The emblem of the Make in India initiative is a striding lion made of
- A.waves
- B.cogwheels
- C.flames
- D.leaves
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, cogwheels. The logo of Make in India is a lion in mid-stride, drawn out of cogwheels or gears, the gears standing for manufacturing and industry and the lion for courage and strength; it is derived from the Ashoka emblem in spirit and was unveiled with the programme in September 2014. Option A, waves, is wrong because water motifs belong to other campaigns, such as those on rivers and sanitation. Option C, flames, is wrong because no flame appears in the logo, although lamps are used in the emblems of several education programmes. Option D, leaves, is wrong because leaf motifs are used in environmental and agricultural campaigns. A question of this kind looks trivial but appears regularly in objective papers, along with the four pillars and the launch date of the programme.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Make in India initiative was launched in which year?
- A.2012
- B.2014
- C.2016
- D.2019
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Make in India was launched on 25 September 2014 as a national programme to make India a global hub of design and manufacturing, and it is implemented by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Read the full explanation →Make in India and Startup India are both implemented by which department?
- A.Department of Economic Affairs
- B.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- C.Department of Revenue
- D.Department of Financial Services
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The correct answer is B, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, known as DPIIT, which works under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and is the nodal department for both programmes; it also recognises startups and maintains the national single window system.
Read the full explanation →Under the Make in India programme, the share of manufacturing in India's gross domestic product was targeted to be raised to
- A.15 per cent
- B.20 per cent
- C.25 per cent
- D.35 per cent
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The target declared for Make in India was to raise the share of manufacturing in gross domestic product to twenty-five per cent along with the creation of a large number of jobs; the deadline, first set for 2022, was later extended.
Read the full explanation →The Startup India Action Plan was launched on 16 January 2016. That date is now observed every year as
- A.National Entrepreneurship Day
- B.National Startup Day
- C.National MSME Day
- D.National Industry Day
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The government declared that 16 January, the day on which the Startup India Action Plan was released in 2016, would be celebrated as National Startup Day, and the National Startup Awards are associated with the same programme.
Read the full explanation →According to the definition used for recognition under Startup India, an entity may be treated as a startup for a period of up to
- A.Five years from incorporation
- B.Seven years from incorporation
- C.Ten years from incorporation
- D.Fifteen years from incorporation
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Under the definition notified for recognition by DPIIT, an entity qualifies as a startup for up to ten years from the date of its incorporation or registration, provided its turnover has not exceeded one hundred crore rupees in any financial year, it works towards innovation, development or improvement of products…
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