UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India and France Launch Indo French Centre for AI in Health at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Q1. The Indo-French Centre for AI in Health (IF-CAIH) at AIIMS New Delhi was established pursuant to a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding. How many institutions were signatories to this tripartite MoU?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q2. In the IF-CAIH partnership, the Paris Brain Institute (Institut du Cerveau) is best described as which one of the following?
- A. A French neuroscience research institute
- B. A French statutory regulator for artificial intelligence
- C. An engineering faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- D. An agency of the French Ministry of Health
Q3. President Macron's February 2026 official visit to India, during which IF-CAIH was inaugurated, spanned how many days?
- A. Two days
- B. Three days
- C. Four days
- D. Five days
Q4. IF-CAIH, launched at AIIMS New Delhi, is being taken forward as an initiative of which one of the following Union ministries?
- A. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
- B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C. Ministry of External Affairs
- D. Ministry of Science and Technology
Q5. The India-France 'Horizon 2047' Roadmap frames the year 2047 as a landmark. Consider the following milestones stated to be commemorated by 2047:
1. Centenary of India's independence
2. Centenary of India-France diplomatic relations
3. Fifty years of the India-France strategic partnership
4. Twenty-five years of the Paris AI Action Summit
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Centenary of India's independence
- Centenary of India-France diplomatic relations
- Fifty years of the India-France strategic partnership
- Twenty-five years of the Paris AI Action Summit
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 2 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q6. On the Indian side, the overall India-France strategic partnership and the Horizon 2047 Roadmap are coordinated by which one of the following?
- A. Ministry of External Affairs
- B. NITI Aayog
- C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- D. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Q7. The RUSH (Rencontres Universitaires Et Scientifiques De Haut Niveau) academic-scientific meetings held at AIIMS alongside the IF-CAIH launch were coordinated by which one of the following?
- A. The French Embassy in India
- B. AIIMS New Delhi
- C. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
- D. The Ministry of External Affairs
Q8. Consider the following statements distinguishing the RUSH meetings from IF-CAIH:
1. RUSH refers to a series of high-level academic-scientific meetings, whereas IF-CAIH is a standing bilateral centre hosted at AIIMS.
2. The RUSH meetings were held on 18-19 February 2026 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
3. Unlike IF-CAIH, the RUSH meetings were coordinated by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- RUSH refers to a series of high-level academic-scientific meetings, whereas IF-CAIH is a standing bilateral centre hosted at AIIMS.
- The RUSH meetings were held on 18-19 February 2026 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Unlike IF-CAIH, the RUSH meetings were coordinated by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q9. Consider the following statements about the Paris AI Action Summit and its successor:
1. The AI Action Summit held in Paris in February 2025 was co-chaired by India and France.
2. India announced at the Paris Summit that it would host the subsequent AI Summit, which was held in India in 2026.
3. India was the only country to co-chair the Paris AI Action Summit.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The AI Action Summit held in Paris in February 2025 was co-chaired by India and France.
- India announced at the Paris Summit that it would host the subsequent AI Summit, which was held in India in 2026.
- India was the only country to co-chair the Paris AI Action Summit.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q10. The AI Action Summit that India co-chaired — cited as a precursor to India-France cooperation on trusted AI in health — was held in Paris in which month and year?
- A. November 2023
- B. May 2024
- C. February 2025
- D. February 2026
Q11. AIIMS New Delhi, which hosts IF-CAIH, was constituted as an autonomous institution of national importance under which one of the following?
- A. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956
- B. The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956
- C. The National Medical Commission Act, 2019
- D. The University Grants Commission Act, 1956
Q12. IndiaAI, which recently signed an MoU with the ICMR to advance responsible AI in healthcare, functions as a flagship programme under which one of the following Union ministries?
- A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- B. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
- C. Ministry of Science and Technology
- D. Ministry of Education