What does CEPI stand for?

The correct answer is USD 195.3 billion. India's bioeconomy reached that size in 2025 and recorded eighteen per cent growth over the previous year. The country's biotech startup ecosystem expanded to 11,855 startups, of which 1,780 were added in that single year, and the biopharma sector accounts for nearly thirty per cent of the bioeconomy. The Minister used these figures to argue that India's capabilities can no longer be seen only through the prism of vaccine manufacturing, since the country has moved into advanced vaccine technologies and complex biological products. Options A, B and D give sizes that do not appear in the release. In examinations a figure like this is usually paired with its year and its growth rate, so remember the three together rather than the amount alone.

The correct answer is GEMCOVAC-19. The India-centric CEPI mission, Ind-CEPI, is implemented by BRIC-THSTI and BIRAC, and this vaccine was among its important outcomes. It received Emergency Use Authorisation. Other results of the mission include an inactivated chikungunya vaccine candidate now in Phase II and Phase III trials, and candidates against monkeypox and pan-sarbecoviruses built on Multivalent Self-assembled Nanocage technology, which are at an advanced pre-clinical stage. The partnership also created shared infrastructure: the BRIC-THSTI Bioassay Laboratory is one of CEPI's 17 centralised network laboratories and has supported eight vaccine candidates. Options B, C and D are invented names that do not appear in the release. Candidates should keep the vaccine name, the platform used and the mission that produced it together in memory.

The correct answer is the Prime Minister of India. The release was issued by the Prime Minister's Office and records that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the launch as yet another outstanding achievement by ISRO and a proud moment for the nation. He shared his remarks in a post on X. He said the successful launch reflects the excellence, innovation and growing capabilities that define India's space sector, and he added that the deepening partnership between ISRO and Indian industry is adding new strength and scale to the space programme while expanding the country's capabilities across the entire space ecosystem. Option A, the President, and option B, the Vice-President, are the holders of the two offices students most often substitute for the Prime Minister in such questions, but neither is the source of these remarks. Option D, the Minister of Education, has no connection with a space launch and is easy to eliminate. Note also who the remarks were addressed to: ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation.

The correct answer is GSLV-F17. The release records that ISRO carried out the successful launch of GSLV-F17 carrying EOS-05, and that the Prime Minister praised the space agency for the achievement. GSLV is short for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, and the suffix F17 identifies this particular flight of that rocket family. Option A names the PSLV, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which is a different rocket family and is not the vehicle mentioned in this release. Option C names LVM3, the heavy-lift vehicle, which also does not appear here. Option D names the SSLV, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, again a different family with no role in this launch. Students often confuse the rocket with the satellite, so the safest way to remember this item is as a pair: the rocket was GSLV-F17 and the satellite it carried was EOS-05. The Prime Minister called the flight a proud moment for the nation and said it reflects the excellence, innovation and growing capabilities of India's space sector.

The correct answer is Geosynchronous orbit. The distinction claimed for EOS-05 in this release is precisely this: it is India's first-ever imaging satellite from Geosynchronous orbit. That is the single fact that turns an otherwise routine launch into an examinable milestone, and it is the phrase the Prime Minister himself used. A spacecraft in this orbit keeps pace with the rotation of the Earth, so it remains over broadly the same region rather than passing over it and moving on. Option A, low Earth orbit, is where a great many satellites operate, but the release does not place EOS-05 there and a low orbit would not support the claim of a first. Option B, Sun-synchronous orbit, and option D, polar orbit, are the orbits associated with earlier remote sensing spacecraft, which is exactly why they make tempting distractors. Neither is named in this release. Remember the wording of the first: imaging satellite, Geosynchronous orbit.