UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — AI summit is attracting global interest, says Vaishnaw

Q1. With reference to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 and its predecessor global AI summits, consider the following statements: 1. It is the first edition of the global AI summit series to be hosted in the Global South. 2. Unlike the Bletchley AI Safety Summit (2023), the India edition was organised around three foundational Sutras — People, Planet and Progress. 3. The summit was preceded by the AI Seoul Summit (2024) and the AI Paris Summit (2025) in the same series. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. It is the first edition of the global AI summit series to be hosted in the Global South.
  2. Unlike the Bletchley AI Safety Summit (2023), the India edition was organised around three foundational Sutras — People, Planet and Progress.
  3. The summit was preceded by the AI Seoul Summit (2024) and the AI Paris Summit (2025) in the same series.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q2. The India-AI Impact Summit 2026, held at Bharat Mandapam, was organised by which one of the following Union ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Science and Technology
  • B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. Ministry of Education

Q3. In the context of the IndiaAI Mission, the term 'AIKosh' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A sovereign cloud platform providing subsidised GPU compute to Indian start-ups
  • B. A unified national datasets and models repository to support development of AI applications
  • C. A venture capital fund of the Government of India for deep-tech AI start-ups
  • D. India's foundation language model trained on Indian languages

Q4. With reference to the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, which of the following are correctly identified as 'Chakras' (thematic pillars) of the Summit framework? 1. Safe and Trusted AI 2. Democratizing AI Resources 3. Defence and Strategic Autonomy 4. Human Capital Which of the above are correctly identified?

  1. Safe and Trusted AI
  2. Democratizing AI Resources
  3. Defence and Strategic Autonomy
  4. Human Capital
  • A. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q5. Which one of the following best describes the principal claim made by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw about the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in his press briefing of January 2026?

  • A. It would be Asia's first ministerial-level AI summit
  • B. It is shaping up to be the biggest AI summit globally to date
  • C. It is the first AI summit to be jointly hosted by India and a G7 country
  • D. It would be the first AI summit convened under United Nations auspices