Who signed the manuscript heritage MoU on behalf of the Government of India?
- A.Gilles Pecout, President of the BnF
- B.Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture
- C.The Director General of the National Archives of India
- D.The Librarian of the National Library, Kolkata
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Explanation
The correct answer is Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. He signed and exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding in Paris on 26 October 2026 with Gilles Pecout, President of the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Option A is wrong because Gilles Pecout signed for the French side, not for India, and the question asks about the Indian signatory. Option C is incorrect: although the National Archives of India in New Delhi is a partner institution under the agreement, its head was not the signatory. Option D is wrong for the same reason, because the National Library in Kolkata is likewise a participating institution rather than the signing authority. The agreement sets out five areas of work, namely digitisation, cross-sharing on the National Digital Repository, technology exchange, conservation, and research and development.
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Practice Questions
Under which mission of the Ministry of Culture was the manuscript heritage MoU with the National Library of France signed?
- A.Gyan Bharatam Mission
- B.National Mission for Manuscripts
- C.Adopt a Heritage Mission
- D.Bharat Shared Repository Mission
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The agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Bibliotheque nationale de France was signed in Paris on 26 October 2026 under this mission, which is the Ministry's flagship initiative for India's manuscript heritage.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a focus of the India-France manuscript cooperation agreement?
- A.Joint production of feature films
- B.Exchange of museum antiquities for permanent display
- C.OCR and HTR tools for Indian scripts
- D.Construction of a new library building in Paris
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The agreement provides for an exchange of expertise in digitisation and preservation technologies, cataloguing standards, optical character recognition and handwritten text recognition tools for Indian scripts, digital humanities and manuscript conservation.
Read the full explanation →The roundtable with the top management of 15 Dutch companies was organised by India's Embassy in The Hague in collaboration with which bank?
- A.ING Group
- B.ABN AMRO
- C.HSBC Netherlands
- D.Rabobank
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The roundtable that brought together the chief executives of 15 Dutch companies was arranged by India's Embassy in The Hague in collaboration with HSBC Netherlands, and it covered investment plans, commercial partnerships and the business environment on both sides.
Read the full explanation →Arthur van Dijk, whom the Union Commerce Minister met in the Netherlands, holds which office?
- A.King's Commissioner of the Province of North Holland
- B.Mayor of Amsterdam
- C.Dutch Ambassador to India
- D.Chair of the Senate Committee on European Affairs
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Arthur van Dijk holds that provincial office, through which the Dutch crown is represented in North Holland, and he was among the leaders Piyush Goyal met in the Netherlands on 26 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Approximately how many participants took part in the India-Netherlands Business Forum?
- A.100
- B.150
- C.200
- D.300
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The India-Netherlands Business Forum held during the engagements of 26 October 2026 drew roughly that many participants, and the gathering was made up largely of leading representatives of Indian and Dutch companies rather than of officials alone.
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