At which shipyard was FSS-1, the first of the Indian Navy's Fleet Support Ships, launched?

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.

The correct answer is Bhubaneswar. The board meeting is convened by the Indian Coast Guard under the chairmanship of its Director General, Paramesh Sivamani, and takes up national preparedness for rescue at sea, the management of distress alerts and faster movement of rescue assets through technology and coordination between agencies. Option A is the trap: Paradip is where the exercise and the demonstration at sea take place, but the board sits in the state capital, not at the port. Option C is wrong because Visakhapatnam, although a major maritime centre, has no part in this event. Option D is wrong for the same reason. Remember the pairing: Paradip for the drill, Bhubaneswar for the board, both in Odisha, and the whole effort framed by the SAGAR vision.

The correct answer is 32 observers from 30 countries. The number of observers is slightly larger than the number of countries because some nations have sent more than one representative, and the Ministry of Defence treats this international presence as a highlight of the drill, since it points to shared rescue protocols and the ability of different navies and coast guards to work to a single plan. Option B is wrong because it swaps the two figures, the commonest trap in a question of this shape. Option C and option D are wrong because neither pair of numbers was announced; the figures in option D in fact echo other details of the exercise, such as the count of Coast Guard ships taking part, and are offered to mislead a hurried reader.