Five-star ranks marked with * are ceremonial or wartime elevations in Indian practice (Field Marshal, Admiral of the Fleet, Marshal of the Air Force). For day-to-day Prelims, map the four-star chiefs and the ladder under them. When an option mixes "Vice Admiral" with an Army formation, this page is the fix.
Army
- Field Marshal*
- General
- Lt General
- Major General
- Brigadier
- Colonel
- Lt Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Lieutenant
Navy
- Admiral of the Fleet*
- Admiral
- Vice Admiral
- Rear Admiral
- Commodore
- Captain
- Commander
- Lt Commander
- Lieutenant
- Sub-Lieutenant
Air Force
- Marshal of the Air Force*
- Air Chief Marshal
- Air Marshal
- Air Vice Marshal
- Air Commodore
- Group Captain
- Wing Commander
- Squadron Leader
- Flight Lieutenant
- Flying Officer