UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — In less than 24 months, India AI Mission has Set up a Foundation for Development of AI Ecosystem in the Country

Question 1

The IndiaAI Mission, approved with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore, is designed to be implemented over a period of how many years?

Accepted Answer

Five years

Answer

Three years

Answer

Four years

Answer

Seven years

Question 2

The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through which one of the following entities?

Accepted Answer

IndiaAI Independent Business Division under Digital India Corporation

Answer

National Informatics Centre (NIC)

Answer

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Answer

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Question 3

The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll), which preceded the IndiaAI Mission, identified how many priority focus sectors for AI intervention?

Accepted Answer

Five

Answer

Four

Answer

Seven

Answer

Ten

Question 4

The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll), released in 2018 as an early milestone in India's AI policy, was prepared by which body?

Accepted Answer

NITI Aayog

Answer

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Answer

Digital India Corporation

Answer

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Question 5

Under which pillar of the IndiaAI Mission is the development of indigenous Large Multimodal Models and domain-specific foundational models undertaken?

Accepted Answer

IndiaAI Innovation Centre

Answer

IndiaAI Datasets Platform

Answer

IndiaAI Application Development Initiative

Answer

IndiaAI FutureSkills

Question 6

Consider the following as components of the IndiaAI Mission:
1. IndiaAI Startup Financing
2. IndiaAI FutureSkills
3. India Semiconductor Mission
4. Safe & Trusted AI
Which of the above are correctly identified as pillars of the IndiaAI Mission?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 4

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4

Question 7

As per the 24-month progress note on the IndiaAI Mission, against an original target of 10,000, approximately how many GPUs have been onboarded for the common compute facility?

Accepted Answer

More than 38,000

Answer

About 18,000

Answer

About 34,000

Answer

Exactly 10,000

Question 8

The common compute facility of the IndiaAI Mission, which provides GPUs at a subsidised rate, is primarily built and operated through which model?

Accepted Answer

Public-Private Partnership with empanelled cloud service providers

Answer

Build-Operate-Transfer by a single public sector undertaking

Answer

Fully Government-owned and Government-operated data centres

Answer

Foreign Direct Investment-driven captive facilities

Question 9

Consider the following organisations:
1. Soket AI
2. Fractal Analytics
3. Infosys
4. Zenteiq
Which of the above are correctly identified as teams shortlisted under the IndiaAI Innovation Centre for developing foundation models?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 4

Answer

1 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 10

With reference to the Global IndiaAI Summit 2024, consider the following statements:
1. It was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
2. OECD and GPAI announced a new integrated partnership on AI during the Summit.
3. Its deliberations were structured around the seven pillars of the IndiaAI Mission.
4. It adopted the Bletchley Declaration on AI safety.
Which of the above statements is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

4 only

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

3 only

Answer

2 and 4

Question 11

Consider the following pairs of AI initiative and the body associated with it:
1. IndiaAI Mission — Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
2. National Strategy for AI (#AIForAll) — NITI Aayog
3. AIKosh datasets platform — Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
4. AIRAWAT AI cloud computing platform — Ministry of Home Affairs
Which of the above pairs is NOT correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

4 only

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

3 only

Answer

2 and 3

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — In less than 24 months, India AI Mission has Set up a Foundation for Development of AI Ecosystem in the Country

Q1. The IndiaAI Mission, approved with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore, is designed to be implemented over a period of how many years?

Q2. The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through which one of the following entities?

Q3. The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll), which preceded the IndiaAI Mission, identified how many priority focus sectors for AI intervention?

Q4. The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (#AIForAll), released in 2018 as an early milestone in India's AI policy, was prepared by which body?

Q5. Under which pillar of the IndiaAI Mission is the development of indigenous Large Multimodal Models and domain-specific foundational models undertaken?

Q6. Consider the following as components of the IndiaAI Mission: 1. IndiaAI Startup Financing 2. IndiaAI FutureSkills 3. India Semiconductor Mission 4. Safe & Trusted AI Which of the above are correctly identified as pillars of the IndiaAI Mission?

Q7. As per the 24-month progress note on the IndiaAI Mission, against an original target of 10,000, approximately how many GPUs have been onboarded for the common compute facility?

Q8. The common compute facility of the IndiaAI Mission, which provides GPUs at a subsidised rate, is primarily built and operated through which model?

Q9. Consider the following organisations: 1. Soket AI 2. Fractal Analytics 3. Infosys 4. Zenteiq Which of the above are correctly identified as teams shortlisted under the IndiaAI Innovation Centre for developing foundation models?