The upgraded Slipway-4 at Hindustan Shipyard Limited now allows the yard to build and launch ships of what maximum size?

The correct answer is Surya. FSS-1, the first of the Fleet Support Ships designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, was named Surya and launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Visakhapatnam yard on 6 October 2026. Traditional launch honours were performed by Laila Swaminathan, President of the Navy Wives Wellness Association, and the vessel entered the waters of the Bay of Bengal. Option A is wrong, though it is a tempting distractor: Jala Usha was the first ship built in independent India and was launched at Visakhapatnam in 1948, a point the minister recalled in his speech, but it is not the new support ship. Options C and D are wrong because no vessel of those names features in this launch; they are plausible-sounding naval names offered as traps. Candidates should tie the name Surya to FSS-1 and keep Jala Usha separately in memory as the 1948 milestone.

The correct answer is Visakhapatnam. Hindustan Shipyard Limited stands in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and it was there that Surya was launched into the Bay of Bengal, the keel of FSS-5 was laid and the upgraded Slipway-4 and the 300-tonne Goliath Crane were inaugurated. The Defence Minister argued that the city, which already hosts the Eastern Naval Command, the Naval Dockyard, the shipyard and a major port, should be developed into a large maritime industrial hub, and he recalled that independent India’s first ship, Jala Usha, was launched there in 1948. Option A is wrong because Kochi hosts a different public shipyard. Option B is wrong because Mumbai’s naval shipbuilding is carried out by another yard altogether. Option D is wrong because Kolkata’s defence shipbuilding is handled by a separate company. Candidates should also note that HSL came under the Ministry of Defence and earned Miniratna Category-I status in 2025.

The correct answer is surface-to-surface missile system. The BrahMos, fitted on board various frontline warships, is the Indian Navy’s primary surface-to-surface missile system for maritime strike operations. It travels at supersonic speed, engages targets at extended ranges with pinpoint accuracy, and can be directed at targets on land as well as at sea. Option A is wrong because a surface-to-air system is meant to shoot down aircraft and incoming missiles, a role filled by other weapons on a warship. Option C is wrong because anti-submarine rockets and torpedoes are a separate class of weapon aimed at underwater targets, and BrahMos is not described in that role. Option D is wrong because an air-to-air missile is fired from one aircraft at another, which has nothing to do with a ship-mounted launcher. The fire control systems and launchers bought for Rs 661.50 crore are precisely the equipment that lets a warship employ this strike missile.

The correct answer is Buy (Indian-IDDM). The order for BrahMos Fire Control Systems and launchers was placed with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited under this category, which is reserved for equipment that is indigenously designed, developed and manufactured. The contract carries a minimum of 68 per cent indigenous content and draws Indian industry, including micro, small and medium enterprises, into the supply chain, with employment generated over a period of three years. Option A is wrong because a global purchase would allow foreign vendors, which is the opposite of what this order does. Option B is wrong because that route involves acquiring an initial lot and then producing the rest under licence, which is not how this contract was framed. Option D is wrong because it describes a design-and-development route for industry-funded prototypes, not a procurement order of this kind. The category is the fact most often asked, so pair it in memory with the indigenous content figure.

The correct answer is Rs 661.50 crore. The Ministry of Defence signed the contract with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited on 6 October 2026 in New Delhi, and the value of the order for BrahMos Fire Control Systems and launchers meant for ships of the Indian Navy was fixed at Rs 661.50 crore. The signing took place in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, and the purchase was routed through the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category with a floor of 68 per cent indigenous content. Option A is wrong because no figure of that size is attached to this order. Option C is wrong because it inflates the amount past a thousand crore, which does not match the order placed. Option D is wrong because it simply rearranges the digits of the real figure and understates the contract by a wide margin. Candidates should carry the exact amount, including the paise-level 50 lakh, since question setters often offer a rounded Rs 661 crore as a trap alongside the precise value.