Question
Download Solution PDFRs. 2000 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series has ______ motif on its back.
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Mangalyaan.
Key Points
- The Reserve Bank of India is introducing new design banknotes in the denomination of ₹2000 as part of Mahatma Gandhi(New) Series. The new denomination has motif of the Mangalyaan on the reverse, depicting the country's first venture in interplanetary space.
- The base colour of the note is magenta. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both on the obverse and the reverse.
- The size of the new note is 66mm x 166mm.
Additional Information
- The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan, is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization on November 5, 2013.
- Mangalyaan was India's first interplanetary mission.
- The indigenously-built space probe has reached the Martian orbit on 24 September 2014.
- The mission made India the first Asian country, and the fourth in the world after Roscosmos, NASA, and the European Space Agency, to get to the planet.
- ISRO spent $75 million to launch the mission, making it the least-expensive Mars mission to date.
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