UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women to develop AI-driven solutions for preterm births: Dr. Jitendra Singh

Q1. In which year was the India-specific Garbhini-GA2 model for second- and third-trimester foetal age estimation released?

  • A. 2015
  • B. 2024
  • C. 2019
  • D. 2026

Q2. According to the WHO, approximately how many babies were born preterm worldwide in 2020?

  • A. 13.4 million
  • B. 15 million
  • C. 0.9 million
  • D. 12 million

Q3. In the context of the GARBH-INi programme, the term 'biorepository' most accurately refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A systematically organised collection of biological specimens with associated data, stored for present and future research
  • B. A digital dashboard that shares anonymised cohort data with researchers worldwide
  • C. An AI model that predicts preterm birth from ultrasound images
  • D. A panel of genetic markers validated as predictors of preterm birth risk

Q4. The Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) was created by subsuming the 14 autonomous institutions of the Department of Biotechnology in which year?

  • A. 2021
  • B. 2023
  • C. 2024
  • D. 2025

Q5. Within the GARBH-INi consortium, the genomics work — including the genome-wide association study on spontaneous preterm birth — is anchored by which one of the following partner institutions?

  • A. National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani
  • B. Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad
  • C. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • D. National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru

Q6. The GARBH-INi programme, pitched as a science-led maternal-health intervention linked to the Viksit Bharat @ 2047 vision, falls under the administrative purview of which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Science and Technology
  • C. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • D. Ministry of Education