UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat

Question 1

In the semiconductor value chain, the term 'OSAT' (as in the CG Semi OSAT facility) refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A third-party provider that carries out assembly, packaging and testing of chips for other companies on an outsourced basis

Answer

A firm that fabricates silicon wafers into integrated circuits within a clean-room foundry

Answer

A design house that licenses semiconductor intellectual property and chip layouts

Answer

A plant that manufactures raw polysilicon, specialty gases and photomasks

Question 2

Which one of the following was notified by the Government as India's first semiconductor fabrication (fab) plant, set up as a Special Economic Zone?

Accepted Answer

Tata Electronics/Tata Semiconductor fab at Dholera

Answer

Micron's ATMP facility at Sanand

Answer

CG Semi OSAT facility at Sanand

Answer

Kaynes Semicon facility at Sanand

Question 3

The Fiscal Support Agreement (signed in 2025) for the CG Semi OSAT project was concluded on behalf of the Government by which nodal body responsible for implementing the Semicon India Programme?

Accepted Answer

India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)

Answer

NITI Aayog

Answer

Semiconductor Complex Limited

Answer

Invest India

Question 4

Under the Modified Programme for Development of Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem, fiscal support to an eligible OSAT/ATMP facility such as CG Semi is extended to what percentage of eligible capital expenditure, on a pari-passu basis?

Accepted Answer

50 per cent

Answer

25 per cent

Answer

30 per cent

Answer

70 per cent

Question 5

In which year was the CG Semi end-to-end OSAT pilot line facility at Sanand inaugurated by the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology?

Accepted Answer

2025

Answer

2022

Answer

2023

Answer

2024

Question 6

In connection with the CG Semi facility at Sanand, the term 'G2' denotes which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The second, larger unit under construction, with a capacity of up to about 14.5 million units per day

Answer

A second-generation chip design node used for advanced logic

Answer

The grade-2 fiscal incentive tier applicable to display fabs

Answer

A dedicated display-fabrication line adjacent to the OSAT unit

Question 7

The Semicon India Programme, under which the first Made-in-India chips were presented to the Prime Minister, is positioned primarily as the semiconductor pillar of which one of the following flagship initiatives building India's manufacturing base toward Viksit Bharat @2047?

Accepted Answer

Make in India

Answer

Digital India

Answer

Startup India

Answer

Skill India

Question 8

In discussions of India's semiconductor push, the strategy whereby global firms reduce over-reliance on a single manufacturing country by diversifying production to additional nations is commonly referred to as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

China Plus One strategy

Answer

Look East Policy

Answer

Neighbourhood First policy

Answer

Gateway of India strategy

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat

Q1. In the semiconductor value chain, the term 'OSAT' (as in the CG Semi OSAT facility) refers to which one of the following?

Q2. Which one of the following was notified by the Government as India's first semiconductor fabrication (fab) plant, set up as a Special Economic Zone?

Q3. The Fiscal Support Agreement (signed in 2025) for the CG Semi OSAT project was concluded on behalf of the Government by which nodal body responsible for implementing the Semicon India Programme?

Q4. Under the Modified Programme for Development of Semiconductor and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem, fiscal support to an eligible OSAT/ATMP facility such as CG Semi is extended to what percentage of eligible capital expenditure, on a pari-passu basis?

Q5. In which year was the CG Semi end-to-end OSAT pilot line facility at Sanand inaugurated by the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology?

Q6. In connection with the CG Semi facility at Sanand, the term 'G2' denotes which one of the following?

Q7. The Semicon India Programme, under which the first Made-in-India chips were presented to the Prime Minister, is positioned primarily as the semiconductor pillar of which one of the following flagship initiatives building India's manufacturing base toward Viksit Bharat @2047?

Q8. In discussions of India's semiconductor push, the strategy whereby global firms reduce over-reliance on a single manufacturing country by diversifying production to additional nations is commonly referred to as which one of the following?