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Which framework between India and the United States did the two ministers review at the meeting?

  1. A.A five-year defence technology pact
  2. B.The 10-year India-US Defence Framework
  3. C.The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
  4. D.A 20-year strategic partnership treaty

Correct answer

B. The 10-year India-US Defence Framework

Explanation

The correct answer is the 10-year India-US Defence Framework, whose progress the two sides reviewed along with the broader Major Defence Partnership. Their discussion covered the working of the foundational security agreements and ways to accelerate operational readiness, technology sharing and defence industrial integration, as well as military-to-military exchanges, maritime security and the integration of defence supply chains. Option C names a trade and economic arrangement for the region and not a defence framework, which makes it a trap for candidates who recognise the words but not the subject. Options A and D invent durations and forms that do not match the framework under review. The term of ten years is itself examinable, because framework agreements of this kind are periodically renewed and the duration is a standard way of identifying which one is meant.

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Q4.DefenceMedium

INS Sahyadri is best described as:

  1. A.A diesel-electric submarine
  2. B.An indigenously designed and built guided missile stealth frigate
  3. C.An aircraft carrier
  4. D.An offshore patrol vessel
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Correct answer: B. An indigenously designed and built guided missile stealth frigate

That is exactly how the Indian Navy describes the ship in the announcement of its arrival at Busan, and each part of the phrase carries meaning.