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Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation–India (NIF)?

  1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government.
  2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India's premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions.

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(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (a) 1 only
UPSC 2015 · Q73 · Science & Technology › Science & Technology Institutions · Save

The term 'IndARC', sometimes seen in the news, is the name of

(a) an indigenously developed radar system inducted into Indian Defence
(b) India's satellite to provide services to the countries of Indian Ocean Rim
(c) a scientific establishment set up by India in Antarctic region
(d) India's underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region
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Answer: (d) India's underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region