Daily Quiz – 27.06.2026

1. India considers Seychelles an important partner in ensuring maritime security and stability in the Western Indian Ocean due to its strategic location along key Sea Lines of Communication (SLOCs).
2. India’s MAHASAGAR vision seeks to promote collective maritime security, Blue Economy, sustainable development and regional connectivity in the Indian Ocean Region.

III. Maritime security cooperation between India and Seychelles extends beyond defence exercises to include capacity building, hydrography and enhancement of maritime domain awareness.

Which of the following information/evidence support(s) the above statements?

1. India has gifted patrol vessels and undertaken refit of Seychelles Coast Guard assets while cooperating in maritime surveillance and hydrographic activities.
2. The MAHASAGAR vision emphasizes mutual respect, shared responsibility, sustainable development and collective maritime security among Indian Ocean partners.
3. Seychelles lies in the Western Indian Ocean close to major international shipping routes connecting Asia, Africa and Europe, enhancing its strategic significance.
4. India’s cooperation with Seychelles is confined mainly to trade agreements, with defence and maritime cooperation remaining outside the bilateral partnership.

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1. India's recent drug control strategy emphasises dismantling entire trafficking ecosystems rather than merely apprehending individual drug carriers.
2. Drug trafficking has increasingly become an internal security challenge because of its links with organised crime, arms smuggling and cross-border networks.

III. Technological interventions and financial investigations are being integrated into India's anti-narcotics enforcement framework to improve disruption of trafficking networks.

Which of the following information/evidence support(s) the above statements?

1. The Vision Document on Drug Control (2026–2029) proposes intelligence-led operations targeting suppliers, financiers, handlers and organised syndicates, while mandating financial investigation in major drug cases.
2. The increasing use of drones across the India–Pakistan border, along with trafficking routes through the India–Myanmar border, has strengthened the nexus between narcotics trafficking, arms smuggling and insurgent financing.
3. The proposed use of AI-enabled profiling, anti-drone systems, container scanning and attachment of illicit assets under the PITNDPS Act reflects an approach that targets both operational and financial dimensions of drug trafficking.
4. Since India is a signatory to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, the Narcotics Control Bureau alone has exclusive constitutional authority over investigation, prosecution and rehabilitation relating to narcotic offences across the country.

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1. Possession of an Indian passport is not conclusive proof of Indian citizenship under Indian law.
2. A foreign national married to an Indian citizen does not automatically acquire Indian citizenship.

III. An Indian citizen who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country ceases to be an Indian citizen under the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

Which of the following information/evidence support(s) the above statements?

1. The Passport Act, 1967 governs the issuance of passports, while determination of citizenship is governed by the Citizenship Act, 1955.
2. The Citizenship Act, 1955 provides registration as one mode of acquiring citizenship for certain categories, including spouses of Indian citizens, subject to prescribed conditions and residence requirements.
3. India does not permit full dual citizenship, and voluntary acquisition of foreign citizenship results in termination of Indian citizenship under law.
4. Every person holding an Indian passport is legally presumed to be an Indian citizen in all circumstances, and such status cannot be questioned by any authority.

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