UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Democratising AI in India

Question 1

The IndiaAI Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2024, was sanctioned a total financial outlay of approximately how much, to be spent over five years?

Accepted Answer

₹10,371.92 crore

Answer

₹5,371.92 crore

Answer

₹7,371.92 crore

Answer

₹13,371.92 crore

Question 2

The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through 'IndiaAI', which functions as an Independent Business Division (IBD) housed under which one of the following organisations?

Accepted Answer

Digital India Corporation

Answer

National Informatics Centre (NIC)

Answer

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Answer

NITI Aayog

Question 3

Under which single pillar of the IndiaAI Mission is the development and deployment of indigenous foundational and large multimodal models primarily spearheaded?

Accepted Answer

IndiaAI Innovation Centre

Answer

IndiaAI Datasets Platform (AIKosh)

Answer

IndiaAI Application Development Initiative

Answer

Safe & Trusted AI

Question 4

The AIKosh (IndiaAI Datasets Platform) hosts its repository of datasets and AI models spread across how many sectors?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

10

Answer

15

Answer

25

Question 5

Against an initial target of 10,000 GPUs, the common compute capacity under the IndiaAI Mission had crossed approximately how many high-end GPUs, as reported in 2026?

Accepted Answer

38,000

Answer

18,000

Answer

28,000

Answer

48,000

Question 6

India's first national policy document on artificial intelligence, the 'National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll)', was released in 2018 under the authority of which body?

Accepted Answer

NITI Aayog

Answer

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Answer

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Answer

NASSCOM

Question 7

As reported under the IndiaAI FutureSkills pillar in 2026, the largest single cohort of learners being supported falls in which of the following categories?

Accepted Answer

Undergraduates

Answer

PhD fellows

Answer

Postgraduates

Answer

Postdoctoral fellows

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Democratising AI in India

Q1. The IndiaAI Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2024, was sanctioned a total financial outlay of approximately how much, to be spent over five years?

Q2. The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through 'IndiaAI', which functions as an Independent Business Division (IBD) housed under which one of the following organisations?

Q3. Under which single pillar of the IndiaAI Mission is the development and deployment of indigenous foundational and large multimodal models primarily spearheaded?

Q4. The AIKosh (IndiaAI Datasets Platform) hosts its repository of datasets and AI models spread across how many sectors?

Q5. Against an initial target of 10,000 GPUs, the common compute capacity under the IndiaAI Mission had crossed approximately how many high-end GPUs, as reported in 2026?

Q6. India's first national policy document on artificial intelligence, the 'National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll)', was released in 2018 under the authority of which body?

Q7. As reported under the IndiaAI FutureSkills pillar in 2026, the largest single cohort of learners being supported falls in which of the following categories?