The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, referred to in the address as a practical framework for maritime cooperation, was announced by the Prime Minister in which year?
- A.2015
- B.2017
- C.2019
- D.2021
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Explanation
The correct answer is 2019. The Raksha Mantri described the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in that year, as a workable framework that advances cooperation at sea across seven interconnected areas, and he urged participants to turn the ideas raised at the dialogue into partnerships, projects and results that can be measured. The other years are distractors and do not match the announcement referred to in the address. Aspirants should link this initiative with the other maritime strands named in the same speech: the MAHASAGAR vision of security and growth across regions, port-led development under Sagarmala, and the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, which the Minister called the national blueprint for transforming the maritime sector as India moves towards a developed nation.
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Practice Questions
Who delivered the commemorative address at the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi?
- A.The Chief of the Naval Staff
- B.The Raksha Mantri
- C.The Chief of the Army Staff
- D.The Minister of Earth Sciences
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Rajnath Singh, as Defence Minister, gave the commemorative address at the dialogue in New Delhi and used it to argue that dependence among nations at sea should be made safer rather than abandoned, through diversified supply chains, dependable maritime infrastructure, better awareness of activity at sea and wider regional cooperation.
Read the full explanation →MAHASAGAR, cited in the address, stands for which of the following?
- A.Maritime Heritage and Security Agreement for Growth of Asian Regions
- B.Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
- C.Maritime Alliance for Harbour Safety and Growth of Adjoining Regions
- D.Mission for Advanced Harbour and Sagarmala Growth Across Regions
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The Raksha Mantri invoked this vision while reaffirming that India wants a maritime order that is open, inclusive and based on rules, and while stressing that the maritime future of the Indo-Pacific cannot be settled by any one country acting alone.
Read the full explanation →Rairangpur, where the camp was held, is the native place of which of the following?
- A.The Vice-President of India
- B.The President of India
- C.The Chief Justice of India
- D.The Governor of Odisha
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The release notes that the camp was conducted at the place the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, belongs to, in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, which added to the significance of the medical effort there.
Read the full explanation →Operation DRISHTI, whose 12th edition was held at Rairangpur, is an initiative of which organisation?
- A.The National Health Mission
- B.The Armed Forces Medical Services
- C.The Indian Red Cross Society
- D.The National Programme for Control of Blindness
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Operation DRISHTI is its initiative to take specialised eye care and advanced medical treatment to parts of the country that are poorly served, and the camp at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha was the twelfth such effort.
Read the full explanation →How many sight-restoring eye surgeries were performed at the 12th edition of Operation DRISHTI at Rairangpur?
- A.198
- B.298
- C.365
- D.406
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The camp run by the Armed Forces Medical Services at Rairangpur treated more than four thousand patients in all and carried out this many eye surgeries that restored sight, with every service given free of charge.
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