India and Fiji Hold Second Defence Joint Working Group Meet

The correct answer is New Delhi. The second meeting of the bilateral Joint Working Group between India and Fiji was held in the Indian capital on 28 September 2026, where the two sides went through military training and capacity building, service-to-service engagement, maritime security, cyber training and collaboration in the defence industry. Option A names the capital of Fiji, which did not host this round. Option C is wrong as the venue of the meeting, although Kochi does appear in the story, because the Fijian delegation is to travel there on 29 and 30 September to inspect facilities of the Southern Naval Command. Option D is wrong because Port Blair was not connected with this engagement. Candidates should note the edition number as well, since a question may ask whether this was the first or the second meeting of the group.

The correct answer is the Southern Naval Command. As part of the effort to widen specialised military training cooperation, the delegation from Fiji is scheduled to be in Kochi on 29 and 30 September 2026 and will inspect facilities there, with the aim of formalising advanced naval training cooperation and professional aviation training modules. The visit is expected to raise technical proficiency and operational synergy between the two maritime forces. Options A, B and D name other commands of the Indian armed forces, none of which was mentioned in this context. A useful habit for aspirants is to attach each naval command to its headquarters city, because questions often test that pairing directly, and here the pairing of Kochi with the Southern Naval Command is the fact being examined.

The correct answer is Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) in the Ministry of Defence. He co-chaired the second Joint Working Group meeting along with Mason Smith, the Permanent Secretary for Defence and Veterans Affairs of Fiji. Option A is a tempting choice because Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh did meet the Fijian official, but that was a separate call on the sidelines and not the chairing of the group. Option B is wrong because the Chief of the Naval Staff was not named in this engagement, even though maritime cooperation was on the agenda. Option D is wrong because the Foreign Secretary had no part in this defence meeting. The distinction between chairing a working group and receiving a visitor on the sidelines is exactly the kind of detail a careful question will test.