How many personnel has each side fielded for Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026?

The correct answer is the Auli Foreign Training Node in Uttarakhand, where the opening ceremony of this edition was conducted. Option B names the other leg of the same exercise and is the trap in this question: the drill is indeed being conducted simultaneously at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan, but the ceremony itself was held at Auli, not there. Option C is wrong because no station of that name figures in the release on this edition. Option D is wrong for the same reason. The safest way to remember the pair is by terrain: Auli sits in the hills and suits the mountainous and semi-mountainous training the exercise is built around, while the Rajasthan range suits the demonstration of contemporary weapon systems and the flying of drones and autonomous systems.

The correct answer is joint capability for employing Integrated Battle Groups in mountainous and semi-mountainous terrain, with emphasis on infantry-dominated operations. That is the aim the release sets out, and it explains why one leg of the drill is held in the hills at Auli. Option A is wrong because this is an army-to-army field exercise, not a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief drill. Option C is wrong because anti-piracy patrolling is naval work and has nothing to do with the two armies training here. Option D is wrong because no air-defence or missile-interception role is described for this edition. Along with the aim, remember the supporting objectives named in the release: stronger interoperability, an exchange of best operational practices, and sharper joint planning and execution by the two armies.

The correct answer is the Spot Stall Turn. The release says the team will display its famous Dolphin Leap manoeuvre and will also present a new manoeuvre by this name. Option A is therefore the trap: the Dolphin Leap is genuine and is mentioned in the same sentence, but it is the well-established manoeuvre rather than the new one, and the question asks specifically for the new addition. Read such sentences twice, because releases often name an old and a new item side by side and examiners build the question on the distinction. Options C and D are invented names and appear nowhere in the release. The wider significance is worth noting too: the display will let spectators and aviation enthusiasts from around the world see the versatility and agility of the indigenous ALH Dhruv, while the team builds ties with other international display teams at the show.

The correct answer is five. The release describes the Sarang team as the only five-helicopter display team in the world, which is the single most distinctive fact about it and the one most likely to be tested. Option D is a deliberate trap for candidates who mix up the Indian Air Force's display formations, since a nine-aircraft formation belongs to a different kind of display team altogether. Options A and B are smaller numbers that sound reasonable for a helicopter formation but do not match the release. Keep the rest of the Sarang card with this figure so that a question from any angle can be answered: the team flies the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv, it has reached Egypt for the second edition of the El Alamein International Airshow held from 8 to 10 September 2026, and it will perform the Dolphin Leap along with a newly introduced Spot Stall Turn.

The correct answer is the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv. The release states that the Sarang team flies this helicopter, that it is designed and manufactured in India, and that the team's displays show off both the skill of the pilots and the capability of the country's indigenous aerospace industry. The wrong options are all genuine helicopters in Indian service, which is what makes this question worth attempting carefully. Two further facts about Sarang are commonly asked and should be stored alongside the aircraft. First, it is the world's only display team that flies five helicopters. Second, its routine is built on demanding formation manoeuvres, close-proximity flying and synchronised aerial sequences, and in Egypt it will fly its famous Dolphin Leap along with a new manoeuvre called the Spot Stall Turn.