UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Quad is a ‘very important platform’, India an ‘active’ participant: Kapur

Question 1

S. Paul Kapur, who in February 2026 told a U.S. Congressional subcommittee that the Quad is a 'very important platform' and India an 'active' participant, holds which one of the following positions in the United States Government?

Accepted Answer

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs

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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs

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Deputy National Security Advisor for Asian Affairs

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Special Presidential Envoy for the Indo-Pacific

Question 2

After the 4th Quad Leaders' Summit hosted at Wilmington, Delaware in September 2024, which one of the following countries was designated as the host of the next Quad Leaders' Summit?

Accepted Answer

India

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Japan

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Australia

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United States (second consecutive term)

Question 3

With reference to the Quad, the term 'Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness' (IPMDA) most accurately refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

An initiative to share near-real-time, commercially-sourced maritime data with Indo-Pacific partners to track 'dark' shipping and illegal fishing

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A collective defence arrangement obligating Quad navies to come to each other's aid in the Indo-Pacific

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A joint anti-submarine warfare exercise conducted annually in the South China Sea

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A Quad-funded port modernisation programme for small island developing states

Question 4

With reference to the Quad's institutional architecture, consider the following:
1. Critical and Emerging Technologies Working Group
2. Counter-Terrorism Working Group
3. Climate and Clean Energy Working Group
4. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Compliance Working Group
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as a formal Quad working group/pillar?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

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1 and 3 only

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2 and 4 only

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1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 5

The 10-year 'Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership' signed in October 2025 was concluded on the sidelines of which one of the following meetings?

Accepted Answer

12th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), Kuala Lumpur

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Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore

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East Asia Summit, Vientiane

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G20 Defence Ministers' Conclave, Johannesburg

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Quad is a ‘very important platform’, India an ‘active’ participant: Kapur

Q1. S. Paul Kapur, who in February 2026 told a U.S. Congressional subcommittee that the Quad is a 'very important platform' and India an 'active' participant, holds which one of the following positions in the United States Government?

Q2. After the 4th Quad Leaders' Summit hosted at Wilmington, Delaware in September 2024, which one of the following countries was designated as the host of the next Quad Leaders' Summit?

Q3. With reference to the Quad, the term 'Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness' (IPMDA) most accurately refers to which one of the following?

Q5. The 10-year 'Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership' signed in October 2025 was concluded on the sidelines of which one of the following meetings?