UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates Micron Technology’s Semiconductor Assembly, Test and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand,Gujarat

Question 1

As of December 2025, how many semiconductor projects had been approved under the Semicon India Programme / India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)?

Accepted Answer

10 projects

Answer

6 projects

Answer

8 projects

Answer

12 projects

Question 2

The India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), the nodal agency for the Semicon India Programme, functions as an independent institution under which Union Ministry?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Answer

Ministry of Heavy Industries

Answer

Ministry of Science and Technology

Answer

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Question 3

Which one of the following was the first semiconductor unit to become operational and begin commercial production under the India Semiconductor Mission?

Accepted Answer

Micron's ATMP facility at Sanand

Answer

Tata Electronics' fab at Dholera

Answer

CG Power's OSAT facility at Sanand

Answer

Kaynes Semicon's unit at Sanand

Question 4

Under the India Semiconductor Mission, the Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) unit of Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test (TSAT), with an investment of about Rs 27,000 crore, is being set up in which State?

Accepted Answer

Assam

Answer

Gujarat

Answer

Odisha

Answer

Uttar Pradesh

Question 5

In the context of India's approved semiconductor units, the term 'OSAT' stands for which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test

Answer

Onshore Semiconductor Analysis and Testing

Answer

Optical Semiconductor Assembly and Treatment

Answer

Outsourced Silicon Automation and Testing

Question 6

Before its emergence as a semiconductor cluster, the Sanand GIDC industrial estate in Gujarat was best known primarily as a manufacturing hub for which one of the following industries?

Accepted Answer

Automobiles

Answer

Textiles

Answer

Iron and steel

Answer

Petrochemicals

Question 7

Among the memory/storage products made by Micron's Sanand unit, which one of the following is a non-volatile memory, i.e., it retains stored data even when the power supply is switched off?

Accepted Answer

NAND flash

Answer

DRAM

Answer

SRAM

Answer

DDR DRAM

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates Micron Technology’s Semiconductor Assembly, Test and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand,Gujarat

Q1. As of December 2025, how many semiconductor projects had been approved under the Semicon India Programme / India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)?

Q2. The India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), the nodal agency for the Semicon India Programme, functions as an independent institution under which Union Ministry?

Q3. Which one of the following was the first semiconductor unit to become operational and begin commercial production under the India Semiconductor Mission?

Q4. Under the India Semiconductor Mission, the Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) unit of Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test (TSAT), with an investment of about Rs 27,000 crore, is being set up in which State?

Q5. In the context of India's approved semiconductor units, the term 'OSAT' stands for which one of the following?

Q6. Before its emergence as a semiconductor cluster, the Sanand GIDC industrial estate in Gujarat was best known primarily as a manufacturing hub for which one of the following industries?

Q7. Among the memory/storage products made by Micron's Sanand unit, which one of the following is a non-volatile memory, i.e., it retains stored data even when the power supply is switched off?