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Which state/UT police force has received 115 out of 189 Police Medals for Gallantry awarded this year?
  • Uttarkhand
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Sikkim
  • West Bengal
Answer- B
1)This year, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has won 115 out of 189 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG), surpassing their previous year's count of 52 PMGs. The J&K Police earned recognition for their various counter-insurgency operations in 2019-20.

2)The police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir have received the most number of Police Medals for Gallantry among any police force this year, followed by CRPF with 30, Chhattisgarh Police with 10, Odisha Police with nine, and Maharashtra Police with seven.