Who co-chaired the meeting from the Indian side?
- A.The Defence Secretary
- B.The Chief of the Naval Staff
- C.Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation)
- D.The Foreign Secretary
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Explanation
The correct answer is Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) in the Ministry of Defence. He co-chaired the second Joint Working Group meeting along with Mason Smith, the Permanent Secretary for Defence and Veterans Affairs of Fiji. Option A is a tempting choice because Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh did meet the Fijian official, but that was a separate call on the sidelines and not the chairing of the group. Option B is wrong because the Chief of the Naval Staff was not named in this engagement, even though maritime cooperation was on the agenda. Option D is wrong because the Foreign Secretary had no part in this defence meeting. The distinction between chairing a working group and receiving a visitor on the sidelines is exactly the kind of detail a careful question will test.
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Practice Questions
The second India-Fiji Bilateral Joint Working Group meeting on defence was held in which city?
- A.Suva
- B.New Delhi
- C.Kochi
- D.Port Blair
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The second meeting of the bilateral Joint Working Group between India and Fiji was held in the Indian capital on 28 September 2026, where the two sides went through military training and capacity building, service-to-service engagement, maritime security, cyber training and collaboration in the defence industry.
Read the full explanation →Which naval command will the visiting Fijian delegation inspect during its trip to Kochi?
- A.Western Naval Command
- B.Eastern Naval Command
- C.Southern Naval Command
- D.Andaman and Nicobar Command
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As part of the effort to widen specialised military training cooperation, the delegation from Fiji is scheduled to be in Kochi on 29 and 30 September 2026 and will inspect facilities there, with the aim of formalising advanced naval training cooperation and professional aviation training modules.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT one of the Pillar II thematic clusters of Horizon Europe named as matching India's research priorities?
- A.Health
- B.Climate, energy and mobility
- C.Defence procurement and arms exports
- D.Food and the bioeconomy
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The clusters listed under Pillar II of Horizon Europe in the announcement are health; digital technologies, industry and space; climate, energy and mobility; and food and the bioeconomy.
Read the full explanation →The exploration of India's association with Horizon Europe was launched after a summit held on which date?
- A.27 January 2026
- B.15 July 2026
- C.7 November 2026
- D.15 August 2025
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According to the announcement, an exploration of the possible association was launched after the India-EU Summit held on that date, which the Ministry of Science and Technology calls historic.
Read the full explanation →India concluded association negotiations with the European Union for which programme?
- A.Erasmus Plus
- B.Horizon Europe
- C.Copernicus
- D.Galileo
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The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that India and the European Union had successfully completed negotiations for India's association with Horizon Europe, which the release describes as the EU's flagship research and innovation programme.
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