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What is India's defence allocation for the financial year 2026-27?

  1. A.Rs 2.53 lakh crore
  2. B.Rs 5.94 lakh crore
  3. C.Rs 6.81 lakh crore
  4. D.Rs 7.85 lakh crore

Correct answer

D. Rs 7.85 lakh crore

Explanation

The correct answer is Rs 7.85 lakh crore, the defence allocation for 2026-27. The comparison the Minister drew is the part worth memorising: the same allocation stood at around Rs 2.53 lakh crore in 2013-14, which makes option A a real figure but from the wrong year, and therefore the most attractive distractor in the set. Options B and C, Rs 5.94 lakh crore and Rs 6.81 lakh crore, are invented amounts. One more figure belongs with this answer. About 75 per cent of the capital acquisition budget, which works out to Rs 1.39 lakh crore, has been earmarked for purchases from Indian defence industry, so that spending strengthens domestic manufacturing and the MSME supply chains attached to it rather than flowing abroad.

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Q3.DefenceMedium

Which announcement about missile systems was made at the Defence Conclave in New Delhi?

  1. A.DRDO-developed conventional missile technologies will be transferred to eligible Indian industries for production
  2. B.All missile production will be shifted to ordnance factories under DRDO control
  3. C.Conventional missiles will be imported until domestic capacity is built
  4. D.Private firms will be barred from missile manufacturing on security grounds
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Correct answer: A. DRDO-developed conventional missile technologies will be transferred to eligible Indian industries for production

The purpose is twofold: the armed forces get their missiles delivered on time, and DRDO is freed to concentrate on research and development while industry takes up the production load.