{"id":7743,"date":"2026-01-27T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=7743"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:23:42","slug":"mcqs-on-current-affairs-18-01-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=7743","title":{"rendered":"MCQs on Current Affairs 18.01.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. The Sagar Maitri (SM-5) initiative, in which INS Sagardhwani is deployed, primarily aims to:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Enhance India\u2019s commercial shipping routes in the Indian Ocean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Promote collaborative oceanographic research and scientific capacity-building among Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Conduct joint naval exercises for combat readiness with ASEAN countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Establish permanent Indian naval bases in Indian Ocean countries<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Promote collaborative oceanographic research and scientific capacity-building among Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; Sagar Maitri is a flagship collaborative initiative of the Indian Navy and DRDO.<br\/> &bull; \n\nIts core objective is scientific cooperation among IOR nations, including joint oceanographic studies and capacity building through the MAITRI programme.<br\/> &bull; \n\nIt is not focused on commercial shipping (1), combat exercises (3), or establishing naval bases (4).<br\/> &bull; \n\nThe initiative aligns with India\u2019s MAHASAGAR vision, emphasizing mutual and holistic advancement in the region, particularly in ocean research and underwater domain awareness (UDA).\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. Which of the following statements about <strong>INS Sagardhwani<\/strong> is <strong>correct<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It is primarily used for commercial cargo transport along India\u2019s coast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It is a surface combat vessel equipped with anti-ship missiles and air defense systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It is a nuclear-powered submarine designed for deep-sea combat operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It is an oceanographic research vessel built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders &amp; Engineers (GRSE) and commissioned in 1994.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. It is an oceanographic research vessel built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders &#038; Engineers (GRSE) and commissioned in 1994. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; INS Sagardhwani is a specialized marine acoustic and oceanographic research vessel, designed by NPOL and built by GRSE.<br\/> &bull; \n\nIt was commissioned in July 1994 and has been operational for over three decades.<br\/> &bull; \n\nIts role is scientific research, including oceanographic and acoustic data collection, supporting India\u2019s Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA).\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. India\u2019s first open-sea Marine Fish Farming project in the Andaman Sea was launched under which key government vision, and which organization provides technological support for the project?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">National Fisheries Development Board; Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Digital India; Ministry of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Sagarmala initiative; Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Blue Economy; National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. Blue Economy; National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; The project is part of India\u2019s Blue Economy initiative, which aims to harness the economic potential of India\u2019s oceans sustainably.<br\/> &bull; \n\nNIOT (National Institute of Ocean Technology) provides technical expertise, including open-sea cages for finfish cultivation.\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. Which of the following statements about India\u2019s first open-sea Marine Fish Farming project in the Andaman Sea is\/are correct?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It focuses on <strong>cage-based finfish cultivation<\/strong> and <strong>deep-water seaweed farming<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It aims to promote <strong>livelihood generation and Blue Economy growth<\/strong> in coastal and island communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The project is being implemented solely by the Ministry of Earth Sciences without UT collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1, 2, and 3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 1. 1 and 2 only. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; Statement 1 is correct: The project involves marine fauna (cage-based finfish cultivation) and marine flora (deep-water seaweed cultivation).<br\/> &bull; \n\nStatement 2 is correct: It promotes livelihoods for coastal communities and contributes to the Blue Economy.<br\/> &bull; \n\nStatement 3 is incorrect: The project is a collaborative effort involving Ministry of Earth Sciences, NIOT, and Andaman &#038; Nicobar UT Administration, not implemented solely by the ministry.\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. Why do AI datacentres place far greater emphasis on internal bandwidth than on user-facing bandwidth?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">AI models require constant updates from end users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">AI workloads involve distributed computation across many GPUs\/TPUs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Satellite communication limits external bandwidth by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">AI datacentres primarily serve video streaming workloads<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. AI workloads involve distributed computation across many GPUs\/TPUs. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; AI training and inference rely on distributed machine learning, where large models are split across many GPUs or TPUs.<br\/> &bull; \n\nThese processors must exchange massive volumes of data (parameters, gradients, activations) in real time, creating enormous internal bandwidth demand.<br\/> &bull; \n\nUser-facing bandwidth is comparatively small because users only send queries and receive responses, not the full model or training data.<br\/> &bull; \n\nThis is why AI datacentres like Microsoft\u2019s Fairwater require petabit-per-second interconnects, while consumer internet speeds remain orders of magnitude lower.<br\/> &bull; \n\nOptions 1 and 4 describe traditional content-driven datacentres, and 3 is irrelevant to the architectural requirement.\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. The Sagar Maitri (SM-5) initiative, in which INS Sagardhwani is deployed, primarily aims to: View Answer Correct Option: 2. Promote collaborative oceanographic research and scientific capacity-building among Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries Explanation: &bull; Sagar Maitri is a flagship collaborative initiative of the Indian Navy and DRDO. &bull; Its core objective is scientific cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1609,222,21,22,1607,1605,31,221,1606,1608,20],"class_list":["post-7743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-ai-datacentres","tag-bank-exams","tag-competitive-exams","tag-current-affairs","tag-indias-first-open-sea-marine-fish-farming-project","tag-ins-sagardhwani","tag-mcq","tag-rrb-exams","tag-sagar-maitri-5","tag-space-based-datacentres-in-low-earth-orbit","tag-ssc-cgl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7743"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7875,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}