UPSC International Relations – Chapter 9: Indian Ocean Region and Maritime Diplomacy (23 MCQs)
UPSC International Relations – Chapter 9: Indian Ocean Region and Maritime Diplomacy (23 MCQs) – 23 questions, subject: International Relations. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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India's SAGAR vision for the Indian Ocean was announced in 2015 in:
Correct Answer: A [Mauritius]
Explanation:
Prime Minister Modi announced SAGAR – Security and Growth for All in the Region – during his visit to Mauritius in March 2015.
The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium was launched by the Indian Navy in:
Correct Answer: B [2008]
Explanation:
New Delhi, February 2008.
The secretariat of the Indian Ocean Rim Association is located in:
Correct Answer: B [Mauritius]
Explanation:
The IORA secretariat is located at Ebene in Mauritius, the grouping founded in 1997 as IOR-ARC.
The Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) is located at:
Correct Answer: D [Gurugram]
Explanation:
2018.
The Agaléga islands, where India helped build an airstrip and jetty, belong to:
Correct Answer: D [Mauritius]
Explanation:
Agaléga is an outer island of Mauritius; the India-built airstrip and jetty there were inaugurated in 2024.
India obtained access to the port of Duqm in 2018. Duqm is in:
Correct Answer: B [Oman]
Explanation:
Duqm is a port on Oman's Arabian Sea coast; India obtained access to it for its Navy in 2018.
Under UNCLOS, the contiguous zone may extend up to:
Correct Answer: C [24 nautical miles]
Explanation:
Article 33 of UNCLOS allows a contiguous zone up to 24 nautical miles from the baseline for customs, fiscal, immigration and sanitary control.
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is located at:
Correct Answer: C [Hamburg]
Explanation:
ITLOS, the tribunal created by UNCLOS to settle law-of-the-sea disputes, sits at Hamburg in Germany.
The International Seabed Authority has its headquarters at:
Correct Answer: A [Kingston, Jamaica]
Explanation:
The International Seabed Authority, which governs mining in the international seabed Area, is headquartered at Kingston, Jamaica.
Consider the following statements about the Chagos Archipelago:
1. In 2024 the UK agreed to transfer sovereignty over it to Mauritius.
2. Under that agreement, the Diego Garcia base is to continue under a long lease.
3. The ICJ's advisory opinion of 2019 supported the UK's claim.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Statements 1 and 2 describe the 2024 UK–Mauritius agreement; statement 3 is wrong because the 2019 ICJ opinion favoured Mauritius.
Assertion (A): India seeks to be the first responder in the Indian Ocean Region.
Reason (R): India's central position in the Indian Ocean lets its Navy reach partners quickly, as in Operations Raahat and Samudra Setu.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
India's central location and naval reach explain why it can act as first responder, as Operations Raahat and Samudra Setu showed.
Operation Sankalp (2019) of the Indian Navy was meant to:
Correct Answer: B [protect Indian-flagged ships in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf region]
Explanation:
Operation Sankalp, launched in June 2019, deployed Indian warships to escort Indian-flagged ships in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf region.
The strait that links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman is the:
Correct Answer: C [Strait of Hormuz]
Explanation:
The Strait of Hormuz joins the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and carries much of India's oil imports.
The Bab-el-Mandeb strait connects the Red Sea with the:
Correct Answer: D [Gulf of Aden]
Explanation:
Bab-el-Mandeb lies between Yemen and Djibouti and links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
Which country joined the Colombo Security Conclave as a full member in 2024?
Correct Answer: A [Bangladesh]
Explanation:
Bangladesh became a full member of the Colombo Security Conclave in 2024, after Mauritius had joined in 2022.
UNCLOS came into force in:
Correct Answer: B [1994]
Explanation:
UNCLOS was adopted in 1982 but entered into force only in November 1994.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. SAGAR announced
2. First Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
3. UNCLOS adopted
4. IFC-IOR set up
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-2-1-4]
Explanation:
1982, 2008, 2015, 2018.
India ratified UNCLOS in:
Correct Answer: D [1995]
Explanation:
India signed UNCLOS in 1982 and ratified it in 1995, with a declaration on military exercises in its EEZ.
The Deep Ocean Mission, including the Samudrayaan crewed submersible, is run by the:
Correct Answer: A [Ministry of Earth Sciences]
Explanation:
The Deep Ocean Mission, approved in 2021, is run by the Ministry of Earth Sciences; NIOT Chennai builds Samudrayaan's Matsya-6000.
Operation Raahat (2015) evacuated Indians and others from:
Correct Answer: C [Yemen]
Explanation:
Operation Raahat in 2015 evacuated Indians and foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen by sea and air.
Consider the following in respect of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS):
1. Inaugural IONS was held in India in 2015 under the chairmanship of the Indian Navy.
2. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [2 only]
Explanation:
Only statement 2 is correct: IONS is a voluntary naval forum, and its inaugural meeting was in New Delhi in 2008, not 2015.
With reference to 'Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)', Consider the following statements:
1. It was established very recently in response to incidents of piracy and accidents of oil spills.
2. It is an alliance meant for maritime security only.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]
Explanation:
Both statements are wrong: IOR-ARC dates from 1997 and was set up for economic cooperation, not as a maritime security alliance.
With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea, consider the following statements:
1. A coastal state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baseline determined in accordance with the convention.
2. Ships of all states, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.
3. The Exclusive Economic Zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 and 3]
Explanation:
all three restate Articles 3, 17 and 57 of UNCLOS.
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