How much grant-in-aid did the MHI Industry Accelerator Programme provide for ten technologies?
- A.Rs 12.50 crore
- B.Rs 35.72 crore
- C.Rs 120 crore
- D.Rs 500 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 35.72 crore. The Accelerator Programme gave this amount as grant-in-aid for ten technologies, with the stated objective of moving them from Technology Readiness Level 3 to Level 9, that is, from an early laboratory stage to a product ready for the market. Options A, C and D are not the figure attached to the Accelerator. The larger number to keep separate in your mind is the outlay of the parent scheme, the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector Phase II, which stands at a far higher level and supports common technology development and services infrastructure across many projects. Examination questions often pair these two figures as distractors, so link the smaller one to the Accelerator and the larger one to the capital goods scheme.
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Practice Questions
The MHI Industry Accelerator aimed to take supported technologies between which Technology Readiness Levels?
- A.TRL-1 to TRL-5
- B.TRL-2 to TRL-6
- C.TRL-3 to TRL-9
- D.TRL-5 to TRL-7
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The objective of the grant-in-aid was to support the progression of ten technologies from Technology Readiness Level 3, an early stage where a concept has been proved in the laboratory, to Level 9, where a technology is proven in its operating environment and can be sold.
Read the full explanation →Which research body was named as a bridge between technology development, validation and industry adoption?
- A.ARAI
- B.CSIR
- C.DRDO
- D.ICAR
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Speaking at the event, H. D. Kumaraswamy underlined the role of institutions such as ARAI in bridging the gap between developing a technology, validating it and getting industry to adopt it, a role that fits naturally with the mobility focus of the supported technologies.
Read the full explanation →As on 15 October 2026, in how many tribal languages did Adi Vaani offer text translation?
- A.Four
- B.Nine
- C.Thirteen
- D.Twenty-one
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Adi Vaani supported text translation in nine tribal languages as on 15 October 2026, the date to which the figures in the background note are drawn.
Read the full explanation →Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, observed on 15 November, marks the birth anniversary of which leader?
- A.Tantya Bhil
- B.Birsa Munda
- C.Sidhu Murmu
- D.Rani Gaidinliu
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The Government of India designated that date as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in 2021, and in 2026 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs ran Janjatiya Gaurav Pakhwada from 1 to 15 November to lead up to it, taking more than 300 projects for tribal communities to the ground, of which 228 were…
Read the full explanation →Which institution led the national consortium that developed Adi Vaani?
- A.IIT Delhi
- B.BITS Pilani
- C.IIIT Hyderabad
- D.Central Institute of Indian Languages
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The correct answer is IIT Delhi, which led the national consortium that built Adi Vaani for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
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