MAHASAGAR, the vision mentioned with this deployment, stands for which of the following?
- A.Maritime Harmony and Secure Access for Growth and Regional Advancement
- B.Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
- C.Maritime Alliance for Shared Action, Growth and Regional Resilience
- D.Mutual Assistance for Humanitarian Aid, Security and Growth in Regions
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Explanation
The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. The Ministry of Defence used this expansion while describing the purpose behind the training deployment, under which the Indian Navy builds capacity in partner countries and strengthens regional partnerships in the Indian Ocean. The other three options are invented expansions that mix similar sounding words such as maritime, harmony, alliance and humanitarian, and none of them is the official full form. Questions on acronyms of this kind are common in competitive examinations, so the exact wording should be memorised rather than guessed from the sound of the letters. In this instance the vision is illustrated by concrete activity: firefighting and small arms training for Seychelles Defence Force personnel, a joint exercise at sea with a Seychelles Coast Guard ship, a medical camp ashore and the handing over of essential supplies at an elderly home.
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Practice Questions
The Indian Navy First Training Squadron completed a port call at Port Victoria, which is the main port of which country?
- A.Mauritius
- B.Seychelles
- C.Maldives
- D.Madagascar
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Port Victoria is the port where the ships of the First Training Squadron stayed during their training deployment, arriving on the twelfth of October and sailing out on the fifteenth.
Read the full explanation →Which ships formed the First Training Squadron during its Seychelles port call?
- A.INS Tir, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi
- B.INS Shivalik, INS Kamorta and ICGS Samarth
- C.INS Tarangini, INS Sudarshini and ICGS Vikram
- D.INS Delhi, INS Satpura and ICGS Abhinav
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These three were the ships named by the Ministry of Defence as the vessels of the First Training Squadron that stayed at Port Victoria and then sailed out on completion of the visit.
Read the full explanation →HMS Sutherland, the Royal Navy ship in KONKAN-26, is a frigate of which class, built mainly for which role?
- A.Type 45 class, air defence
- B.Duke class, anti-submarine warfare
- C.River class, offshore patrol
- D.Astute class, mine warfare
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HMS Sutherland, the ship the Royal Navy deployed for KONKAN-26, is described as a Duke-class anti-submarine warfare frigate, and anti-submarine warfare was indeed one of the areas the two navies practised during the sea phase.
Read the full explanation →Off which British port city did Exercise KONKAN-26 conclude?
- A.Portsmouth
- B.Plymouth
- C.Southampton
- D.Liverpool
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KONKAN-26 ended in the waters off Plymouth in the United Kingdom, where the Royal Navy’s Fleet Operational Standards and Training organisation put the participating ships through their serials.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian warship represented the Indian Navy in Exercise KONKAN-26?
- A.INS Tabar
- B.INS Talwar
- C.INS Trishul
- D.INS Teg
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The Indian Navy was represented in KONKAN-26 by the stealth frigate INS Trishul, which exercised with HMS Sutherland of the Royal Navy off Plymouth.
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