UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — 11 Years of Digital India: Better Healthcare & Digital Markets Making Lives Easier

Q1. In the context of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the term 'interoperability' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The ability of customers holding accounts in different banks and using different payment apps to send and receive money over a single common platform
  • B. The facility to convert Indian rupee transactions into foreign currency at the point of sale
  • C. The capacity of the RBI to directly monitor every individual transaction in real time
  • D. The automatic linking of a citizen's Aadhaar number to all of their bank accounts

Q2. The Digital India programme, launched in 2015, is implemented as the nodal responsibility of which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • B. Ministry of Communications
  • C. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
  • D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q3. As per the 2025 data on the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), approximately how many Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) had been created?

  • A. About 20 crore
  • B. About 50 crore
  • C. About 80 crore
  • D. About 130 crore

Q4. Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A unique digital health ID that lets an individual link, store and share their health records across facilities
  • B. A health insurance cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year for hospitalisation
  • C. A registry of all government and private hospitals and clinics in the country
  • D. A registry of verified doctors and other healthcare professionals

Q5. Among the nations where UPI is currently operational, which one of the following is the sole European country?

  • A. France
  • B. Germany
  • C. Greece
  • D. United Kingdom

Q6. The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has been set up as a Section 8 (non-profit) company under the aegis of which one of the following?

  • A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • C. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • D. Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Q7. Aadhaar, the identity layer of the India Stack, is operated by which one of the following?

  • A. Unique Identification Authority of India
  • B. National Payments Corporation of India
  • C. National e-Governance Division under MeitY
  • D. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Q8. Under the Digital India health initiatives, 'eSanjeevani' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A national telemedicine service enabling doctor-to-patient and doctor-to-doctor teleconsultations
  • B. A platform for scheduling and managing COVID-19 vaccination and issuing digital certificates
  • C. A repository that stores and links every citizen's longitudinal digital health records
  • D. A hospital management information system for patient registration and billing in government hospitals