Consider the following statements with regard to National Technology Day: 1. It commemorates the momentous events of 11th May 1998, when India conducted successful nuclear tests under Operation Shakti 2. The official theme for National Technology Day 2025 is 'School to Startups – Igniting Young Minds to Innovate' Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
Correct — A, 1 only. Statement 1 is true: National Technology Day is observed on 11 May to commemorate 11 May 1998, when India carried out the first of its Pokhran-II nuclear tests in Rajasthan under the code name Operation Shakti. Statement 2 is false: 'School to Startups – Igniting Young Minds to Innovate' was the theme of National Technology Day 2023 (the 25th-anniversary edition), not 2025, so attaching it to 2025 is the trap. Only statement 1 stands.
- (b)2 only — This reverses the truth values. Statement 2 is the false one (the 'School to Startups' theme belongs to 2023, not 2025), while statement 1 about Operation Shakti is true — so '2 only' cannot be right.
- (c)Both 1 and 2 — Statement 2 is false because it mislabels the 2023 theme as the 2025 theme, so both statements cannot be correct together.
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2 — Statement 1 is clearly true — 11 May 1998 was indeed the Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test that National Technology Day commemorates — so 'neither' is wrong.
National Technology Day is observed across India on 11 May every year. It marks 11 May 1998, when India successfully carried out the first of its five Pokhran-II nuclear tests, code-named Operation Shakti, in the Thar desert of Rajasthan. The day recognises the contribution of scientists and engineers and is anchored by the Technology Development Board under the Department of Science and Technology, usually around a fresh annual theme.
The two-statement design hides its error in a theme year. The date and the Operation Shakti link (statement 1) are correct and well known. The trap is statement 2, which lifts the genuine 2023 theme, 'School to Startups – Igniting Young Minds to Innovate', and pins it on 2025. Recognising that this slogan belongs to the 25th-anniversary year of 2023 is what separates (a) from the distractors.
- National Technology Day is observed on 11 May each year in India.
- It commemorates 11 May 1998, when India conducted the first Pokhran-II nuclear test (Operation Shakti) in Rajasthan.
- The observance is anchored by the Technology Development Board under the Department of Science and Technology.
- 'School to Startups – Igniting Young Minds to Innovate' was the theme for National Technology Day 2023, its 25th-anniversary edition, not 2025.
Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is (a) 1 only.
- The error is usually a mismatched year, not a wrong fact — a real theme is pinned to the wrong edition.
- Do not confuse Pokhran-I (1974, Smiling Buddha) with Pokhran-II (1998, Operation Shakti).
National days are tested as two-statement items pairing the correct date and commemoration with a theme quietly attributed to the wrong year.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
National Technology Day (11 May) in India commemorates which event?
- (a)The 1974 Smiling Buddha nuclear test
- (b)The 1998 Pokhran-II tests (Operation Shakti)
- (c)The launch of Chandrayaan-1
- (d)The founding of ISRO
Answer(b) The 1998 Pokhran-II tests (Operation Shakti) — 11 May 1998 saw the first of the five tests, which the day marks.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In India, 28 February is observed as which of the following?
- (a)National Technology Day
- (b)National Science Day
- (c)National Youth Day
- (d)National Mathematics Day
Answer(b) National Science Day — it marks C V Raman's discovery of the Raman Effect; National Technology Day is 11 May.