ORV Sagar Manthan will gradually replace which older research vessel?
- A.ORV Sagar Nidhi
- B.ORV Sagar Kanya
- C.INS Sandhayak
- D.MV Sagar Sampada
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Explanation
The correct answer is ORV Sagar Kanya. That vessel is 43 years old and was procured from Germany in 1983, and the new ship will take over its work step by step. The point matters because the replacement marks a shift from buying research platforms abroad to building them in India, which the Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences highlighted at the ceremony. Option A, Sagar Nidhi, is a research vessel of the National Institute of Ocean Technology and is not the ship named for replacement here. Option C, INS Sandhayak, is a naval survey vessel, so it belongs to the Navy rather than to the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Option D, Sagar Sampada, is a fishery and oceanographic research vessel and shares the Sagar prefix, which is exactly why it is a tempting distractor. Remember the German origin and the year 1983 with the name Sagar Kanya.
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Practice Questions
Which shipyard designed and built the ocean research vessel ORV Sagar Manthan, launched on 9 September 2026?
- A.Cochin Shipyard Limited
- B.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
- C.Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited
- D.Hindustan Shipyard Limited
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The minister praised the yard for completing the launch within two years of signing the contract.
Read the full explanation →ORV Sagar Manthan was built under which programme, and at what approximate cost?
- A.Deep Ocean Mission, about Rs 840 crore
- B.Mission Samudrayaan, about Rs 640 crore
- C.Blue Revolution, about Rs 940 crore
- D.O-SMART Scheme, about Rs 740 crore
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More precisely, the ship was built under Vertical-4 of that mission, which deals with deep ocean survey and exploration, and it is an all-weather multidisciplinary platform engineered even for the Southern Ocean, with a projected service life of 30 years.
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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