UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Technology Services – Reimagination Ahead roadmap released by the NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub

Q1. The ten-year 'Technology Services – Reimagination Ahead' roadmap was released by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub
  • B. The IndiaAI Mission of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • C. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry
  • D. The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO)

Q2. In the context of NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub, 'Technology Services – Reimagination Ahead' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A ten-year roadmap charting the growth of India's technology services sector towards 2035
  • B. A central scheme to establish semiconductor fabrication units in India
  • C. A mission to set up sovereign AI data centres across states
  • D. A curated repository of proven AI use-cases already deployed in India

Q3. According to the roadmap, which one of the following statements about India's technology services sector is correct?

  • A. It is India's largest services-export earner, contributing about 7% of GDP.
  • B. It is the only sector generating services-export earnings for India.
  • C. It has entirely insulated itself from AI-driven automation.
  • D. It is projected to contract to below USD 200 billion by 2035.

Q4. The roadmap frames which one of the following as the 'structural inflection point' reshaping India's technology services sector?

  • A. Artificial Intelligence
  • B. Quantum computing
  • C. Cloud computing
  • D. Semiconductor fabrication

Q5. The roadmap characterises the AI-driven transformation of tech services as a shift away from which delivery model, and towards which one?

  • A. From labour-arbitrage services towards IP-led, outcome-oriented, platform-driven delivery
  • B. From platform-driven delivery towards labour-arbitrage staffing services
  • C. From product licensing towards time-and-materials consulting
  • D. From domestic services towards purely export-oriented body-shopping

Q6. Which of the following roadmaps are correctly identified as having been released by the NITI Frontier Tech Hub?

  1. Transforming India into a leading Quantum-Powered Economy
  2. Reimagining Manufacturing: India's Roadmap to Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing
  3. Reimagining Agriculture: A Roadmap for Frontier Technology Led Transformation
  4. National Manufacturing Mission
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2 and 4

Q7. The 'Technology Services – Reimagination Ahead' roadmap, anchored to the Viksit Bharat vision, charts the sector's growth over a horizon of how many years?

  • A. 10 years
  • B. 5 years
  • C. 15 years
  • D. 22 years