UPSC Prelims 2024 · GS Paper I
Question 78: Science and Technology
Operations undertaken by the Army towards upliftment of the local population in remote areas to include addressing of their basic needs is called :
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
Operation Sadbhavana is the Indian Army's humanitarian programme in remote and border areas, notably Jammu and Kashmir, running schools, health camps and infrastructure projects that meet the basic needs of local people. Operation Sankalp was a Navy maritime security deployment in the Gulf of Oman, Operation Maitri was relief after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and Operation Madad was flood relief in Kerala in 2018.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong: Operation Sankalp was a naval maritime security operation in the Gulf of Oman.
- (b) Wrong: Operation Maitri was relief after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
- (c) Right: Operation Sadbhavana is the Army's outreach to local people in remote areas.
- (d) Wrong: Operation Madad was flood relief in Kerala in 2018.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2024, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.