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Which are the main IT centres in India?

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Bengaluru
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Hyderabad
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Chennai
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All of these
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The correct option is D All of these

Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India and the IT Capital of India. It is considered to be a global information technology hub and largest software exports from India are done through Bangalore. Some of the top Indian IT service providers like Infosys, Wipro, Mindtree and Mphasis are headquartered in Bangalore. It is also the country headquarters to many top firms like Intel, Texas Instruments, Bosch, Yahoo, SAP Labs, Continental among others. Bangalore alone consists of more than 35% of all the IT companies present in India and contains close to 5000 companies, making it the largest IT contributor in India.

Hyderabad is known as the HITEC City or Cyberabad, and is a major global information technology hub and second largest IT exporter and the largest bioinformatics hub of India. It has become the first destination for the Microsoft development center in India and the largest software development center outside of their headquarters in Redmond, USA. Microsoft, Facebook, Apple Inc, Infosys, Google, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, Computer Sciences Corporation, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, HCL, Cyient, IGATE, Capgemini, Amazon.com, IBM, Dell, Deloitte etc., and close to 3000 companies operate from the city.

Some of the major companies having operation centers at Chennai are Accenture, Cognizant, TCS, Syntel, Wipro, Infosys, Verizon, HCL, Amazon.com, eBay, Paypal, Polaris, Patni, Capgemini and many major global providers. The city has a world class IT infrastructures with dedicated expressway nicknamed as IT expressways, and many other IT parks promoted by both government and private entities. The city's strong industrial base also favors the setting up of many major R&D centers in its vicinity.


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