Coast Guard Team Scales 7,045-Metre Mount Mukut Peak

The correct answer is 7,045 metres. A team of seventeen climbers of the Indian Coast Guard reached the summit of Mount Mukut at that height on 7 October 2026, working through extreme weather on the way up. The climb was carried out under the guidance of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute at Darjeeling, and the team was later flagged in at Dehradun by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Options A, C and D give heights that do not match the peak named in this expedition. Candidates should note that heights of peaks are among the most frequently asked details in questions on mountaineering expeditions, and that the height is best remembered along with the name of the force, the month of the summit and the state where the team was received.

The correct answer is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, usually shortened to HMI. The seventeen-member Coast Guard team climbed Mount Mukut under the expert guidance of that institute, and the climb formed the fifth and final phase of a preparatory programme that ran for eighteen months. Option A names an institute at Uttarkashi, option C one at Pahalgam and option D a national mountaineering body in the capital; while all are connected with mountaineering in India, none of them is the institute named for this expedition. Aspirants are advised to keep the institute's name and its location paired in memory, because questions on expeditions often ask which training body supervised the climb rather than who reached the summit. The institute's role should also be linked with the force involved and with the peak's height, since a single question may combine all three details.

The correct answer is that the Everest attempt is planned during the force's Swarnim Jayanti, the golden jubilee, in the year given in option A. The Mount Mukut climb was the fifth and concluding phase of an eighteen-month preparatory programme built around that goal, and the operational experience and lessons from it will feed into the final preparations. Option B describes a platinum jubilee, option C a diamond jubilee and option D a centenary; none of these is the occasion named for the planned Everest expedition. Candidates should remember that Swarnim Jayanti means golden jubilee, that it marks fifty years of the force, and that the Mount Mukut summit and the flag-in at Dehradun both belong to the run-up to it.

The correct answer is the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Pushkar Singh Dhami, who holds that office, flagged in the seventeen-member team at a ceremony in Dehradun, praising the exceptional grit and endurance of the climbers and describing the achievement as an example of courage and a matter of national pride. Option A names the Governor of the state, who did not conduct the ceremony. Option C names the head of the Indian Coast Guard; the force was represented at the event by its Additional Director General, Anand Prakash Badola, who congratulated the team for its teamwork on difficult Himalayan ground. Option D, the Defence Minister, is also incorrect. Aspirants should pair the flag-in ceremony with the city and with the office of the person who received the team.