UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Need global cooperation to tackle AI bias, risks; tech must remain human-centric: Modi
Q1. Which one of the following initiatives, launched in November 2025, lays down a principles-based framework with 'Do No Harm' as its guiding principle for safe and responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence in India?
- A. National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
- B. Responsible AI for All — Principles Paper
- C. IndiaAI Governance Guidelines
- D. National AI Portal Code of Practice
Q2. The IndiaAI Mission, with a total outlay of over ₹10,000 crore approved by the Union Cabinet, is implemented solely under which one of the following Ministries/Departments of the Government of India?
- A. NITI Aayog
- B. Department of Science and Technology
- C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- D. Department of Telecommunications
Q3. With reference to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 vis-à-vis its predecessors in the global AI summit series, consider the following statements:
1. It is the fourth edition in the series, following the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park (2023), the AI Seoul Summit (2024) and the AI Action Summit at Paris (2025).
2. It is the first edition of the series to be hosted by a country of the Global South.
3. Unlike the AI Action Summit at Paris (2025), the New Delhi edition was co-hosted by India and the United Kingdom.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- It is the fourth edition in the series, following the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park (2023), the AI Seoul Summit (2024) and the AI Action Summit at Paris (2025).
- It is the first edition of the series to be hosted by a country of the Global South.
- Unlike the AI Action Summit at Paris (2025), the New Delhi edition was co-hosted by India and the United Kingdom.
- 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 IndiaAI Mission approved by the Union Cabinet, consider the following:
1. IndiaAI Compute Capacity
2. IndiaAI Datasets Platform
3. Safe and Trusted AI
4. India Semiconductor Mission
Which of the above are correctly identified as pillars of the IndiaAI Mission?
- IndiaAI Compute Capacity
- IndiaAI Datasets Platform
- Safe and Trusted AI
- India Semiconductor Mission
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. In which year was the IndiaAI Mission, with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore, approved by the Union Cabinet?
- A. 2022
- B. 2023
- C. 2024
- D. 2025