UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · BIOTECH & HEALTH (CURRENT)
S&T — Biotech, Genetics, Health 🧬
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Biotech & Health (Current).
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Key locations covered (23)
- Genome India Project
- NexCAR19 — India's First CAR-T Cell Therapy — Maharashtra
- CRISPR-Cas9 & Casgevy
- GEMCOVAC-19 — India's First mRNA Vaccine — Maharashtra
- AYUSH & WHO Global Centre, Jamnagar — Gujarat
- DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala) — Genome-Edited Rice
- DBT and BIRAC
- HMPV 2025 Outbreak Speculation
- Tele MANAS — Mental Health Helpline — Karnataka
- PM-JAY — Senior Citizens (70+) Expansion
- One Health Mission
- ICMR — National Institute of Virology (NIV) & Pune Lab — Maharashtra
- BioE3 Policy (2024)
- PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
- Indian Vaccine Pipeline 2024-25
- AI for Health & Drug Discovery
- Mpox & WHO PHEIC 2024
- TB Mukt Bharat — Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
- Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
- PLI — Pharma & Bulk Drugs
- DBT Research Initiatives 2024-25
- National Pharmacopoeia & IPC
Sample questions (12 of 85)
The Genome India Project Phase-1, completing whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 Indian individuals, was announced as complete in?
January 2024
Genome India Project is funded by which Department?
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology
Genome India sequencing was undertaken across approximately how many leading Indian institutions?
About 20 collaborating institutions (sequencing at multiple centres including IISc, NIBMG)
Genome India Phase-1 identified roughly how many variants unique to Indian populations?
Over 1.5 lakh unique variants
Genome India Project Phase-2 aims to scale up sequencing to how many genomes?
Toward 1 million Indian genomes (decadal plan)
Genome India data is stored at the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC), located at?
Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad
Genome India research is led from which institution as the central data-hub?
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Genome India Phase-1 was launched in?
January 2020
Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) at RCB Faridabad was inaugurated in?
November 2022
Genome India Project's first major scientific publication appeared in which journal in April 2025?
Nature Genetics
NexCAR19, India's first indigenous CAR-T cell therapy, was developed by IIT Bombay, Tata Memorial Centre and which spin-off?
ImmunoACT
NexCAR19 received marketing approval from CDSCO in?
October 2023
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Biotech & Health (Current). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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