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Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?
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- Vir Chakra
- Param Vir Chakra
- Ashok Chakra
- Mahavir Chakra
- Vir Chakra
Correct Option: C
The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.