INS Sahyadri and Kulish End ADMM-Plus Drill at Subic Bay

The correct answer is INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish. INS Sahyadri is a frontline stealth frigate and INS Kulish is a missile corvette, and the two sailed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for the Experts Working Group activity on maritime security, whose closing ceremony was held on 25 September 2026. Option A names INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt, which belong to the same navy and have deployed for other overseas exercises, but neither was sent to Subic Bay this time. Option C names a destroyer and a frigate that were not part of this deployment either. Option D names two Talwar class frigates based on the western seaboard, again not the ships involved. For the examination the safe habit is to remember the ship along with its type, since a question often asks which stealth frigate or which corvette took part rather than simply naming the ships.

The correct answer is the Philippine Navy, with Japan as co-chair. The activity opened at Naval Operating Base Subic on 21 September 2026 with the Philippine Navy as host, and Japan shared the chair of this Experts Working Group session on maritime security. Option A puts the Indonesian Navy in the host role with Australia co-chairing, which is plausible because both are active in ADMM-Plus work, but neither role matches this activity. Option C suggests Vietnam as host and India as co-chair, and while India took part with two warships it was a participant, not the co-chair. Option D names Thailand and the Republic of Korea, neither of which held these roles. Aspirants should note the pairing of host and co-chair because ADMM-Plus working groups are always run by two countries together, and that pairing changes from cycle to cycle.

The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. The Ministry of Defence placed the participation of INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish at Subic Bay within the Act East Policy and within this MAHASAGAR vision, which describes how India wants security and growth to advance together across the wider maritime neighbourhood. Option A, Maritime Highway for Security and Growth Across Regions, borrows the ending of the real expansion and is the kind of near miss that catches a candidate who has learnt only half the phrase. Option C invents an alliance, and India describes MAHASAGAR as a vision rather than an alliance. Option D turns it into a ports and shipping mission, which is a different subject altogether. Learn the expansion word for word, because acronym questions are graded on the exact words.