'Dustlik-II' is a field training military exercise held in March, 2021 between…
2021
'Dustlik-II' is a field training military exercise held in March, 2021 between India and ______.
- A.
USA
- B.
Uzbekistan
- C.
Russia
- D.
France
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Correct answer: B
Concept
Bilateral defence exercises are joint military drills conducted between exactly two countries, and each named exercise is tied to a fixed pair of partner nations. To recall the correct partner, anchor the exercise name to the pair it always denotes rather than to the year or location, which change edition to edition.
Application
Exercise 'Dustlik' is the annual joint training exercise between the armies of India and Uzbekistan. The edition labelled 'Dustlik-II' was conducted in March 2021 at Ranikhet (Uttarakhand), India. So the country that partners India in this exercise is Uzbekistan.
Cross-check
The name itself is the tell: 'Dustlik' is an Uzbek word meaning 'friendship', which fixes Uzbekistan as the partner nation independent of the edition or venue.