Which three bodies jointly developed India's guidelines for nanopharmaceuticals?
- A.DBT, ICMR and CDSCO
- B.DST, CSIR and FSSAI
- C.DBT, BIRAC and NITI Aayog
- D.ICMR, AIIMS and CDSCO
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Explanation
The correct answer is DBT, ICMR and CDSCO, that is the Department of Biotechnology, the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. The minister said these three drew up a common framework for judging the safety, quality and effectiveness of nanopharmaceutical products, giving India a regulatory base alongside its research funding. Option B lists bodies that were not named in this context at all. Option C is wrong because BIRAC appeared in the speech as the route through which young biotechnology firms reach grants and partnership programmes, while NITI Aayog was mentioned only because one of its members attended the session. Option D is wrong because no hospital was named among the framers; the third partner with ICMR and CDSCO is the Department of Biotechnology.
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Practice Questions
Where was the World Congress on Nanomedicine 2026 inaugurated?
- A.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- B.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- C.Vigyan Bhawan, Mumbai
- D.Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
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The meeting is hosted by the Institute of Nano Medical Sciences of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Delhi, which is why the capital is the venue.
Read the full explanation →How many nanomedicine research projects is the Department of Biotechnology supporting, and with what amount?
- A.120 projects with Rs 210 crore
- B.210 projects with Rs 174 crore
- C.174 projects with Rs 210 crore
- D.310 projects with Rs 240 crore
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The minister gave these numbers while setting out how the government funds nanomedicine, and said the work covers targeted drug delivery, cancer nanomedicine, infectious-disease nanomedicine, nucleic-acid and vaccine delivery, nano-diagnostics and imaging, regenerative medicine, wound healing and nanotoxicology with regulatory science.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Chairperson of the World Congress on Nanomedicine 2026?
- A.Prof. T. M. S. Chang
- B.Prof. Yogesh Singh
- C.Prof. Roger D. Kornberg
- D.Prof. Gobardhan Das
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The correct answer is Prof. Roger D. Kornberg, a Nobel Laureate from Stanford University in the United States, who chairs the congress and described nanomedicine as a young and quickly changing field whose promise is to deliver the right amount of a medicine to the right place at the right…
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.
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