How many Doppler Weather Radars did India have in 2014, according to the Minister for Earth Sciences?

The correct answer is Sambalpur, Odisha. The Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences inaugurated the radar virtually in the presence of the Chief Minister of Odisha, and its main job is to strengthen weather watch over Western Odisha along with adjoining parts of southern Jharkhand, northern Chhattisgarh, north Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Options A and C are wrong because Paradip and Gopalpur already had radars before this one; with Sambalpur the state now counts three. Option D is wrong because Balasore is only in the pipeline, along with Puri and Bhubaneswar, and no radar was commissioned there on this day. Candidates should remember the pattern of such questions, which mix places that already have a facility with places that are only planned.

The correct answer is Mission Mausam. The Minister said around forty more radars are planned under this mission, which would raise the national total to roughly eighty-one. Options B, C and D are invented names placed here because they sound plausible in the same policy area; no such missions were named in connection with the radar network. The wider point of the announcement is that preparedness does not rest on radars alone. Automatic Weather Stations and rain gauges are being installed across Odisha down to district and school level, and radio sonde stations and microwave radiometers are being deployed, so that a multi-layered observation network can support localised forecasts useful to farming, disaster management and the power sector. The mission is run by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

The correct answer is Mohali and Surat. The Prime Minister virtually opened commercial lines at CDIL Semiconductor in Mohali, which makes discrete devices, and at Suchi Semicon in Surat, which handles packaging. With these two, India now has five working commercial ATMP units, the other three being Micron, Kaynes and CG Semi, out of twelve units cleared under the first phase of the mission. Option A is wrong because Sanand is where commercial DRAM and NAND output is already live and Dholera is the site of a fab still under construction, so neither was launched on this day. Option C is wrong because Jagiroad is an OSAT facility whose construction was reported as on track, not a line launched here. Option D names cities with no unit announced at this event.

The correct answer is 13.5 billion dollars. The Prime Minister said the second phase of the Semiconductor Mission has been set at this size while addressing the opening session. Option A is wrong because that figure belongs to the first phase of the mission, not the second, and a paper setter will often swap the two to test whether the candidate read carefully. Option B is wrong because no such figure was announced for either phase. Option D is wrong for the same reason; it is simply a plausible looking distractor. Along with the size, remember that the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology reported investment pledges of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore under the new phase and expects close to 1 lakh fresh jobs across the ecosystem, with a target of 200 semiconductor design start-ups.

The correct answer is Yashobhoomi, New Delhi. The fifth edition of SEMICON India was hosted at Yashobhoomi and the Prime Minister opened it on 17 September 2026. The show runs till 19 September 2026 and carries more than 600 exhibitors, of whom about 300 came from abroad, along with six country pavilions and twelve state pavilions. Option A is wrong because Bharat Mandapam, though a well known convention centre in the capital, was not the venue named for this edition. Option C is wrong because Vigyan Bhawan hosts government conferences and was not used for an exhibition of this scale. Option D is wrong because Mahatma Mandir is in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and the release places the event in New Delhi. Aspirants should link the event, the edition and the venue together, since questions usually pair the name of the summit with the hall that hosted it.