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UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper — Question 85

Question

Consider the following statements about Mission Sudarshan Chakra of India : 1. It aims to enhance India's air defence, ballistic missile defence and aerial offensive capabilities. 2. This Mission is being designed to enhance rapid, precise, and powerful defence responses, reinforcing India's strategic autonomy. 3. One of the aims of this Mission is to cover all public places of India by an expanded nationwide security shield by 2035. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a)1, 2 and 3
(b)1 and 2 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1 only

Subject

Defence

Topic Reference

Defence — Mission Sudarshan Chakra

UnlockIAS assessed: (a) · All three statements

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Why it looks disputed: Statement 3 ("cover all public places by 2035") looks like overreach.

Statement 3 is doubted as overreach, but it holds. The Prime Minister's Independence Day address (PIB, 15 August 2025) states the shield will, by 2035, cover the nation's important places — including civilian sites such as hospitals, railways and places of faith — and frames Mission Sudarshan Chakra as both defensive and able to strike back. So all three statements hold — (a).

PM’s Independence Day address (PIB, 15 August 2025)

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UnlockIAS assessment from primary / official sources, prepared 24 May 2026 — pending the official UPSC provisional answer key.

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Official Notification

PIB Release 2262441

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