Which three domains does the Sea Phase of Exercise KONKAN-26 cover?

The correct answer is INS Trishul. The Ministry of Defence stated that the guided missile stealth frigate INS Trishul had reached Plymouth in the United Kingdom, where it is scheduled to exercise with the Royal Navy in KONKAN-26. The frigate is therefore the Indian unit named for this deployment, and it is the ship that will be opened to visitors during the harbour stage of the exercise at Plymouth. Option A, INS Tabar, is wrong because no such ship figures in this deployment; the only Indian warship identified for KONKAN-26 is INS Trishul. Option C, INS Teg, is wrong for the same reason, as the announcement names a single frigate and that frigate is Trishul. Option D, INS Talwar, is also wrong: although the name is close to that of the ship actually deployed, the vessel sent to the United Kingdom for this edition of the exercise is INS Trishul and no other.

The correct answer is the United Kingdom. KONKAN is described as the yearly bilateral maritime exercise between India and the United Kingdom, held with the Royal Navy, and the current edition is being conducted in the waters off Plymouth on the British coast in a harbour phase and a sea phase. The exercise has grown in scale and in complexity over the past two decades and is treated as a cornerstone of cooperation between the two fleets, sitting within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that the two countries set out in the India-UK Vision 2035 document. Option A, France, is wrong because the partner navy for KONKAN is the Royal Navy and not the French Navy. Option B, Australia, is wrong because no Australian participation is part of this exercise. Option D, the United States of America, is wrong as well: the announcement names only the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom as the participating foreign navy.

The correct answer is India-UK Vision 2035. The exercise is presented as a reaffirmation of the shared commitment of the two countries to secure, open and free seas, and the Ministry of Defence places that commitment within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that the two sides set out in the India-UK Vision 2035 document. The naval exercise is thus the operational face of a political understanding: the two fleets practise together so that they can work smoothly alongside each other in complicated situations at sea. Option A is wrong because the partnership referred to here is framed by the Vision document for the year 2035 and not for 2030. Option C is wrong because the understanding cited is a vision statement covering the whole partnership rather than a maritime roadmap. Option D is wrong because the figure attached to the India-UK vision in this context is 2035, not 2047.

The correct answer is Vladivostok. The Ministry of Defence stated that the Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri reached Vladivostok on 10 October 2026 to take part in the exercise, which has been scheduled from 13 to 18 October 2026 and begins with a harbour phase at that port before moving to coordinated activity at sea. Option A, St. Petersburg, is wrong because that city lies on the Baltic side of Russia and is not the port named for this deployment. Option B, Murmansk, is wrong because it is an Arctic port in the far north and does not figure in the announcement at all. Option D, Sevastopol, is wrong because it is a Black Sea port and again is nowhere mentioned; the exercise is being hosted on the Pacific seaboard of Russia. Remember the port along with the exercise name, since papers often ask where an Indian warship was deployed.

The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. The Ministry of Defence says the participation of INS Sahyadri in the exercise is in keeping with this vision of the Government of India, which frames security and growth as goals to be pursued together across maritime regions rather than separately. Option A is wrong because the expansion offered there turns the word into a shipping corridor scheme, and no such reading appears in the announcement. Option C is wrong because it introduces an alliance of harbours, whereas the vision named in the release is about mutual and holistic advancement and does not describe any alliance. Option D is wrong because it mixes in agriculture and rural reform, subjects that have nothing to do with the naval deployment or with the vision cited by the Ministry. Full forms of this kind are frequently asked, so the exact expansion is worth memorising.