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Consider the following statements about Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) :
1. ITBP was raised in 1962.
2. ITBP is basicsdly a mountain trained force.
3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in 2004-2005 for border gusirding duly.
4. ITBP presently has 52 service battalions.Which of the statements given above are correct?
 
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: D) 1, 2 and 3 only         
         
Explanation: At present, the ITBP has 62 (including 4 service battalions) operational battalions which has close to 62,000 personnel and officers in them. So 4thstatement is incorrect.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
       
      
      
      
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