UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India losing ability to build its own instruments: climate science report

Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal institution for the Climate Research chapter of the Mega Science Vision-2035 (MSV-2035) roadmap released in 2026?

  • A. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
  • B. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida
  • C. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
  • D. India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi

Q2. The Mega Science Vision-2035 (MSV-2035) exercise, which produced the 2026 Climate Research roadmap, has been undertaken under the auspices of which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology
  • B. Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. Ministry of Earth Sciences

Q3. How many priority Mega Science Projects (MSPs) does the Mega Science Vision-2035 Climate Research roadmap propose for implementation during 2026-2035?

  • A. Six
  • B. Eight
  • C. Ten
  • D. Twelve

Q4. With reference to the Mega Science Vision-2035 (MSV-2035) Climate Research chapter vis-à-vis the earlier MSV-2035 domain reports, consider the following statements: 1. The Climate Research roadmap was released after the Nuclear Physics chapter of MSV-2035. 2. Unlike the earlier physics chapters, the Climate Research chapter explicitly flags erosion of India's capability to build its own scientific instruments and calls for indigenous instrumentation under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat framework. 3. Climate Research replaces Ecology & Environmental Science as one of the six MSV-2035 thematic domains. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Climate Research roadmap was released after the Nuclear Physics chapter of MSV-2035.
  2. Unlike the earlier physics chapters, the Climate Research chapter explicitly flags erosion of India's capability to build its own scientific instruments and calls for indigenous instrumentation under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat framework.
  3. Climate Research replaces Ecology & Environmental Science as one of the six MSV-2035 thematic domains.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3