MAHASAGAR, the maritime vision reflected in this mission, stands for which of the following?

The correct answer is ICGS Shaunak. Shaunak is the Indian Coast Guard ship that left Chennai on 25 September 2026 for Perth in Australia as India's contribution to the QUAD-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission, carrying six Sea Riders drawn from the four QUAD countries. Options A, B and D name other Coast Guard vessels, none of which was deployed for this particular mission; they are placed here because ship names of this class are easy to confuse in an examination hall. Candidates should link three details together when they revise this item: the ship is Shaunak, the port of departure is Chennai, and the destination is Perth on Australia's west coast. Remember also that the QUAD grouping consists of India, Australia, Japan and the United States, and that the sailing is presented as an expression of India's maritime vision, MAHASAGAR.

The correct answer is six. The officers who boarded the ship for the passage are called Sea Riders, and the split is worth memorising because a paper setter can ask about it directly: India and Japan contributed two officers each, while Australia and the United States contributed one officer each, which adds up to six in all. Option A is wrong because four would leave out one of the pairs; option C and option D are wrong because no additional officers were embarked beyond the six named. On board, these officers take part in shipboard activities and professional exchanges meant to improve coordination between the maritime forces of the four countries and to build trust, so that joint responses at sea become easier when a real situation arises.

The correct answer is Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Head of Ophthalmology at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantonment, whose team carried advanced phacoemulsification, vitreoretinal and glaucoma equipment across mountainous terrain to reach Tangdhar. Option A is wrong because Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja is the Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services; he visited the camp and appreciated the surgeons and the local team, but did not lead the surgical team. Option B is wrong because General Dhiraj Seth is the Chief of the Army Staff, who visited the camp, interacted with patients and distributed medicines and gifts. Option D is wrong because Manoj Sinha is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, who is to attend the closing ceremony of the next camp. Distinguishing these four roles is the whole point of the question.

The correct answer is Kupwara. Tangdhar lies in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a shelling-prone area close to the Line of Control, and the camp there had to be run from an underground operation theatre for that reason. Options A, C and D name other districts of the union territory that also lie near the Line of Control, which is exactly why they work as distractors, but the camp described here was not held in any of them. Patients came from Khawarpora, Tangdar, Tadd, Bagbela, Yangdar and neighbouring hamlets after screening and after the camp was announced on Radio Rooh-e-Karnah, with the Indian Army guiding each patient from arrival to recovery. Remember also that the next camp in the series moves to Srinagar.

The correct answer is 220. Surgeons of the Armed Forces Medical Services completed 220 sight-restoring surgeries during the two-day mega eye surgical camp at Tangdhar in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, held on 24 and 25 September 2026 under Operation Drishti. Most of these were cataract procedures, and the team also performed selected retinal procedures and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Options A, B and D are wrong because none of them matches the figure announced for this camp; they are placed as near-miss numbers of the kind that trip up a candidate who has read the item quickly. It is worth separating this figure from the totals for the whole series, where more than 3,500 surgeries have been performed across 10 cities and over 1.50 lakh patients have been screened.