Who designed the new rupee symbol?
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- Dilip Chhabria
- D. Udaya Kumar
- Tarun Tahiliani
- S. Arun Kumar
The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
D. Udaya Kumar designed the new symbol for the Indian rupee. He was a postgraduate from IIT Guwahati and his design was chosen through a public competition run by the Government of India, with the Union Cabinet formally approving it on 15 July 2010. The symbol blends the Devanagari letter ra with the Latin capital R without its vertical stroke, and it carries two horizontal parallel lines at the top said to evoke the national tricolour and to suggest an equality sign, symbolising India's aspiration for a strong stable currency. The symbol placed India alongside the US dollar, British pound, euro and Japanese yen as nations with a distinctive currency sign.
The other names are unrelated to this design. Dilip Chhabria is a well known Indian automobile designer. Tarun Tahiliani is a prominent Indian fashion designer. S. Arun Kumar is a similar sounding name included to test careful recall, but he was not the designer selected for the rupee symbol.
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