UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PM chairs CCS Meeting to review the situation and mitigating measures in the context of ongoing West Asia Conflict
Q1. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for India's energy imports, connects which one of the following pairs of water bodies?
- A. The Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
- B. The Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman
- C. The Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea
- D. The Arabian Sea with the Bay of Bengal
Q2. The Cabinet Committee on Security meeting convened to review India's preparedness and mitigating measures in the context of the ongoing West Asia conflict was chaired by which one of the following?
- A. The National Security Advisor
- B. The Minister of Defence
- C. The Prime Minister
- D. The Minister of External Affairs
Q3. As reviewed in the CCS, India has diversified its energy imports over the past eleven years, expanding from 27 countries to approximately how many countries?
- A. 33 countries
- B. 41 countries
- C. 50 countries
- D. 60 countries
Q4. Approximately what share of India's crude oil imports now arrives via non-Hormuz routes, reducing exposure to a Strait of Hormuz disruption?
- A. About 20%
- B. About 40%
- C. About 70%
- D. About 95%
Q5. India's Phase-I Strategic Petroleum Reserves, managed by ISPRL, are located at how many underground storage sites?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q6. The Kargil conflict, frequently cited as a precedent for convening high-level security reviews such as the CCS during external crises, was fought in which year?
- A. 1962
- B. 1965
- C. 1971
- D. 1999
Q7. India's evacuation of its nationals from Israel amid the West Asia conflict was carried out under which one of the following operations?
- A. Operation Ajay
- B. Operation Kaveri
- C. Operation Ganga
- D. Operation Devi Shakti