Fleet Support Ship FSS-1 Launched at Hindustan Shipyard

The correct answer is Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam. The Fleet Support Ships are under construction at HSL in Visakhapatnam, and FSS-1, the first of the class, was launched there on 6 October 2026 with Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh as chief guest. The ministry's note records that the whole class is designed and built in the country by this yard, and that an Augmented Slipway, an upgrade of building facilities at the same yard, was inaugurated on the day of the launch. Option A, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai, is wrong because the release names no Mumbai yard in connection with this project. Option B, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata, is wrong for the same reason, as the ceremony reported took place in Visakhapatnam. Option D, Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, is wrong as well: the release mentions only HSL, its slipway and its senior officials, so Kochi has no part in the Fleet Support Ship programme as described.

The correct answer is over 82 per cent. The Ministry of Defence states that the Fleet Support Ships are indigenously designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, with indigenous content above 82 per cent, which it reads as a mark of close cooperation between the Navy, the shipyard, defence industries and MSMEs. Options A and B, over 50 per cent and over 65 per cent, understate the figure given; they are the kind of share often quoted for older warship programmes, but they are not what this release reports. Option D, over 95 per cent, overstates it: no Indian warship project is credited with that level in this announcement, and inflating the number would wrongly suggest almost no imported equipment at all. The project is described as a flag bearer of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India, and as a boost for the Indian shipbuilding industry.

The correct answer is replenishment of fleet ships while they are at sea. On induction these ships will resupply warships on the move, which the Navy says will augment its Blue Water capability and significantly bolster operational logistics, strategic reach and mobility of the fleet. Option A is wrong because anti-submarine hunting is the task of specialised frigates, corvettes and aircraft, not of a support vessel. Option C is wrong because mine laying and mine clearing are done by minesweepers and mine countermeasure vessels, which the release does not discuss. Option D is wrong because operating fighter aircraft is the role of an aircraft carrier. The release does add a secondary role for the Fleet Support Ships: Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief operations and Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations, for quickly delivering relief material and evacuating people.

The correct answer is Smt Laila Swaminathan, President of the Navy Welfare and Wellness Association (NWWA). Naval custom has a lady launch a warship, and the release records that she performed the launch in the presence of the chief guest. Option B is wrong because Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh attended as chief guest; what he inaugurated was the Augmented Slipway, and the keel laying of FSS-5 also took place through him at the same event. Option C is wrong because Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, the Chief of the Naval Staff, is listed among the dignitaries present rather than as the person who launched the ship. Option D is wrong because the release names senior officials of the Indian Navy, the Ministry of Defence and HSL only as attendees, without assigning the launch to the shipyard's head.