UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INS SAGARDHWANI FLAGS OFF FOR SAGAR MAITRI V

Question 1

The SAGAR vision, which provides the doctrinal framework for the Sagar Maitri missions, was first articulated by the Prime Minister of India in which one of the following years?

Accepted Answer

2015

Answer

2008

Answer

2019

Answer

2014

Question 2

The Sagar Maitri mission, which operationalises the SAGAR vision through ocean research, is primarily a scientific initiative of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Answer

Ministry of Earth Sciences

Answer

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

Answer

Ministry of External Affairs

Question 3

INS Sagardhwani, the research vessel deployed for the Sagar Maitri missions, was commissioned into service in which one of the following years?

Accepted Answer

1994

Answer

2015

Answer

1984

Answer

2004

Question 4

INS Sagardhwani was indigenously constructed by which one of the following shipyards?

Accepted Answer

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata

Answer

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai

Answer

Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi

Answer

Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa

Question 5

The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, which designed INS Sagardhwani, functions as a laboratory under which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence

Answer

Ministry of Earth Sciences

Answer

Directorate of Naval Design, Indian Navy

Answer

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Question 6

With reference to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), consider the following statements:
1. It is headquartered at Kochi.
2. It belongs to the 'Naval Systems & Materials' cluster of DRDO.
3. It functions under the Department of Defence Production.
4. Its core mandate includes underwater acoustics and sonar research.
Which of the above are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 4

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

2, 3 and 4

Answer

1 and 3 only

Question 7

With how many Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littoral countries does the Sagar Maitri mission seek to establish long-term scientific partnerships?

Accepted Answer

Eight

Answer

Six

Answer

Ten

Answer

Five

Question 8

With reference to the editions of the Sagar Maitri mission, consider the following statements:
1. Unlike SM-4, which was flagged off from Southern Naval Command, Kochi, the fifth edition (SM-5) was flagged off from Mumbai.
2. SM-4 (2023) planned scientific deployments in the Northern Arabian Sea, whereas the third edition (SM-3, 2020) involved oceanographic studies in the Southern Indian Ocean.
3. Both SM-4 and SM-5 used INS Sagardhwani as the research platform.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

1 and 3 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Question 9

The fifth edition of Sagar Maitri (SM-5) in January 2026 was flagged off by Shri Radha Mohan Singh, who at the time held which one of the following positions?

Accepted Answer

Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence

Answer

Union Minister of Defence

Answer

Chief of the Naval Staff

Answer

Chairman, DRDO

Question 10

The 'acoustic research' role central to INS Sagardhwani's mandate primarily supports which one of the following naval capabilities?

Accepted Answer

Anti-submarine warfare and underwater domain awareness

Answer

Anti-aircraft and ballistic missile defence

Answer

Satellite-based maritime domain surveillance

Answer

Amphibious assault and beach-landing operations

Question 11

Among the various organisations involved in Sagar Maitri, which one is the lead DRDO laboratory that designs and executes the mission?

Accepted Answer

Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi

Answer

Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam

Answer

Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur

Answer

Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL), Dehradun

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INS SAGARDHWANI FLAGS OFF FOR SAGAR MAITRI V

Q1. The SAGAR vision, which provides the doctrinal framework for the Sagar Maitri missions, was first articulated by the Prime Minister of India in which one of the following years?

Q2. The Sagar Maitri mission, which operationalises the SAGAR vision through ocean research, is primarily a scientific initiative of which one of the following?

Q3. INS Sagardhwani, the research vessel deployed for the Sagar Maitri missions, was commissioned into service in which one of the following years?

Q4. INS Sagardhwani was indigenously constructed by which one of the following shipyards?

Q5. The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, which designed INS Sagardhwani, functions as a laboratory under which one of the following?

Q7. With how many Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littoral countries does the Sagar Maitri mission seek to establish long-term scientific partnerships?

Q9. The fifth edition of Sagar Maitri (SM-5) in January 2026 was flagged off by Shri Radha Mohan Singh, who at the time held which one of the following positions?

Q10. The 'acoustic research' role central to INS Sagardhwani's mandate primarily supports which one of the following naval capabilities?

Q11. Among the various organisations involved in Sagar Maitri, which one is the lead DRDO laboratory that designs and executes the mission?