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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: S&T Current Affairs 2023-2026.
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Sample questions (12 of 168)

Commercial 5G services were launched in India on which date?
1 October 2022 (at India Mobile Congress)
India's 5G rollout reached approximately 96% population coverage by?
January 2025
The Bharat 6G Vision document was released by DoT in?
March 2023
The Bharat 6G Alliance (industry-academia-government grouping) was launched in?
March-July 2023
India's stated ambition under the 6G Vision is to file what fraction of global 6G patents by 2030?
About one-sixth (target patent leadership)
As of 2024 India is the second-largest 5G market globally — what is the approximate count of 5G subscribers?
Over 25 crore (250+ million)
'IMC' the annual mobile tech conference where 5G was launched stands for?
India Mobile Congress (Bharat Telecom)
PM Modi launched 5G services with which two private operators initially?
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel
Vodafone Idea's 5G commercial launch finally happened in?
March 2025 (after multiple delays)
The ₹15,000-crore contract for BSNL's indigenous 4G/5G core+RAN rollout was awarded in 2023 to which consortium?
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) + Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) + Tejas Networks
The indigenous BSNL 4G stack began commercial pan-India rollout in?
Q4 2024 — early 2025
The Telecommunications Act 2023 was passed by Parliament in?
December 2023

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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 S&T Current Affairs 2023-2026. 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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