UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — The approaching AI surge, its global consequences

Q1. Under which one of the following United Nations General Assembly resolutions were the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance established in August 2025?

  • A. A/RES/79/325
  • B. A/RES/78/265
  • C. A/RES/77/241
  • D. A/RES/80/110

Q2. BharatGen, India's first government-funded indigenously developed multimodal Large Language Model, is being implemented through which one of the following?

  • A. Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay, under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS)
  • B. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, under MeitY
  • C. National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the IndiaAI Mission of MeitY
  • D. Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence under the IndiaAI Safety Institute

Q3. Consider the following statements comparing the India AI Governance Guidelines (2025) with related international AI instruments: 1. Unlike the OECD AI Principles (2019, amended 2024), the India AI Governance Guidelines are anchored in seven domestically framed 'Sutras' including 'Innovation over Restraint' and 'People First'. 2. Both the India AI Governance Guidelines and the EU AI Act follow a risk-based, proportional approach to AI regulation. 3. The India AI Governance Guidelines were released after the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/79/325 establishing the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Unlike the OECD AI Principles (2019, amended 2024), the India AI Governance Guidelines are anchored in seven domestically framed 'Sutras' including 'Innovation over Restraint' and 'People First'.
  2. Both the India AI Governance Guidelines and the EU AI Act follow a risk-based, proportional approach to AI regulation.
  3. The India AI Governance Guidelines were released after the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/79/325 establishing the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. With reference to the seven 'Sutras' that anchor the India AI Governance Guidelines, 2025, consider the following: 1. Trust 2. Innovation over Restraint 3. Data Sovereignty 4. Accountability Which of the above is/are correctly identified as a 'Sutra' of the Guidelines?

  1. Trust
  2. Innovation over Restraint
  3. Data Sovereignty
  4. Accountability
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4