UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Vietnam’s Deputy PM & Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang hold bilateral talks in Hanoi

Question 1

With reference to recent India-Vietnam defence cooperation, the Military College of Telecommunications Engineering, which exchanged an MoU on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technology with Vietnam's Tele Communications University in May 2026, is a training establishment under which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Corps of Signals of the Indian Army

Answer

The Indian Navy's Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment

Answer

The Indian Air Force's Training Command

Answer

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Question 2

Within the ASEAN region, which one of the following countries was the first to enter into a 'Strategic Partnership' with India?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Answer

Singapore

Answer

Indonesia

Answer

Thailand

Question 3

During the tenure of which Indian Prime Minister was the India-Vietnam bilateral relationship elevated from a 'Strategic Partnership' to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'?

Accepted Answer

Narendra Modi

Answer

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Answer

Manmohan Singh

Answer

I. K. Gujral

Question 4

In the context of India–Vietnam defence cooperation, the 'Indian Navy Training Team' deployed at the Vietnam Naval Academy, Nha Trang, since 2008 is primarily tasked with which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Imparting English language and Information Technology training to Vietnamese naval personnel

Answer

Conducting joint submarine warfare and anti-submarine warfare drills

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Providing operational training on Kilo-class submarine maintenance

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Carrying out hydrographic surveys of Vietnamese territorial waters

Question 5

Which one of the following represents the earliest Indian defence services training presence established at a Vietnamese military institution?

Accepted Answer

Indian Navy Training Team at the Vietnam Naval Academy, Nha Trang

Answer

Indian Army Training Team at the Telecommunications University, Nha Trang

Answer

Indian Air Force Training Team at the Air Force Officers' College, Nha Trang

Answer

Joint MCTE–Telecommunications University collaboration on AI and Quantum Technology

Question 6

In the context of India's maritime engagement with Vietnam and the wider Indo-Pacific, the acronym 'SAGAR', enunciated as a doctrine in 2015, stands for which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Security and Growth for All in the Region

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Sovereignty and Governance for the Asian Region

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Strategic Alliance for Greater Asian Resilience

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Sustainable Action for Global Atlantic Reach

Question 7

With reference to India's Act East Policy, which one of the following is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for the implementation of its major projects such as the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of External Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Answer

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)

Answer

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Question 8

The 2016 Award in the South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China), which held that claims to historic rights within the 'nine-dash line' had no legal basis, was rendered by an arbitral tribunal constituted under which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982

Answer

Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations

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Optional Clause under the Statute of the International Court of Justice

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Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 1907

Question 9

Under the US$ 100 million Defence Line of Credit, which one of the following was the lead Indian shipbuilder for the 12 High Speed Guard Boats supplied to the Vietnam Border Guard Command?

Accepted Answer

Larsen & Toubro Shipyard

Answer

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

Answer

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

Answer

Goa Shipyard Limited

Question 10

With reference to the geography of Vietnam, consider the following statements:
1. China shares a land border with Vietnam that terminates at the Gulf of Tonkin coast.
2. Among Vietnam's land neighbours, Laos shares the longest land boundary with it.
3. Thailand shares a land border with Vietnam in the southwest.
4. The Cambodia–Vietnam land border terminates at the Gulf of Thailand.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 4 only

Answer

1 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 11

With reference to the Red River Delta and the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, consider the following statements:
1. The Red River Delta lies in northern Vietnam, whereas the Mekong Delta lies in southern Vietnam.
2. The Mekong Delta is Vietnam's largest deltaic region and its principal rice-and-aquaculture hub.
3. Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is situated in the Mekong Delta.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

1 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Question 12

With reference to the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), consider the following countries: 1. Australia 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Russia Which of the above are correctly identified as Dialogue Partners participating in the ADMM-Plus?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 13

With reference to ASEAN-led mechanisms in which India participates, consider the following statements: 1. India became a full Dialogue Partner of ASEAN in 1995. 2. The East Asia Summit currently has eighteen participating countries. 3. The highest-level meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is held at the level of Heads of State/Government. 4. The inaugural ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus was convened in Hanoi in 2010. Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

3 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

3 and 4 only

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Vietnam’s Deputy PM & Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang hold bilateral talks in Hanoi

Q2. Within the ASEAN region, which one of the following countries was the first to enter into a 'Strategic Partnership' with India?

Q3. During the tenure of which Indian Prime Minister was the India-Vietnam bilateral relationship elevated from a 'Strategic Partnership' to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'?

Q4. In the context of India–Vietnam defence cooperation, the 'Indian Navy Training Team' deployed at the Vietnam Naval Academy, Nha Trang, since 2008 is primarily tasked with which one of the following?

Q5. Which one of the following represents the earliest Indian defence services training presence established at a Vietnamese military institution?

Q6. In the context of India's maritime engagement with Vietnam and the wider Indo-Pacific, the acronym 'SAGAR', enunciated as a doctrine in 2015, stands for which one of the following?

Q7. With reference to India's Act East Policy, which one of the following is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for the implementation of its major projects such as the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project?

Q8. The 2016 Award in the South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China), which held that claims to historic rights within the 'nine-dash line' had no legal basis, was rendered by an arbitral tribunal constituted under which one of the following?

Q9. Under the US$ 100 million Defence Line of Credit, which one of the following was the lead Indian shipbuilder for the 12 High Speed Guard Boats supplied to the Vietnam Border Guard Command?

Q12. With reference to the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), consider the following countries: 1. Australia 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Russia Which of the above are correctly identified as Dialogue Partners participating in the ADMM-Plus?