NDA Current Affairs Quiz: 13 October 2026

The correct answer is the Czech Republic. Rajnath Singh met Karel Havlicek, who is the First Deputy Prime Minister as well as the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, in New Delhi, and the two reviewed the entire range of defence industrial cooperation between their countries. The other three options are all central European states and therefore plausible distractors, but none of them sent a minister for these particular talks. Both sides welcomed the joint ventures already established between firms of the two countries and agreed to widen cooperation, including through the India-Czech Joint Defence Committee, in support of Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. They also discussed peace and security and the need for greater cooperation to maintain regional stability, and described their partnership as resting on historical and cultural ties and on shared values of mutual trust and respect.

The correct answer is Karwar. Samarthak is to be commissioned at Naval Base, Karwar, and the ceremony has been fixed for 16 October 2026. Karwar lies on the Karnataka coast and hosts the base from which the Navy is conducting this induction. Option A, Visakhapatnam, is the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command, but the announcement places the commissioning on the western seaboard at Karwar, not in Andhra Pradesh. Option B, Kochi, is a major naval station in Kerala and the home of several training establishments, yet it is not the venue named for Samarthak. Option D, Mumbai, hosts the Western Naval Command and the yard of another public sector shipbuilder, but again it is not where this vessel enters service. Candidates should link the ship's name with Karwar, with builder Larsen and Toubro Ltd, and with her standing as the first of four Multi-Purpose Vessels joining the Indian Navy under the Make in India initiative.

The correct answer is Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave, shortened to ESTIC-2026, is to be held there from 27 to 29 October 2026, and DRDO will lead its thematic session on semiconductors and next-generation chips. Option A, Vigyan Bhawan, and option C, Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, are both well known conference venues in the capital, but neither is hosting this conclave. Option D, Bengaluru, is the distractor a hurried reader is most likely to pick, because DRDO did hold its curtain-raiser event for the session in that city on 13 October 2026; the conclave itself, however, is a Delhi event. Candidates should separate the two places in their notes: Bengaluru for the preparatory event, Bharat Mandapam for the conclave. The conclave is organised jointly by 12 ministries and departments under the guidance of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.

The correct answer is the India-Czech Joint Defence Committee, named in the talks as the mechanism through which the two sides would take their defence industrial engagement further. Options B, C and D are invented bodies that sound official but were not mentioned; questions of this kind test whether an aspirant remembers the exact name of the institutional channel, since bilateral defence ties are usually run through such named committees or dialogues. The talks were held between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Karel Havlicek, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, in New Delhi. Both welcomed the joint ventures already working between companies of the two countries and tied the expansion to Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Havlicek is on a four-day visit and is scheduled to see industrial units in Bengaluru and Mumbai.

The correct answer is four. Samarthak is the first of four Multi-Purpose Vessels that are joining the Indian Navy, which means three more ships of the same class will be delivered after her. The number matters because examiners often pair a lead ship with the size of its class. Option A, two, understates the order and would wrongly suggest a pair of sister ships. Option B, three, is also short of the stated figure and is a common distractor because many naval orders are placed in threes. Option D, six, overstates the class size. The remaining details worth memorising are that Larsen and Toubro Ltd built the vessel under the Make in India initiative, that the commissioning takes place at Naval Base, Karwar on 16 October 2026, and that her design role is maritime surveillance and patrol, with secondary tasks ranging from disaster relief to salvage and service as a mothership for unmanned systems.

The correct answer is twelve. The conclave is being organised jointly by 12 ministries and departments, and the whole exercise is guided by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. That spread of ministries is what makes the conclave a national initiative rather than a single department's event, and its stated purpose is to carry forward the goal of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 while strengthening self-reliance through science, technology and innovation. Options A, B and D, namely eight, ten and fifteen, are plausible-looking round numbers of the kind often attached to inter-ministerial events, but none of them is the figure announced for this conclave. A useful way to hold the fact is to pair the two numbers that belong to this news together: twelve organising ministries and departments, and the three days from 27 to 29 October 2026 over which the conclave runs at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

The correct answer is Bengaluru and Mumbai. Karel Havlicek, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, is in India on a four-day visit during which he is meeting ministries, trade bodies and businesses, and his itinerary includes visits to industrial units in these two cities. The other options name Indian cities that also host defence and engineering industry, which makes them believable choices, but they were not part of the announced programme. The visit's main outcome was the agreement with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to expand defence industrial cooperation, including under the India-Czech Joint Defence Committee, with the aim of strengthening Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The two ministers also discussed peace and security and said closer cooperation was needed for regional stability, describing the partnership as built on historical and cultural ties.

The correct answer is Larsen and Toubro Ltd. The firm built Samarthak under the Government of India's Make in India initiative, and the Navy presents the commissioning as a milestone in the drive towards self-reliance in defence. Option A, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, is the Mumbai yard associated with destroyers and submarines, but it is not the builder here. Option C, Cochin Shipyard Limited, built the indigenous aircraft carrier and is a plausible guess, yet the release names a private sector builder instead. Option D, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, is the Kolkata yard known for smaller warships, and it too is not involved. Along with the builder, remember that the ship's integrated combat suite combines indigenous sensors, weapons and electronic systems optimised for a demanding maritime environment, and that she is the first of four such vessels entering service with the Indian Navy.

The correct answer is 2035. Dr Anupam Sharma, Distinguished Scientist and Director General (Technology Management), said at the Bengaluru curtain-raiser that business in the semiconductor-related segment is expected to rise to 200 billion dollars by 2035. He made the point while describing how central such chips have become to modern warfare, calling them part of virtually every aspect of military operations. Options A and C, the years 2030 and 2040, are round years commonly used in technology forecasts but are not the year attached to this projection. Option D, 2047, is the most tempting wrong choice, since the conclave is tied to the goal of Viksit Bharat @ 2047; that year marks the development vision, not the semiconductor market estimate. Aspirants should keep the two years apart: 2035 for the market projection and 2047 for the Viksit Bharat goal.

The correct answer is an Indian elephant emerging from the waves. The crest was designed around the formidable Indian elephant to convey strength, intelligence and agility, the qualities the Navy associates with this class of ship. Option A, a tiger over a wave, is a plausible sounding emblem because big cats appear on several naval crests, but it is not the device chosen for Samarthak. Option C, a golden eagle above an anchor, mixes common heraldic elements and is included only as a distractor. Option D, a trident crossed with a sword, echoes general naval imagery rather than this particular crest. The companion fact to remember is the ship's motto, Vijayartham Ekanishthata, which is rendered in English as Victory is Our Sole Aim. Together with the builder Larsen and Toubro Ltd and the venue Naval Base, Karwar, these are the details most likely to be asked.