According to the minister, how many space start-ups are now working in India?
- A.More than 100
- B.More than 250
- C.More than 400
- D.More than 800
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Explanation
The correct answer is more than 400. Dr Jitendra Singh said that reforms in the space sector and the growth of the private ecosystem have brought more than 400 Indian space start-ups into areas such as rocket building, satellite building and space applications. He argued that the next phase of Indo-French cooperation should therefore bring together government institutions, industries and start-ups on both sides, creating a larger ecosystem and a wider resource pool rather than limiting the partnership to the two space agencies. The options giving a hundred, two hundred and fifty and eight hundred are all wrong because the minister gave only the one figure, and it was cited as evidence of how far the private space ecosystem has already grown after the reforms.
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Practice Questions
TRISHNA, in the news recently, is the third joint satellite of India with which country?
- A.Japan
- B.France
- C.Germany
- D.Israel
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TRISHNA is described as the third joint satellite of India and France, and its realisation is progressing well. The two earlier joint satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and the French space agency CNES are Megha-Tropiques and SARAL.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following satellites was built jointly by ISRO and the French space agency CNES?
- A.Megha-Tropiques
- B.Oceansat-3
- C.RISAT-2B
- D.EMISAT
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It is named, along with SARAL, as a satellite jointly built by ISRO and CNES, and both were cited as milestones of a partnership that goes back to sounding rocket experiments of the 1960s. Oceansat-3 is wrong because it is an Indian ocean observation satellite of the Oceansat series and…
Read the full explanation →How many biotechnology institutions does BRIC bring into its national network?
- A.9 institutions in 7 cities
- B.11 institutions in 13 cities
- C.13 institutions in 11 cities
- D.18 institutions in 15 cities
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Read the full explanation →How much grant did the Wellcome Trust announce for the iBRIC+ PhD immersion programme?
- A.Up to Rs 11.5 crore
- B.Up to Rs 21.7 crore
- C.Up to Rs 45 crore
- D.Up to Rs 100 crore
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Read the full explanation →According to the minister, India’s bioeconomy has grown to more than what size?
- A.USD 70 billion
- B.USD 120 billion
- C.USD 195 billion
- D.USD 300 billion
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