SLINEX-26, the 13th edition of a bilateral maritime exercise held at Visakhapatnam from 17 to 21 September 2026, is conducted between the Indian Navy and the navy of which country?
- A.Singapore
- B.Sri Lanka
- C.Thailand
- D.Maldives
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Explanation
The correct answer is Sri Lanka. SLINEX is the bilateral maritime exercise between the navies of India and Sri Lanka, and the Ministry of Defence has described SLINEX-26 as its 13th edition, held at Visakhapatnam from 17 to 21 September 2026. The name itself carries the answer: SL for Sri Lanka, IN for India and EX for exercise. The Sri Lankan side is represented by SLNS Sindurala, while India has fielded INS Kavaratti and INS Jyoti.
Singapore, Thailand and the Maldives do not take part in SLINEX. The release names only two navies, the Indian and the Sri Lankan, and presents the exercise as a way of strengthening the maritime partnership between India and Sri Lanka, so options A, C and D are wrong. When a question gives you the name of an exercise, decode it first, because many bilateral exercise names are built from the initials of the partner countries.
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Practice Questions
Which Indian Navy ship taking part in SLINEX-26 is described by the Ministry of Defence as an indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette?
- A.INS Jyoti
- B.INS Kavaratti
- C.SLNS Sindurala
- D.INS Vikrant
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The Ministry of Defence lists two Indian ships in SLINEX-26: INS Kavaratti, an indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette, and INS Jyoti, the Fleet Tanker.
Read the full explanation →The SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises between India and Sri Lanka, whose 13th edition was held in 2026, was conceptualised in which year?
- A.2001
- B.2005
- C.2010
- D.2014
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The Ministry of Defence says SLINEX was conceptualised in 2005 and has since grown into an important forum through which the two navies work on maritime cooperation.
Read the full explanation →Pralay, tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast, belongs to which category of missile?
- A.Subsonic cruise missile
- B.Quasi-ballistic missile
- C.Surface-to-air missile
- D.Anti-tank guided missile
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The correct answer is quasi-ballistic missile, the class to which Pralay belongs.
Read the full explanation →Which DRDO laboratory developed the Pralay missile indigenously?
- A.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- B.Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad
- C.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- D.Bharat Electronics Limited
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The correct answer is Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, which developed Pralay within the country along with other DRDO laboratories.
Read the full explanation →From which site was the quasi-ballistic missile Pralay flight-tested on 5 November 2026?
- A.Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
- B.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha
- C.Pokhran, Rajasthan
- D.Thumba, Kerala
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DRDO fired the missile from that island at about 1110 hrs, and the range instruments that confirmed the result were deployed by the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, which is also in Odisha.
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