Skip to content
GK24
Prime
DefenceEasy

At which Egyptian naval base did INS Trishul conclude its port call on 9 November 2026?

  1. A.Alexandria Naval Base
  2. B.Safaga Naval Base
  3. C.Port Said Naval Base
  4. D.Suez Naval Base

Correct answer

B. Safaga Naval Base

Explanation

The correct answer is Safaga Naval Base. The Ministry of Defence stated that INS Trishul finished her call at Safaga in Egypt on 9 November 2026, as one leg of a continuing operational deployment, and then sailed for the next phase of that deployment. Option A, Alexandria, is wrong because no Alexandria visit figures in the announcement at all; the only Egyptian shore establishment named as the host is Safaga. Option C, Port Said, is a trap built on a real detail from the same visit: Port Said is the name of the Egyptian warship the Indian sailors went aboard, ENS Port Said with pennant number 976, and not the base where the ship berthed. Option D, Suez, is also drawn from the visit but in the wrong role: the Gulf of Suez came up as a subject of the talks on maritime security between the Commanding Officer of INS Trishul and Rear Admiral MD Abd El Maksoud, Commander of the Red Sea Naval Base, rather than as the place of the berthing.

Read the full article: INS Trishul Wraps Up Egypt Port Call at Safaga Naval Base

Practice Questions

Q1.DefenceMedium

The 11th India-Egypt Joint Defence Committee meeting, referred to as the backdrop to this port call, was held in which city?

  1. A.New Delhi
  2. B.Cairo
  3. C.Safaga
  4. D.Sharm el-Sheikh
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Cairo

The eleventh sitting of the India-Egypt Joint Defence Committee took place in the Egyptian capital in April 2026, and it supplied an institutional framework for taking forward the defence commitments agreed under the Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation that the two countries signed in September 2022.

Q3.DefenceMedium

Where was the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 held?

  1. A.Army War College, Mhow
  2. B.Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
  3. C.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
  4. D.Armoured Corps Centre, Ahmednagar
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

The two-day Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 was held there, with the Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth, delivering the Cavalry Memorial Address in the inaugural session on 11 November 2026.

Q4.DefenceMedium

Which book was unveiled at the inaugural session of the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026?

  1. A.Armour 2040: Steel, Silicon & The Future Battlespace
  2. B.Cavalry at the Crossroads
  3. C.Steel Fist: The Indian Armoured Corps
  4. D.Battlespace 2047
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Armour 2040: Steel, Silicon & The Future Battlespace

The book was unveiled during the inaugural session of the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, the same session in which the Chief of the Army Staff delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address.

Q5.DefenceEasy

Who delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address at the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 in New Delhi?

  1. A.The Chief of Defence Staff
  2. B.The Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth
  3. C.The Director General Mechanised Forces
  4. D.The Defence Minister
Show answer
Correct answer: B. The Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth

He delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address at the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026, held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, and spoke on a vision for future warfighting in the Indian subcontinent.