Question: Every year ‘National Technology Day’ is observed across India on which of the following day?
(a) 8 May
(b) 11 May
(c) 5 June
(d) 10 May
Ans:(b)
Related facts:
- National Technology Day was observed across India on May 11, 2016.
- The National Technology Day is being celebrated every year on May 11 by the Ministry of Science & Technology to commemorate achievements of Innovation and Technology in the country.
- This year’s theme for celebrations of the Technology Day is ‘Technology enablers of Start-up India’.
- National Technology Day is a very special day for Indian Technology since 1999. It is so significant because India achieved a huge technological advancement on the day.
- The first, indigenous aircraft “Hansa-3” was test flown at Bangalore on this day.
- Not only this, India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.
- India also carried out three successful nuclear tests at Pokhran, in Rajasthan on this day in May 1998.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145135
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145275
http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/vsse-vyom_files/Page394.htm