UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ministry of Defence allocated an all-time high of Rs 7.85 lakh crore in Union Budget 2026-27, 15% higher over Budgetary Estimates of FY 2025-26

Q1. In the Union Budget 2026-27, which one of the following ministries received the highest allocation among all ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • B. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Defence
  • D. Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure)

Q2. Defence Pensions, which form about 21.84% of the FY 2026-27 defence budget, are primarily administered by which one of the following bodies within the Ministry of Defence?

  • A. Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
  • B. Department of Military Affairs
  • C. Department of Defence Production
  • D. Department of Defence Research & Development

Q3. In the FY 2026-27 defence budget, the capital head (Rs 2.19 lakh crore) constitutes approximately what proportion of the total Ministry of Defence allocation?

  • A. About 20%
  • B. About 24%
  • C. About 28%
  • D. About 32%

Q4. Within the Capital Acquisition budget of the Ministry of Defence for FY 2026-27, the single largest earmark is reserved for which one of the following?

  • A. Procurement through domestic defence industries
  • B. Capital allocation to DRDO
  • C. Capital allocation to the Border Roads Organisation
  • D. Procurement from foreign original equipment manufacturers

Q5. The Rs 1.39 lakh crore earmarked for procurement from domestic defence industries in FY 2026-27 constitutes what percentage of the Capital Acquisition budget?

  • A. 24%
  • B. 68%
  • C. 75%
  • D. 85%

Q6. The Union Budget 2026-27 defence outlay was officially described as the first defence budget presented in the immediate aftermath of which one of the following operations?

  • A. Operation Meghdoot
  • B. Operation Sindoor
  • C. Operation Vijay
  • D. Operation Parakram

Q7. In this first post-Operation Sindoor budget, by what percentage did the FY 2026-27 defence allocation increase over the Budgetary Estimates of FY 2025-26?

  • A. 9.53%
  • B. 15.19%
  • C. 24%
  • D. 45.49%

Q8. In which one of the following financial years did India's Ministry of Defence allocation first cross the Rs 7 lakh crore mark?

  • A. FY 2023-24
  • B. FY 2024-25 (Regular)
  • C. FY 2025-26
  • D. FY 2026-27

Q9. The FY 2026-27 defence budget provides Rs 7,394 crore of capital for constructing strategic border tunnels, bridges and airfields. Which organisation is responsible for executing these works?

  • A. National Highways Authority of India
  • B. Border Roads Organisation
  • C. Central Public Works Department
  • D. Defence Research & Development Organisation

Q10. Which one of the following correctly describes the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) within the Ministry of Defence?

  • A. It is a department headed by the Chief of Defence Staff functioning as its Secretary, created to promote jointness among the three Services
  • B. It is headed by the Defence Secretary and deals only with the pensionary matters of ex-servicemen
  • C. It is a purely civilian department that exclusively handles defence public sector undertakings and ordnance production
  • D. It is headed collectively and solely by the three Service Chiefs and controls the entire defence budget