Prelims 2015 • Paper 1 (GS) • Q.10

Prelims • Paper 1 (GS) • 2015 • Q.10

Science and Technology

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

NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government.

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.

2015 Prelims • Paper 1 (GS)

Q.9 Q.11

Syllabus Connection

Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. (GS-III)

NCERT Connection

Ch.5: Human Capital Formation in India

Economics • Class 11 • Class 11 Indian Economic Development

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