Question
__________ second highest military award for gallantry during wartime.
Solution
The Maha Vir chakra is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air.
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