Which mission of the Department of Science and Technology partly funded this study?
- A.National Supercomputing Mission
- B.National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems
- C.National Quantum Mission
- D.Deep Ocean Mission
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Quantum Mission, described in the release as the flagship mission of the Department of Science and Technology, which funded part of this study. The other options name real national missions, which is what makes the question a fair test rather than a giveaway. The National Supercomputing Mission builds high performance computing capacity, the mission on interdisciplinary cyber-physical systems supports technology innovation hubs across fields such as robotics and artificial intelligence, and the Deep Ocean Mission works on deep sea exploration and technology; none of them is credited here. The practical importance of the result is that in a quantum computer there is a limit on how long quantum information survives before it decays, and this experiment shows that within such a limit the timing of a single operation can change the fate of the entanglement.
Read the full article: RRI Scientists Delay Entanglement Sudden Death with Timed Flip
Practice Questions
Which institute led the study on delaying entanglement sudden death?
- A.Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- B.Raman Research Institute
- C.Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- D.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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The team worked with the University of Calgary and Louisiana State University, and the study was funded in part by the National Quantum Mission, the flagship mission of the same department.
Read the full explanation →What is meant by entanglement sudden death?
- A.The complete decay of both particles to the ground state
- B.The abrupt vanishing of entanglement at a finite time, before decay is complete
- C.The failure of a quantum computer to read out a result
- D.The collapse of a wave function on measurement
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The release explains that each of two entangled particles tends to slip from the excited state to the ground state the way an atom loses energy to its surroundings, and that the entanglement weakens as this happens.
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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