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Which one of the following (Indian Army Corps : Headquarters) pairs is not correctly matched?

A3 Corps : Dimapur
B4 Corps : Tezpur
C14 Corps : Leh
D33 Corps : Srinagar
Correct Answer — D

Explanation

3 Corps (Spear Corps): Headquartered at Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur, Nagaland. It comes under the Eastern Command and is involved in counter-insurgency and border defence in the Northeast.

4 Corps (Gajraj Corps): Headquartered at Tezpur, Assam. It operates under the Eastern Command and is responsible for the Arunachal Pradesh sector along the LAC.

14 Corps (Fire and Fury Corps): Headquartered at Leh, Ladakh under the Northern Command. It is responsible for the Ladakh sector, including the fronts with China and Pakistan and the Siachen area.

33 Corps (Trishakti Corps): Headquartered at Sukna, West Bengal, not Srinagar. It operates under the Eastern Command and looks after the Sikkim sector and Siliguri Corridor. The corps headquartered at Srinagar is 15 Corps (Chinar Corps).

Therefore, Option D is incorrectly matched.

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