UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Hitachi signs ₹1,000-crore MoU with T.N. to expand its facilities

Question 1

Under the 2026 Hitachi Energy–Tamil Nadu MoU, which one of the following locations is designated as the global technology and innovation centre (as distinct from the manufacturing facility)?

Accepted Answer

Porur

Answer

Chengalpattu

Answer

Sriperumbudur

Answer

Oragadam

Question 2

Guidance Tamil Nadu, the agency that coordinated the Hitachi Energy MoU, operates under which one of the following departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu?

Accepted Answer

Department of Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce

Answer

Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Answer

Department of Finance

Answer

Department of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives

Question 3

Hitachi traces its origin to 1910, when its founder Odaira Namihei manufactured the first domestically produced item of which one of the following kinds in Japan?

Accepted Answer

A 5-horsepower electric motor

Answer

A transistor radio

Answer

A vacuum tube

Answer

An electric locomotive

Question 4

Hitachi Energy, the entity that signed the Tamil Nadu MoU, was created in 2020 when Hitachi acquired a majority stake in the power-grids business of which one of the following companies?

Accepted Answer

ABB

Answer

Siemens

Answer

Schneider Electric

Answer

General Electric

Question 5

The term 'Special Strategic and Global Partnership', frequently invoked in the context of Japanese investment inflows into India, refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The elevated designation given to bilateral relations between India and Japan

Answer

A regional trade bloc of Indo-Pacific democracies

Answer

India's strategic-partnership framework with the United States

Answer

The four-nation Quad security dialogue

Question 6

Tamil Nadu's Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme is expected to generate employment for approximately how many people?

Accepted Answer

60,000

Answer

6,000

Answer

30,000

Answer

1,00,000

Question 7

The National Single Window System (NSWS) for investors and businesses, launched in 2021, was created under the authority of which one of the following Union entities?

Accepted Answer

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Answer

NITI Aayog

Answer

Ministry of Finance

Answer

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Hitachi signs ₹1,000-crore MoU with T.N. to expand its facilities

Q1. Under the 2026 Hitachi Energy–Tamil Nadu MoU, which one of the following locations is designated as the global technology and innovation centre (as distinct from the manufacturing facility)?

Q2. Guidance Tamil Nadu, the agency that coordinated the Hitachi Energy MoU, operates under which one of the following departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu?

Q3. Hitachi traces its origin to 1910, when its founder Odaira Namihei manufactured the first domestically produced item of which one of the following kinds in Japan?

Q4. Hitachi Energy, the entity that signed the Tamil Nadu MoU, was created in 2020 when Hitachi acquired a majority stake in the power-grids business of which one of the following companies?

Q5. The term 'Special Strategic and Global Partnership', frequently invoked in the context of Japanese investment inflows into India, refers to which one of the following?

Q6. Tamil Nadu's Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme is expected to generate employment for approximately how many people?

Q7. The National Single Window System (NSWS) for investors and businesses, launched in 2021, was created under the authority of which one of the following Union entities?