How many Doppler Weather Radars did India have in 2014, according to the Minister for Earth Sciences?
- A.8
- B.14
- C.24
- D.40
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Explanation
The correct answer is 14. The Minister contrasted the position a decade ago with the present network, which has now reached 51 radars with the commissioning of the Sambalpur facility. Option A is wrong because no such figure was cited for that year. Option C is wrong for the same reason and simply sits between the old and new numbers to tempt a hurried guess. Option D is a trap of a different kind: that is the number of additional radars planned under Mission Mausam, which would take the national total to about 81, not the count for the base year. Learn the three numbers as a set, because questions on this topic usually ask for one while offering the other two as distractors.
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Practice Questions
India's 51st Doppler Weather Radar, inaugurated on 17 September 2026, is located at which place?
- A.Paradip, Odisha
- B.Sambalpur, Odisha
- C.Gopalpur, Odisha
- D.Balasore, Odisha
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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.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission is India planning to add around 40 more Doppler Weather Radars?
- A.Mission Mausam
- B.Mission Samudra
- C.Mission Varsha
- D.Mission Akash
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The Minister said around forty more radars are planned under this mission, which would raise the national total to roughly eighty-one.
Read the full explanation →As of 6 November 2026, how many equipment items were listed on the I-STEM portal?
- A.4,044
- B.18,250
- C.31,540
- D.45,000
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As of 6 November 2026, the day its API integration with the Startup India Portal was launched, I-STEM listed 31,540 equipment items across 4,044 registered institutions, giving researchers and innovators a large national pool of scientific resources.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the launch of the API integration between the Startup India and I-STEM portals on 6 November 2026?
- A.Dr. Parvinder Maini
- B.Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
- C.Ateesh Kumar Singh
- D.Dr. Vishal Choudhary
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He described the integration as an institutional convergence that can lower R&D costs, avoid duplication of capital-intensive facilities and raise the use of publicly funded infrastructure.
Read the full explanation →What does the acronym I-STEM, whose portal was integrated with the Startup India Portal in November 2026, stand for?
- A.Indian Scheme for Technology and Engineering Mentorship
- B.Indian Science, Technology and Engineering Facilities Map
- C.Integrated Startup Technology Enablement Mission
- D.Indian Society for Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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I-STEM is the portal that maps scientific equipment and research facilities across academic and research institutions so that they can be shared.
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