Which of these astronomers was NOT named by the Prime Minister at the COSMOS Planetarium event?
- A.Varahamihira
- B.Bhaskaracharya
- C.Nilakantha Somayaji
- D.Charaka
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Explanation
The correct answer is Charaka, who was not among the names mentioned on the occasion. The Prime Minister recalled four great Indian astronomers of the past, namely Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Bhaskaracharya and Nilakantha Somayaji, which makes options A, B and C wrong choices for a question asking who was left out. He pointed out that these scholars studied the sky closely, understood the movement of planets and stars, prepared calendars and calculated solar and lunar eclipses, and that they did all of this without the advanced instruments and technology available in our own time. The reference was used to argue that the traditions of spirituality and science have always moved forward together in India, a point he tied to the Viveka Smaraka he had dedicated in the same city a few months earlier.
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Practice Questions
The COSMOS Planetarium inaugurated in Mysuru is notable as India's first planetarium of which kind?
- A.First floating planetarium
- B.First LED dome planetarium
- C.First underground planetarium
- D.First solar powered planetarium
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The facility opened at Mysuru in Karnataka is described as the first of its kind in the country to use an LED dome, and the Prime Minister said that watching a show inside that dome was a wonderful experience in itself.
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- A.Three gold and two silver
- B.Four gold and one silver
- C.Two gold and three bronze
- D.Five gold
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Five students from India took part in this year's edition of the olympiad, held in Vietnam, and four of them returned with gold medals while the fifth won a silver medal, a result the Prime Minister called a matter of pride for the whole country.
Read the full explanation →Under which fund has TDB extended support to the AI-ELINT project, and in what form?
- A.Research, Development and Innovation Fund, as Optionally Convertible Debt
- B.National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, as an outright grant
- C.Startup India Seed Fund, as equity
- D.Production Linked Incentive scheme, as a subsidy
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The Technology Development Board is giving the money through this fund, and the instrument chosen is debt that may later be converted into equity, which lets the Board support a deep technology firm without taking a shareholding at the outset.
Read the full explanation →The AI-ELINT satellite constellation supported by TDB will use microsatellites of which class?
- A.The 10 kg class
- B.The 50 kg class
- C.The 500 kg class
- D.The 1,200 kg class
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The project plans microsatellites of this weight class, to be placed in low Earth orbit and added to the group in stages, so that coverage and the frequency of revisits over a chosen area both grow as more satellites go up.
Read the full explanation →How much support has the Technology Development Board agreed to give Astrome Technologies for the AI-ELINT constellation?
- A.Rs 128.11 crore
- B.Rs 64.05 crore
- C.Rs 46.50 crore
- D.Rs 640.5 crore
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That is the financial support the Technology Development Board, which works under the Department of Science and Technology, has agreed to give Astrome Technologies Private Limited of Bengaluru from the Research, Development and Innovation Fund, and it is being given as Optionally Convertible Debt.
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