UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PM to inaugurate India AI Impact Summit 2026 on 19 February

Q1. India's edition of the global AI summit series — the India AI Impact Summit 2026 — was operationalised under the IndiaAI Mission by which one of the following Union ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • B. Ministry of External Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Science and Technology
  • D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q2. In the lineage of global AI summits (Bletchley Park 2023, Seoul 2024, Paris 2025), the India AI Impact Summit 2026 is distinguished as which one of the following?

  • A. The first summit in the series to be hosted by a nation of the Global South
  • B. The first summit in the series to adopt a legally binding international AI treaty
  • C. The first summit in the series to be convened jointly by the United Nations
  • D. The first summit in the series to bar participation by private technology companies

Q3. The India AI Impact Expo 2026, held alongside the Summit at Bharat Mandapam, featured exhibitors drawn from approximately how many countries?

  • A. 30
  • B. 15
  • C. 60
  • D. 100

Q4. The framework of Three Sutras (People, Planet, Progress) and Seven Chakras that organised the India AI Impact Summit 2026 was convened under the aegis of which of the following national missions?

  • A. IndiaAI Mission
  • B. Digital India Programme
  • C. National Supercomputing Mission
  • D. National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems

Q5. The concluding outcome document adopted at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 is formally known as which of the following?

  • A. New Delhi Declaration
  • B. New Delhi Consensus on AI
  • C. Bharat AI Charter
  • D. Delhi Accord on Artificial Intelligence

Q6. The New Delhi Declaration adopted at the close of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 was endorsed by how many countries and international organisations?

  • A. 92
  • B. 28
  • C. 55
  • D. 120

Q7. The IndiaAI Mission is operationalised through 'IndiaAI', which functions as an Independent Business Division under which of the following bodies?

  • A. Digital India Corporation
  • B. National Informatics Centre
  • C. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
  • D. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Q8. Under the IndiaAI Mission, the IndiaAI Compute Capacity pillar aims to build a high-end computing infrastructure comprising at least how many Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)?

  • A. 10,000
  • B. 1,000
  • C. 2,500
  • D. 50,000

Q9. Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, is owned and managed by which of the following organisations?

  • A. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)
  • B. National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
  • C. Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
  • D. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)

Q10. The G20 Leaders' Summit hosted at Bharat Mandapam in 2023 was which numbered edition of the G20 summit?

  • A. 18th
  • B. 15th
  • C. 17th
  • D. 20th