Who delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address at the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 in New Delhi?
- A.The Chief of Defence Staff
- B.The Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth
- C.The Director General Mechanised Forces
- D.The Defence Minister
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth. He delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address at the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026, held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, and spoke on a vision for future warfighting in the Indian subcontinent. His address formed the centrepiece of the inaugural session of the two-day event. Option C is wrong because the Director General Mechanised Forces, Lt Gen Prit Pal Singh, delivered the separate keynote address on contemporary mechanised warfare in the Indian context, not the memorial address. Option A, the Chief of Defence Staff, and option D, the Defence Minister, had no such role at this symposium. The welcome address was given by Lt Gen Ashok Mehta (Retd), President of the Cavalry Officers’ Association, which organises the symposium along with the Directorate General of Mechanised Forces.
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Practice Questions
Which book was unveiled at the inaugural session of the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026?
- A.Armour 2040: Steel, Silicon & The Future Battlespace
- B.Cavalry at the Crossroads
- C.Steel Fist: The Indian Armoured Corps
- D.Battlespace 2047
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The book was unveiled during the inaugural session of the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, the same session in which the Chief of the Army Staff delivered the Cavalry Memorial Address.
Read the full explanation →Where was the Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 held?
- A.Army War College, Mhow
- B.Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
- C.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- D.Armoured Corps Centre, Ahmednagar
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The two-day Mechanised Forces Symposium 2026 was held there, with the Chief of the Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth, delivering the Cavalry Memorial Address in the inaugural session on 11 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →On board which ship was the opening ceremony of IMNEX-26 held?
- A.INS Sumedha
- B.UMS King Sin Phyu Shin
- C.INS Rana
- D.INS Surat
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The opening ceremony of the exercise was held on board INS Rana on 10 November 2026, marking the formal start of the bilateral engagement.
Read the full explanation →Where is the 8th edition of IMNEX being conducted?
- A.Kochi
- B.Port Blair
- C.Visakhapatnam
- D.Mumbai
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The eighth edition of the India-Myanmar Naval Exercise is being held at Visakhapatnam from 10 to 14 November 2026, and the Myanmar Navy ship UMS King Sin Phyu Shin arrived at that port on 10 November 2026 for it.
Read the full explanation →IMNEX-26 is a naval exercise between India and which country?
- A.Maldives
- B.Myanmar
- C.Malaysia
- D.Mozambique
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IMNEX stands for the India-Myanmar Naval Exercise, and the edition now in progress is the eighth. It is being conducted at Visakhapatnam from 10 to 14 November 2026.
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