UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INS SAHYADRI CONCLUDES VISIT TO YOKOSUKA FOLLOWING MALABAR 2026

Q1. Consider the following facts: the four Quad partners first came together to coordinate relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; the Quad's stated areas of cooperation now include maritime and transnational security, economic security, critical and emerging technologies, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; and the Quad declares support for ASEAN centrality. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

  1. Treating Exercise MALABAR as the whole of Quad cooperation understates the grouping's non-military agenda.
  2. The grouping's agenda has widened over time beyond the relief coordination in which it originated.
  3. The Quad was created as a military alliance and only later added civilian tasks.
  4. Quad members are bound to act together in any maritime dispute involving one of them.
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Sea Phase serials such as replenishment at sea and cross-deck helicopter landings build capabilities useful for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, not only for combat.
  2. The Quad partners first came together to coordinate relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q3. With reference to India's Project 17A guided-missile stealth frigates, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Describing these frigates as 'indigenous' implies that all of their systems, including every weapon and sensor, are of Indian origin.
  2. Construction of the frigates is shared between more than one Indian shipyard.
  3. Raising indigenous content lowers, but does not by itself remove, a navy's exposure to supply cut-offs by foreign vendors.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 3 only