Which health scheme for veterans was among the services offered at the stalls of the mela?

The correct answer is Deoghar, Jharkhand. The mela, named Sainya Sampark Mela - Sadaiv Aapke Saath, was held at Deoghar and was organised by the Indian Army together with the Deoghar district administration. It served ex-servicemen, Veer Naris and their dependents from across the Santhal Pargana region, which is why the venue was placed there rather than in the State capital. Option A names Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, which is not where this mela was held. Option C names Dumka, another town of the Santhal Pargana region, but the event was not located there. Option D names Bokaro, an industrial centre of the State, which also does not match. Candidates should fix the pairing of the mela with Deoghar, and remember that the Vice-President, C. P. Radhakrishnan, is a former Governor of Jharkhand.

The correct answer is Always with You; for ex-servicemen, Veer Naris and their dependents. Sadaiv Aapke Saath translates as Always with You, and the Vice-President asked that it become a continuing national commitment rather than the slogan of one event. The mela itself was arranged to deliver welfare services and grievance redressal to ex-servicemen, to Veer Naris and to their dependents in the Santhal Pargana region. Option B gives a different motto and limits the beneficiaries to serving soldiers, which is not the case here. Option C misreads the theme and narrows it to NCC cadets, although NCC activities were only one of the stalls at the venue. Option D again gives a wrong meaning and wrongly restricts the event to families of serving officers.

The correct answer is Lance Naik Albert Ekka. While recalling his tenure as Governor of Jharkhand and speaking of the State's proud tradition of military service and sacrifice, the Vice-President paid tribute to this Param Vir Chakra awardee, and in the same breath recalled the tribal freedom fighters of the region, among them Bhagwan Birsa Munda, Tilka Manjhi, Sidhu and Kanhu, and Nilambar and Pitambar. He said the spirit of patriotism and national service continues to inspire the people of Jharkhand. Options B, C and D name other recipients of the Param Vir Chakra, all of them well known, but none of them was the awardee honoured in this address. The connection to hold on to is Jharkhand with Albert Ekka, which is a frequent pairing in examination questions on gallantry awards.

The correct answer is Jodhpur. Air Force Station Jodhpur, in Rajasthan, was where the Defence Minister spoke to the aircrews and ground teams of the second edition of Tarang Shakti. Option B, Jamnagar, is a well-known Indian Air Force base in Gujarat but was not the venue for this address. Option C, Sulur, in Tamil Nadu, is closely linked with Tejas squadrons and so is a tempting distractor, yet the Minister's address took place at Jodhpur. Option D, Hindan, near Delhi, is one of the busiest transport bases of the Indian Air Force and hosts many ceremonial events, but not this one. Candidates should also fix the exercise window in memory, 26 September to 12 October 2026, and the fact that this was the second edition, the first having been conducted in 2024.

The correct answer is seven. The air forces that brought aircraft to the exercise were those of Australia, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America — seven friendly foreign countries in all. Separately, a much larger group of countries attended only to watch the flying, and that group numbered thirty-two observer nations, so a candidate must be careful not to mix the two figures. Option A, five, is too few and matches none of the groupings at the exercise. Option C, twelve, is wrong; no set of twelve participants is recorded, and the number is probably confused with the closing date of the exercise. Option D, eighteen, is wrong as well and corresponds to nothing in the exercise. For the examination the safest way to hold the fact is as a pair: seven air forces flying, thirty-two nations observing.