MPPSC 2022 Prelims Q35: Which city was the host of the second edition of "The

Q: What is the answer to MPPSC 2022 Prelims Q35?

C. Correct — C, Pune. The second edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023), a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and African partner nations, was hosted in Pune.

MPPSC 2022 Prelims Paper-I · Question 35 of 100

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Which city was the host of the second edition of "The Africa-India Field Training Exercise" AFINDEX – 2023?

(a)Kinshasa
(b)Bhopal
(c)Pune
(d)Johannesburg

Answer

Why

Correct — C, Pune. The second edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023), a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and African partner nations, was hosted in Pune.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Kinshasa — Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the African participant nations, not the host city of AFINDEX-2023.
(b)Bhopal — A Madhya Pradesh city; it did not host AFINDEX-2023.
(d)Johannesburg — A major South African city, not the host of AFINDEX-2023.

Concept

AFINDEX (Africa-India Field Training Exercise) is a multinational military exercise conducted by the Indian Army with African partner nations, focused on building interoperability for UN peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HADR), as part of India's defence outreach to Africa.

Bilateral and multilateral military-exercise names paired with their host locations are a recurring current-affairs MCQ category; the trap option is often the capital of a participating foreign country rather than the actual host city, which for AFINDEX is in India.

Key facts

AFINDEX is a joint field training exercise between the Indian Army and multiple African nations
The second edition, AFINDEX-2023, was hosted in Pune, India
The exercise emphasises UN peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HADR) skills

Indian Army soldiers advance through smoke during a joint field training exercise with a foreign army, illustrating India's multinational military exercises.

Study next

India's defence diplomacy with African nationsMajor joint military exercises and their partner countriesIndia's contribution to UN peacekeeping operationsIndia-Africa Forum SummitIndia's defence training exports to partner nations

Common traps

Picking an African partner-country capital instead of the actual (Indian) host city
Confusing AFINDEX (military field exercise) with the broader India-Africa Forum Summit

A current-affairs MCQ pairing a military exercise name with its host city or edition number, common in State PCS exams around the time of the exercise.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Exercise 'Vajra Prahar' is a joint military exercise conducted between India and which country?
- (a)USA
- (b)Russia
- (c)Japan
- (d)France
Answer(a) USA.
practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is a joint field training exercise between the Indian Army and African nations, focused on UN peacekeeping operations?
- (a)AFINDEX
- (b)Malabar
- (c)Garuda Shakti
- (d)Indra
Answer(a) AFINDEX.