Smart India Hackathon 2017

10) Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Smart India Hackathon 2017?

1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme for developing every city of our country into Smart Cities in a decade.
2. It is an initiative to identify new digital technology innovations for solving the many problems faced by our country.
3. It is a programme aimed at making all the financial transactions in our country completely digital in a decade.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 2 and 3 only

Solution: B

Explanation: Statement 1 and 3: There are no such provisions.

Statement 2: It was a digital product development competition where  teams of thousands of technology students exhibited  'out of the box thinking' and  put forward dgital solutions for various  problems posted by different central govt. ministries/ departments.