Which award category has been introduced for the first time in National Startup Awards 6.0?
- A.Women-Led Startup of the Year
- B.North-East Startup Excellence
- C.Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award
- D.Rural Startup of the Year
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award. It has been added in this edition to build a habit of innovation among school and college students, and it is open to students across all 36 States and Union Territories, with a total prize pool of Rs 25 lakh spread over four sub-categories. Options A and B are genuine special categories of these awards, but neither is new, since both continued from earlier editions and together with the student award make up the three special categories of this round. Option D is not a special category at all, although rural ventures can compete under the sectoral category covering Rural Economy, Traditional Industries and Livelihoods, which is itself one of the twelve sectors added this year. Applications for all categories are open from 27 October to 20 November 2026.
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Practice Questions
Which department has launched the 6th edition of the National Startup Awards?
- A.NITI Aayog
- B.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- C.Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- D.Department of Science and Technology
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The awards sit under that initiative and were first held in 2019, since when they have grown into its flagship recognition for young ventures.
Read the full explanation →How many sectoral and special categories does National Startup Awards 6.0 carry?
- A.12 sectoral and 4 special
- B.15 sectoral and 3 special
- C.20 sectoral and 3 special
- D.24 sectoral and 2 special
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The twenty sectoral categories span fields from agriculture and food systems to deep technology, clean energy, financial services, healthcare, logistics and tourism, while the three special categories are Women-Led Startups, startups from the North-Eastern Region, and the newly added Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award.
Read the full explanation →Along with the Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog, which body collaborated with the Department of School Education and Literacy for the Viksit Bharat Buildathon?
- A.University Grants Commission
- B.All-India Council for Technical Education
- C.National Council of Educational Research and Training
- D.Central Board of Secondary Education
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The Buildathon was organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy in collaboration with the Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and AICTE, whose chairman Prof. T. G. Sitharam is among those attending the felicitation ceremony.
Read the full explanation →Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 has entered the Guinness World Records in which category?
- A.Largest science exhibition
- B.Largest Innovation Solution Competition
- C.Largest coding lesson
- D.Largest robotics fair
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The Ministry of Education announced that the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 had been certified by Guinness World Records under exactly this category, on the strength of 2,87,967 project entries sent in by school pupils from across the country through the Idea Track and the Prototype Track.
Read the full explanation →How many project submissions were recorded in the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025?
- A.1,87,967
- B.2,87,967
- C.3,87,967
- D.87,967
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This is the count of project submissions the Buildathon received from schools across India, taking the Idea Track and the Prototype Track together, and it is the figure on which the Guinness World Records certification as the Largest Innovation Solution Competition rests.
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