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Q78·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2024

Operation Sadbhavana

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Question

Operations undertaken by the Army towards upliftment of the local population in remote areas to include addressing of their basic needs is called:

Options

a

Operation Sankalp

b

Operation Maitri

c

Operation Sadbhavana

Answer
d

Operation Madad

Explanation

Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill) is a unique civic action initiative undertaken by the Indian Army in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to address the basic needs of the local population and win "Hearts and Minds". Maitri was the 2015 Nepal earthquake rescue; Madad was for Kerala floods; Sankalp was a Navy deployment in the Gulf.

"Sadbhavana" translates to goodwill, perfectly aligning with the military's civic upliftment operations in border areas.

Answer: (c).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q78

Subject

Current Affairs

Sub-topic

Defence & Security Affairs

Type

Factual single

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Indian Army Civic Action Projects / Operation Sadbhavana Ladakh 2023

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