UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Balancing innovation with women’s digital safety
Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal ministry that released the India AI Governance Guidelines (2025) and notified the IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Amendment Rules, 2026 governing synthetically generated content?
- A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- B. Ministry of Home Affairs
- C. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- D. Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q2. With reference to recent Indian instruments relevant to women's digital safety, consider the following statements:
1. The DPDP Rules, 2025 were notified on 14 November 2025, operationalising the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
2. The IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Amendment Rules, 2026 came into force on 20 February 2026 and require intermediaries to remove unlawful content within three hours of a court order or reasoned government intimation.
3. Unlike the DPDP Rules, 2025, the IT Rules Amendment, 2026 establishes the Data Protection Board of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The DPDP Rules, 2025 were notified on 14 November 2025, operationalising the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
- The IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Amendment Rules, 2026 came into force on 20 February 2026 and require intermediaries to remove unlawful content within three hours of a court order or reasoned government intimation.
- Unlike the DPDP Rules, 2025, the IT Rules Amendment, 2026 establishes the Data Protection Board of India.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. The DPDP Rules, 2025 — relevant to non-consensual use of women's personal data by deepfake tools — were framed exclusively to operationalise which one of the following enactments?
- A. Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
- B. Information Technology Act, 2000
- C. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- D. Telecommunications Act, 2023
Q4. The India AI Governance Guidelines (2025) recommend the creation of new national institutions. Consider the following:
1. AI Governance Group
2. Technology & Policy Expert Committee
3. AI Safety Institute
4. Data Protection Board of India
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as institutions recommended by the India AI Governance Guidelines?
- AI Governance Group
- Technology & Policy Expert Committee
- AI Safety Institute
- Data Protection Board of India
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. The India AI Governance Guidelines (2025) are anchored in exactly how many guiding 'sutras' (foundational principles)?
- A. Seven
- B. Five
- C. Six
- D. Nine