In the context of India's maritime vision, MAHASAGAR stands for which of the following?

The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. This is the expansion given for MAHASAGAR, the vision that Lokayan-2026 is said to advance as INS Sudarshini sails through international waters as an ambassador of India, winning goodwill and building maritime partnerships. The voyage is also described as carrying the civilisational ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Options A, C and D are wrong because each rearranges the words of the acronym into a phrase that was not used: A replaces Mutual and Holistic with Maritime and Harmony and ends with Around rather than Across Regions, C drops the security element altogether and invents an alliance, and D turns the idea into harbour security and mutual assistance. For an examination the safest approach is to memorise the exact expansion word by word, because distractors in this sort of question differ from the right answer by only one or two words.