UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — "India Has Entered a New Era in Semiconductors" Says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as CG SEMI's OSAT Facility Begins Commercial Production in Sanand

Q1. Under the India Semiconductor Mission, which one of the following facilities was the first to commence commercial semiconductor production in India?

  • A. Micron Technology's ATMP facility at Sanand, Gujarat
  • B. CG SEMI's OSAT facility at Sanand, Gujarat
  • C. Tata Semiconductor's fabrication plant at Dholera, Gujarat
  • D. Tata's semiconductor assembly and test unit in Assam

Q2. As of December 2025, exactly how many projects had been approved under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 1.0)?

  • A. 5 projects
  • B. 10 projects
  • C. 12 projects
  • D. 6 projects

Q3. In the semiconductor value chain, which one of the following is the principal set of activities carried out by an OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) unit?

  • A. Assembly, packaging and testing of already-fabricated chips
  • B. Photolithography and etching of silicon wafers
  • C. Logic and physical design of the chip using EDA tools
  • D. Growth and purification of monocrystalline silicon ingots

Q4. The India Semiconductor Mission, which extends fiscal support to both OSAT and fabrication units, functions under which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • B. Ministry of Heavy Industries
  • C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • D. Ministry of Science and Technology

Q5. With reference to semiconductor units taken up under the India Semiconductor Mission, consider the following pairings of unit and facility type: Which of the above are correctly identified?

  1. Micron Technology, Sanand — Assembly, Test, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) unit
  2. CG SEMI, Sanand — Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) unit
  3. Tata Semiconductor, Dholera — chip fabrication (fab) plant
  4. Micron Technology, Sanand — chip fabrication (fab) plant
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q6. The semiconductor manufacturing units that began commercial production in India in 2026 were approved and given fiscal support under which one of the following programmes?

  • A. Semicon India Programme
  • B. Make in India programme
  • C. National Policy on Electronics, 2019
  • D. Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)

Q7. The semiconductor units at Sanand and the fabrication plant at Dholera have been set up as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The notification of an SEZ is issued under the authority of which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce)
  • B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • C. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q8. In the context of Micron Technology's Sanand facility, the term 'ATMP' stands for which one of the following?

  • A. Assembly, Test, Marking and Packaging
  • B. Advanced Transistor Manufacturing Process
  • C. Automated Testing and Materials Processing
  • D. Assembly, Tape-out, Masking and Printing

Q9. The women workers employed at CG SEMI's Sanand OSAT facility were drawn from seven states. Consider the following states: Which of the above are correctly identified as states from which these women workers were drawn?

  1. Jharkhand
  2. Jammu & Kashmir
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Chhattisgarh
  • A. 1, 2 and 4
  • B. 1 and 3
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q10. Which one of the following best describes the distinctive social feature highlighted about the workforce of CG SEMI's Sanand OSAT facility?

  • A. Women workers drawn from seven states, including several tribal and hill states, form a notable part of the workforce
  • B. The workforce is composed exclusively of local residents of Sanand district
  • C. The workforce consists only of foreign technicians deputed by the Japanese partner
  • D. Employment is restricted to postgraduate engineers from national institutes

Q11. To underline the import dependence that India's Semiconductor Mission seeks to reduce, official sources note that a single economy, Taiwan, produces nearly what share of the world's most advanced semiconductors?

  • A. About 40%
  • B. About 60%
  • C. About 75%
  • D. About 90%

Q12. The India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) has been set up as an independent business division, with administrative and financial autonomy, within which one of the following organisations?

  • A. Digital India Corporation
  • B. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
  • C. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
  • D. National Informatics Centre (NIC)