TRISHNA, in the news recently, is the third joint satellite of India with which country?
- A.Japan
- B.France
- C.Germany
- D.Israel
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Explanation
The correct answer is France. TRISHNA is described as the third joint satellite of India and France, and its realisation is progressing well. The two earlier joint satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and the French space agency CNES are Megha-Tropiques and SARAL. Japan is wrong because the satellite discussed here belongs to the Indian-French track, not to any Indo-Japanese mission; the French minister himself called TRISHNA a strong example of what the two countries can achieve together. Germany is wrong for the same reason: the delegation that met Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi was French, led by Prof. Philippe Baptiste, and the cooperation named in the talks runs between the Indian and French agencies. Israel is wrong because no Israeli agency figures in this partnership; the discussion covered space, CEFIPRA and the Blue Economy, all of them Indo-French channels of cooperation.
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Practice Questions
Which of the following satellites was built jointly by ISRO and the French space agency CNES?
- A.Megha-Tropiques
- B.Oceansat-3
- C.RISAT-2B
- D.EMISAT
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It is named, along with SARAL, as a satellite jointly built by ISRO and CNES, and both were cited as milestones of a partnership that goes back to sounding rocket experiments of the 1960s. Oceansat-3 is wrong because it is an Indian ocean observation satellite of the Oceansat series and…
Read the full explanation →According to the minister, how many space start-ups are now working in India?
- A.More than 100
- B.More than 250
- C.More than 400
- D.More than 800
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Dr Jitendra Singh said that reforms in the space sector and the growth of the private ecosystem have brought more than 400 Indian space start-ups into areas such as rocket building, satellite building and space applications.
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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