Where was the maiden edition of Bharat Innovates held in June 2026?
- A.Nice, France
- B.Geneva, Switzerland
- C.Bhubaneswar, India
- D.Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Explanation
The correct answer is Nice in France. The release records that the first Bharat Innovates was held there from the fourteenth to the sixteenth of June 2026, under the India-France Year of Innovation, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated it together. That edition showed the country's top deep-tech ventures across thirteen thematic areas along with fifteen institutes, drew participants from twenty-nine countries and ended with funding commitments for Indian ventures. Option C is wrong, although the city does appear in the release for a different reason: it hosted the BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting and the senior officials' meeting on education in August 2026. Options B and D are wrong because neither Switzerland nor the United Arab Emirates figures anywhere in the account of the programme. The France link is worth remembering together with the India-France Year of Innovation.
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Practice Questions
How many Indian deep-tech start-ups are being shown at the BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition?
- A.13
- B.15
- C.37
- D.120
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The Ministry of Education says the exposition at Bharat Mandapam is showing that many Indian deep-tech start-ups and ventures, and that they were drawn from the larger group which had taken part in the first Bharat Innovates at Nice.
Read the full explanation →On which dates is the 18th BRICS Summit being held, as stated in the release on the exposition?
- A.11 and 12 September 2026
- B.12 and 13 September 2026
- C.14 and 15 September 2026
- D.7 and 8 August 2026
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The Ministry of Education says the exposition is being held as a lead-up to, and alongside, the summit that falls on those two days under India's BRICS Chairship.
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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