UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Calls for Making India’s IP Approval System Among Top Five Globally in Speed, Transparency and Efficiency

Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal department designated for coordinating the implementation of the National IPR Policy, 2016?

  • A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry
  • B. Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology
  • C. Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
  • D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Q2. By how many positions did India improve its overall rank in the Global Innovation Index between 2015 and the GII 2024 edition?

  • A. 42 positions
  • B. 38 positions
  • C. 47 positions
  • D. 33 positions

Q3. In Indian patent procedure, governed inter alia by the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024, the term 'Request for Examination' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A request the applicant must file for the patent application to be taken up for substantive examination by the Patent Office
  • B. A request by a third party to oppose the grant of a patent before it is sealed
  • C. A request to publish the patent application earlier than the statutory eighteen-month period
  • D. A request by the patentee to renew a granted patent for a further term

Q4. Of the following four enactments — Patents Act 1970, Designs Act 2000, Trade Marks Act 1999, and Copyright Act 1957 — the working of how many is supervised by the office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. One

Q5. The Union Cabinet approved India's accession to the Nice Agreement, the Vienna Agreement and the Locarno Agreement. These three are international agreements dealing with how many distinct subject matters of classification, respectively?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q6. The grant and administration of patents in India is operationalised by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks under DPIIT
  • B. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  • C. Department of Science and Technology
  • D. Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)