India-Mongolia Relations MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

All three statements are correct as per the PIB release. The relics of Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana were displayed at the Gandan Tegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar (Statement 1). The exposition was organised by the National Museum of India under the Ministry of Culture, with partners (Statement 2). It was announced by PM Narendra Modi during the October 2025 State Visit of Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa to India (Statement 3). Hence option D is correct.

Both statements are factually true per the PIB release. The relics were indeed transported by Indian Air Force special flights, and they do enjoy Head-of-State protocol status. However, the use of IAF special flights, while consistent with their elevated status, is a logistical and security arrangement; the protocol status explains the level of honour but is not stated as the sole or direct cause for the specific choice of IAF flights, so R is not strictly the correct explanation of A. Hence both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation, making B correct.