The Technology Development Board has extended Rs 86 crore of RDI Fund support to which company for the VIGOR programme?

The correct answer is Rs 172 crore. The project titled VIGOR: Advancing AI-Discovered Molecules from Bench to Clinic has been costed at that figure in full, and the Technology Development Board is carrying Rs 86 crore of it from the Research Development and Innovation Fund, which works out to exactly half the outlay. A candidate who remembers only the board's share will be tempted by a smaller total, which is why options A and B are offered: neither Rs 108 crore nor Rs 145 crore matches the cost stated for the project, and neither is double the board's contribution. Option D, Rs 250 crore, overstates the project and would leave the board's share well under half. The arithmetic relationship is worth fixing in memory, since examiners often ask for the sponsor's share and the project cost in the same question. The support reaches the company as Optionally Convertible Debt, and the work is spread over three years.

The correct answer is TRL-4 to TRL-6. Every one of the four molecules, PEPR111 for neuromuscular disorders and oncology, PEPRX101 for alopecia, PEPR202 for neuropathy and PEPR112 for DMD, stands at Technology Readiness Level four today, and the stated purpose of the money is to carry each of them up to Technology Readiness Level six. That stretch covers advanced preclinical work, the studies that enable an investigational new drug filing, formulation development and the preparation needed before a trial on human volunteers can begin. Option A, the first three levels, describes work already completed before this agreement was reached. Option C begins where the project ends, so it would describe a later phase of clinical development rather than this one. Option D stretches the span far wider than the agreement provides and would take the molecules through to a marketed product. The climb is planned over three years with global contract research organisation networks assisting on validation.

The correct answer is about 120. Around 120 participants from India and other countries joined the workshop, and the gathering deliberately mixed early career researchers with senior scientists, subject experts, journal editors and professionals from a range of scientific and institutional backgrounds. That mix was the point of the exercise: the sessions were built to let newcomers question established scientists directly and to let peers compare notes on funding, mobility, access to data and computing resources, and routes into scientific leadership. Option A, about 60, understates the turnout. Options C and D, about 250 and about 500, are far larger than the workshop's actual size, which was that of a focused one-day meeting in a single hall rather than a mass conference. Only the figure of roughly 120 matches the event.

The correct answer is 'Creative Minds, Catalyzing Science, Empowering Technologies'. This is the stated vision guiding the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave in its 2026 edition. The conclave is described as India's premier platform for science, technology and innovation, bringing together ministries, policymakers, senior scientists, academic institutions, industry leaders and deep-tech start-ups, and it is linked to the national ambition of a developed India by 2047. Options B, C and D are plausible sounding slogans but none of them is the vision line attached to this conclave. Candidates should note the exact wording, because examiners often set questions on the theme or vision statement of a major national event, and the distractors are usually built from other government campaign slogans that sound similar in tone.

The correct answer is Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar, Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. He gave the pivotal address, setting out the conclave's vision and strategic objectives and arguing that the convergence of science, technology and policy is central to India's future development and to building a strong research ecosystem. Option A, Dr. Suryachandra A. Rao, is the Director of IITM and delivered the welcome address rather than the main one. Option C, Dr. Maria Molina of the University of Maryland, gave the keynote presentation on artificial intelligence and machine learning in the earth sciences, which was a separate session. Option D, Dr. Suvarna Fadnavis, who is Project Director of the CCCR at IITM and a member of the Scientific Organizing Committee, proposed the vote of thanks. Hence only the Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences fits the description.