Under which DRDO scheme was the first high-value deep tech project agreement with a start-up signed for a 20 mK dilution refrigerator?
- A.Technology Development Fund
- B.Innovations for Defence Excellence
- C.Make-II Procedure
- D.Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Technology Development Fund. DRDO signed the agreement for an indigenous 20 mK dilution refrigerator with the start-up Zero mK India Private Limited under the TDF scheme, and it is the first high-value deep tech project agreement the scheme has supported. The funding flows from the Rs 500 crore corpus that Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had cleared for deep tech and cutting-edge projects. Option B is wrong because the Innovations for Defence Excellence framework is a separate route that backs innovators through challenges and prototype grants, and it was not named in this signing. Option C is wrong because the Make-II procedure is a capital procurement category meant for industry-funded prototype development, not the vehicle used here. Option D is wrong because the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme pays for shared test facilities rather than for a cryogenic product development agreement with a start-up.
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Practice Questions
Zero mK India Private Limited, the start-up that will develop the dilution refrigerator with DRDO, is based in which state?
- A.Gujarat
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Telangana
- D.Kerala
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The release places Zero mK India Private Limited at Alwar in Rajasthan, and the agreement itself was signed in New Delhi between the Director of the Technology Development Fund and the start-up.
Read the full explanation →The indigenous development of the 20 mK dilution refrigerator is aligned with which national mission?
- A.National Supercomputing Mission
- B.National Quantum Mission
- C.National Green Hydrogen Mission
- D.Deep Ocean Mission
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A dilution refrigerator of the 20 mK class produces the ultra-cold millikelvin environment in which quantum computing platforms and related quantum technologies are operated and tested, so building one in India directly serves the quantum mission and strengthens capability in quantum technology, advanced cryogenics and strategic technologies.
Read the full explanation →Which expression did Rajnath Singh use for the North-Eastern region while addressing soldiers at Sukna?
- A.The last edge of India
- B.The first edge of India
- C.The eastern gateway
- D.The seven sisters belt
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Speaking to soldiers at the Barakhana held on the eve of Diwali, the Raksha Mantri described the North-Eastern region as the first edge of the country rather than its last edge, explaining that the region marks the beginning of the national geographical and cultural landscape because it receives the first…
Read the full explanation →Along which boundary was the Defence Minister briefed on infrastructure development during the Sukna visit?
- A.Line of Control
- B.Radcliffe Line
- C.Line of Actual Control
- D.Durand Line
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At Sukna the Raksha Mantri was briefed on infrastructure development along the Line of Actual Control, usually shortened to LAC, and on the deployment of advanced military equipment and emerging technologies meant to improve operational capability and combat effectiveness.
Read the full explanation →The Trishakti Corps, whose preparedness was reviewed on 7 November 2026, is headquartered at which place?
- A.Tezpur, Assam
- B.Sukna, West Bengal
- C.Bagdogra, West Bengal
- D.Dimapur, Nagaland
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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh reviewed the operational preparedness of the Trishakti Corps at Sukna, where he was briefed on infrastructure development along the Line of Actual Control and on the deployment of advanced military equipment and emerging technologies.
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