UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Why AI infrastructure matters more

Q1. In which year did the Union Cabinet approve the IndiaAI Mission with a total outlay of approximately ₹10,372 crore for a five-year period?

  • A. 2022
  • B. 2023
  • C. 2024
  • D. 2025

Q2. Which one of the following is the flagship pillar of the IndiaAI Mission that directly addresses the country's sovereign access to high-end GPUs at a subsidised rate of ₹65 per hour?

  • A. IndiaAI Innovation Centre (IAIC)
  • B. IndiaAI Compute Capacity
  • C. IndiaAI Datasets Platform
  • D. Safe & Trusted AI

Q3. The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through an Independent Business Division (IBD) housed within which one of the following bodies?

  • A. NITI Aayog
  • B. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
  • C. Digital India Corporation under MeitY
  • D. Department of Science and Technology

Q4. In the context of the IndiaAI Mission, the term 'AIKosha' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. India's indigenous sovereign Large Language Model unveiled under the Mission
  • B. The IndiaAI Datasets Platform — a secured repository of datasets, AI models and use cases with an integrated AI Sandbox
  • C. The empanelled common compute facility of 38,000+ GPUs offered at ₹65/hour
  • D. The fellowship programme for 500 PhD scholars and 8,000 undergraduates in AI