Q. Which of the following countries are the permanent participants in the Malabar exercise?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation – India, Japan, Australia, and the United States are the permanent participants in the Malabar exercise. The exercise originally started as a bilateral event between India and the United States in 1992, with Japan becoming a permanent member in 2015. Australia rejoined the exercise in 2020, making these four nations the current permanent participants.
Source: The Hindu

