Which two Indian Navy ships are participating in AIME-2026?

The correct answer is Subic Bay, Philippines. The second edition of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise began at Subic Bay on 28 September 2026, and the opening ceremony there was graced by Harsh Kumar Jain, India's Ambassador to the Philippines, as Guest of Honour. Option A, Port Blair, is wrong: the drill was hosted abroad rather than at an Indian port, and no part of this edition was held in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Option C, Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, is wrong because Vietnam is not the host of this edition even though it is an ASEAN member state whose forces may join such exercises. Option D, Changi in Singapore, is also wrong for the same reason; Singapore is an ASEAN member but the venue named for AIME-2026 is Subic Bay. Candidates should tie the exercise name to the host port and country together, since both are asked.

The correct answer is Anchored in Trust, United at Sea. This is the theme under which the second ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise is being conducted, and it frames the stated aim of the drill, which is to build mutual understanding, cooperation and interoperability between the Indian Navy and ASEAN maritime forces. Options B, C and D are invented slogans of the kind that appear in exercise questions as distractors; none of them is the theme named for this edition. The safest way to hold such a theme in memory is to link it to the exercise and its host, so that the phrase Anchored in Trust, United at Sea is recalled together with AIME-2026 and Subic Bay. Themes of exercises and summits are asked far more often than the drills themselves, so they repay exact learning.

The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. The Ministry of Defence stated that AIME-2026 is being conducted in furtherance of India's Act East Policy and of the MAHASAGAR vision, and gave this expansion of the acronym. Options A, C and D are plausible sounding but invented expansions built from the same maritime vocabulary, which is exactly how such distractors are framed in examinations. Acronym questions are common in the defence and international sections, and MAHASAGAR is a relatively new one, so it is likely to be repeated across cycles. Note also the twin framing in the announcement: the exercise serves both the Act East Policy and MAHASAGAR, and a question may ask for either of the two.

The correct answer is Honouring the Past, Healing the Present and Inspiring the Future. The centenary events were conducted in keeping with this theme and reaffirmed the service's values of compassion, professional excellence and service to the nation. Options A, B and D are invented slogans built from similar language, and in theme questions the distractors are always constructed this way because the phrasing sounds plausible. A useful habit is to learn a theme in its exact wording rather than in paraphrase, since options often differ from the correct answer only in one word or in the order of the clauses. Note also that the Military Nursing Service supports the Armed Forces Medical Services in war, natural calamity and peacetime.

The correct answer is Steel and Grace, which is the memoir released at the ceremony. Option A is the centenary commemorative book, whose full title runs Healing Hands and Brave Hearts: MNS@100, so it is a genuine release but not the memoir, and this is the trap the question is built around. Option C is the name of the commemorative video screened at the same function, again a real item from the ceremony but of a different kind. Option D is drawn from the opening words of the centenary theme rather than from any title released. Questions on such ceremonies routinely ask candidates to match each title to its form, so learn the book, the memoir and the video separately along with the commemorative coin.