Which of the following pairs of country and joint military exercise conducted with India is incorrect?

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Correct — D, 'Thailand — Yudh Abhyas'. Yudh Abhyas is India's army exercise with the United States, running since 2004 and staged alternately in India and the US. India's army exercise with Thailand is Maitree, running since 2006, while the two navies conduct the Indo-Thai CORPAT coordinated patrol. The Hindi name misleads candidates into assuming an Asian partner.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly paired, so not the answer. INDRA is the India–Russia exercise, begun in 2003, held in naval, army and tri-service formats over the years.  (b) Correctly paired, so not the answer. KHANJAR is the India–Kyrgyzstan special forces exercise, held since 2011 and hosted alternately by the two countries.  (c) Correctly paired, so not the answer. LAMITIYE — 'friendship' in Seychellois Creole — is the biennial exercise between the Indian Armed Forces and the Seychelles Defence Forces, held since 2001.

Concept: India runs one of the world's largest networks of bilateral military exercises, and exams test only one thing: the country-to-name pairing. The reliable way to hold them is by partner. United States — Yudh Abhyas (army), Vajra Prahar (special forces), Cope India (air force), Malabar (navy, now with Japan and Australia). Russia — Indra. France — Shakti (army), Varuna (navy), Garuda (air force). Thailand — Maitree. Sri Lanka — Mitra Shakti (army), SLINEX (navy). Bangladesh — Sampriti (army), Bongosagar (navy). Nepal — Surya Kiran. Kyrgyzstan — Khanjar. Seychelles — Lamitiye.

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