Question

Which city is referred to as the “Silicon Valley” of India?
a.Hyderabad
b.Mumbai
c.Chennai
d.Bangalore

Answer 1

Hint: The Silicon Valley of India is located in the Southern part of India and is based in a very tech-savvy capital city. Silicon is an element that is heavily used in the IT industry.

Complete Step by Step answer: Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka state of India and is famously known as the “Silicon Valley” of India or as the IT capital of India because of its essential role in leading the country’s Information Technology sector. Bangalore is also home to many successful infotech companies like Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant etc. Many MNCs like Google, Apple, Accenture has offices in Bangalore. Today about 35% of India’s pool of IT professionals are working in the city. Th also has a world-class IT park known as “International Technology Park Limited”. Today Bangalore is not only the IT hub but it also has other industries like Aeronautics, Space research and Defence Research etc.

Option “d” is the correct answer.

Note: The original Silicon Valley is situated in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of California which is famous for many successful IT start-ups like Apple, Facebook, Google etc.