all three among its options.

Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade took over as Vice Chief on 31 July 2021, succeeding Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar. Admiral Karambir Singh was the Chief at that moment, and Admiral R Hari Kumar succeeded him at the end of November 2021.

Learn the handover date with the name. This item is decided by what each officer held on 31 July 2021, not by which name is best known.

The stem says Vice Chief of the Indian Navy. The formal title is Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Knowing the exact wording helps when an option quietly offers a Deputy Chief instead.

Key facts

Vice Admiral S N Ghormade assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 July 2021.
He succeeded Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar in that appointment.
Admiral Karambir Singh was Chief of the Naval Staff from 31 May 2019 to 30 November 2021.
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh took over as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 June 2021.

Study next

Chiefs of the Naval Staff and their tenures since 2019The Chief of Defence Staff and the Department of Military AffairsNaval command headquarters — Western at Mumbai, Eastern at Visakhapatnam, Southern at Kochi

Common traps

Marking Karambir Singh because the name is familiar from the same period. He was the Chief, not the Vice Chief.
Treating Deputy Chief and Vice Chief as the same appointment. They are two different posts.
Marking Dinesh K Tripathi from later current affairs. He reached both posts in 2024.

This stem dates the appointment to the day and puts the neighbouring posts — Chief, Deputy Chief — among the options, so read the post name before the officer's name.

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