Which Indian department signed the Letter of Intent with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics?
- A.Department of Atomic Energy
- B.Department of Space
- C.Department of Science and Technology
- D.Department of Higher Education
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Department of Science and Technology. The Letter of Intent that gives shape to the India-ICTP Co-operation Fund was signed between this department and the centre, and from the Indian side it was exchanged by Dr Praveenkumar Somasundaram, who heads International Cooperation in the department. Option A, the Department of Atomic Energy, is wrong; although the centre works in physics, the atomic energy department was not party to this document. Option B, the Department of Space, is incorrect because the fields named in connection with the partnership are high-energy physics, astrophysics, climate modelling and computational science, worked on through the science and technology department rather than the space department. Option D, the Department of Higher Education, is also wrong, even though academic exchange and student opportunities form part of the engagement. The department is listed among Indian partners of the centre along with CSIR, leading universities and the Indian Institutes of Technology.
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Practice Questions
The India-ICTP Co-operation Fund has been initiated with a centre located in which country?
- A.Germany
- B.Italy
- C.Switzerland
- D.France
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The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, with which India has begun the India-ICTP Co-operation Fund, is based at Trieste in Italy, and the Letter of Intent between the Department of Science and Technology and the centre was signed there.
Read the full explanation →What is the main stated purpose of the India-ICTP Co-operation Fund?
- A.Building a new particle accelerator in India
- B.Institutionalising scientific collaboration and researcher mobility
- C.Setting up an ICTP campus in New Delhi
- D.Funding school science laboratories
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The fund is meant to give a settled structure to an engagement that has run for years without one, widening the opportunities open to Indian scientists, researchers and students at the centre and strengthening the movement of researchers between the two sides.
Read the full explanation →Which company's launch vehicle Vikram-I reached orbit on its first flight under Mission Aagaman?
- A.Agnikul Cosmos
- B.Skyroot Aerospace
- C.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- D.NewSpace India Limited
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Its small satellite launch vehicle Vikram-I reached orbit on its first flight on 18 July 2026 in a mission named Aagaman, the first time an Indian private company carried out an orbital launch of a rocket from Indian soil.
Read the full explanation →Under the liberalised policy, foreign direct investment through the automatic route in satellite manufacturing and operation is permitted up to what limit?
- A.26 percent
- B.49 percent
- C.74 percent
- D.100 percent
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The Union Cabinet approved the amended foreign investment rules for the space sector on 21 February 2024 and they took effect on 16 April 2024.
Read the full explanation →On which date did the Union Cabinet approve the reforms opening India's space sector to Non-Government Entities?
- A.24 June 2020
- B.21 February 2019
- C.3 May 2021
- D.10 September 2022
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On that date the Union Cabinet approved reforms that let Non-Government Entities work across the entire space value chain rather than merely supply components and services, and the same approval established IN-SPACe as an autonomous agency under the Department of Space.
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