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UPSC 2004: Param Padam, which was in news recently, is
(a)A new Civilian Award instituted by the Government of India
(b)The name of a supercomputer developed by India
(c)The name given to a proposed network of canals
(d)A software programme to facilitate e-governance in Madhya Pradesh
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) The name of a supercomputer developed by India
PARAM Padma (often written Param Padam) is a teraflop-class supercomputer developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and commissioned in 2002–03; it was India’s first machine to enter the TOP500 list. Therefore option (b) is correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARAM?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2004, GS Paper 1, as Question 48. It falls under Science & Technology > Computer & Information Technology.
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