UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 90: Science and Technology

Consider the following statements :

1.Vigyan Rail is a Science Exhibition on wheels organized by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
2.Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
3.EDUSAT, the ISRO’s educational satellite was launched from French Guyana in 2004.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a1, 2 and 3

b1 and 2

c2 and 3

dNone

AnswerThe answer is (d).

All three statements are wrong. Vigyan Rail was a science exhibition train run by the Department of Science and Technology with Vigyan Prasar, not by CSIR. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, not the Human Resource Development ministry. EDUSAT was launched in September 2004 from Sriharikota by a GSLV, not from French Guiana.

1. Vigyan Rail was an exhibition organised by DST and Vigyan Prasar, not CSIR.
2. Vigyan Prasar works under the Department of Science and Technology.
3. EDUSAT was launched from Sriharikota, not French Guiana.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) All three statements are wrong.
(b) Statements 1 and 2 are wrong.
(c) Statements 2 and 3 are wrong.
(d) Correct: none of the statements is right.

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