How many LCA Tejas Final Operational Clearance twin-seat trainers did HAL hand over to the Indian Air Force at the September 2026 ceremony?
- A.One
- B.Two
- C.Three
- D.Four
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Explanation
The answer is two. At the Bengaluru ceremony the Air Force received five aircraft in total, and the split is what the question turns on: two Tejas twin-seat trainers at Final Operational Clearance standard, plus three HTT 40 basic trainers. Candidates who remember only the total of five will get this wrong.
The fourth number in the story belongs elsewhere. Four Dhruv helicopters of the Next Generation variant went to Pawan Hans Limited, a civil operator, not to the Air Force. That is also why two ministers attended, one holding Defence and the other Civil Aviation. A clean way to hold all of it is as three pairs: two Tejas trainers, three HTT 40 trainers, four Dhruv NG helicopters, with the first two going to the Air Force and the third to Pawan Hans.
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Practice Questions
Which organisation received the four Dhruv Next Generation helicopters from HAL?
- A.Indian Air Force
- B.Indian Coast Guard
- C.Pawan Hans Limited
- D.Border Security Force
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The ceremony had two recipients, and separating them is the whole point of the question. Military trainers, the Tejas twin-seaters and the HTT 40s, went to the Indian Air Force.
Read the full explanation →In which city did HAL hand over the aircraft to the Indian Air Force and Pawan Hans Limited?
- A.Hyderabad
- B.Nashik
- C.Bengaluru
- D.Koraput
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited operates from several locations across the country, which is exactly why a question of this kind works as a test: the candidate has to recall the specific venue rather than a general association.
Read the full explanation →Pralay, tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast, belongs to which category of missile?
- A.Subsonic cruise missile
- B.Quasi-ballistic missile
- C.Surface-to-air missile
- D.Anti-tank guided missile
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The correct answer is quasi-ballistic missile, the class to which Pralay belongs.
Read the full explanation →Which DRDO laboratory developed the Pralay missile indigenously?
- A.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- B.Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad
- C.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- D.Bharat Electronics Limited
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The correct answer is Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, which developed Pralay within the country along with other DRDO laboratories.
Read the full explanation →From which site was the quasi-ballistic missile Pralay flight-tested on 5 November 2026?
- A.Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
- B.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha
- C.Pokhran, Rajasthan
- D.Thumba, Kerala
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DRDO fired the missile from that island at about 1110 hrs, and the range instruments that confirmed the result were deployed by the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, which is also in Odisha.
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