Question

The border Security Force was established in the year ______________.
A. 1965
B. 1950
C. 1963
D. 1970

Answer 1

Hint:
The BSF is the world's largest border guard force at present.
There are currently around 186 battalions and more than 2 lakh staff in strength. It also has an air wing, marine wing, artillery regiments and commando groups.

Complete answer:
The BSF is the Indian Border Guard Force (BBGF).
It is a paramilitary force formed on December 1st 1965 to guard India's land frontier during peacetime and deter cross-border crime.
It is one in India's many law enforcement agencies.
It is currently the largest border guard force in the world which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Therefore the answer is Option A.

Additional information –
1.BSF was set up in response to the Pakistan war of 1965, when that country sought, at India's expense, to extend its own boundaries.
2. KF Rustamji, IPS was the first leader and the organization's founding dad.
3.The BSF is the responsibility of the Indian Ministry of Interior.
4.The BSF's ethos is “Any task, any time, wherever".
5.The motto is: "Duty to Death”, “Jeevan Paryant Kartavya".
6. Operation Blue Star, Operation Black Thunder, Operation Vijay in the Kargil War, and border skirmishes between Pakistan and Bangladesh in the 2000s were the key commitments of the BSF in the Indo-Pakistani war in 1971.

Note:
BSF also engages in relief operations during natural calamities, apart from controlling and defending India's borders. It also sends workers to UN missions.
BSF has separate battalions to deal with disasters of all sorts, including nuclear, biological and chemical disasters (NBC).