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What are the defence production and export targets set for 2029?

  1. A.Rs 2 lakh crore production and Rs 35,000 crore exports
  2. B.Rs 3 lakh crore production and Rs 50,000 crore exports
  3. C.Rs 5 lakh crore production and Rs 1 lakh crore exports
  4. D.Rs 1.78 lakh crore production and Rs 38,424 crore exports

Correct answer

B. Rs 3 lakh crore production and Rs 50,000 crore exports

Explanation

The correct answer is Rs 3 lakh crore of production and Rs 50,000 crore of exports. The Defence Minister repeated the government's resolve to reach these two targets by 2029 and asked the domestic industry to expand manufacturing capacity, improve quality and strengthen its competitiveness abroad to achieve them. Option A is wrong because both of its figures are lower than the stated goals. Option C is wrong because no such target was announced in this address, although the Minister did speak of widening exports to cover maintenance, repair, training, logistics and technology cooperation. Option D is wrong in a different way: those are the figures already achieved, production in the last financial year and exports in the same period, not the targets ahead. Distinguishing an achievement from a target is the key to such questions, and here the achievement year and the target year are different.

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Practice Questions

Q1.DefenceMedium

Which institute hosted the third Delhi Defence Dialogue in November 2026?

  1. A.Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses at Pune
  2. B.Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
  3. C.National Defence College
  4. D.Centre for Joint Warfare Studies
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Correct answer: B. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

It organised the two-day third edition of the Delhi Defence Dialogue in New Delhi, where the Defence Minister delivered the address, and its Director General, Ambassador Sujan R Chinoy, gave the welcome remarks.

Q2.DefenceMedium

What level did India's defence production reach in FY 2025-26, as stated at the dialogue?

  1. A.About Rs 1.27 lakh crore
  2. B.About Rs 1.78 lakh crore
  3. C.About Rs 2.45 lakh crore
  4. D.About Rs 95,000 crore
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Correct answer: B. About Rs 1.78 lakh crore

The Defence Minister said defence production reached this record level in FY 2025-26, which he attributed to reforms across policy, institutional structures, technology development, acquisition procedures and ease of doing business.

Q3.DefenceEasy

Into how many defence public sector undertakings was the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board converted?

  1. A.Five
  2. B.Six
  3. C.Seven
  4. D.Nine
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Correct answer: C. Seven

While listing the steps taken over the past decade to strengthen the domestic defence industrial base, the Defence Minister named the setting up of Defence Industrial Corridors and the corporatisation of the former Ordnance Factory Board into seven defence public sector undertakings, a step meant to give them greater autonomy…

Q4.DefenceEasy

Which of the following was NOT among the areas of cooperation taken up at the meeting?

  1. A.Marine pollution response
  2. B.Maritime search and rescue
  3. C.Maritime law enforcement
  4. D.Joint submarine patrols
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Correct answer: D. Joint submarine patrols

The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation in three named areas of mutual interest, which are marine pollution response, maritime search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement, so options A, B and C all appear in the record of the talks and cannot be the answer.