UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s remarks in Leaders’ Plenary Session during the India AI Impact Summit 2026
Q1. The India AI Impact Summit 2026 held special significance as the first summit in the international AI summit series to be hosted in which one of the following?
- A. The Global South
- B. The European Union
- C. The G7 grouping
- D. North America
Q2. The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was anchored on how many foundational pillars, described as its 'Sutras'?
- A. Three
- B. Five
- C. Seven
- D. Nine
Q3. Which one of the following was the first summit in the global AI summit series that culminated in the India AI Impact Summit 2026?
- A. Bletchley Park Summit, United Kingdom (2023)
- B. Seoul AI Summit (2024)
- C. Paris AI Action Summit (2025)
- D. India AI Impact Summit (2026)
Q4. In the context of the global AI summit series, the 'Bletchley Declaration' (2023) is best described as which one of the following?
- A. The first international declaration focused on AI safety, agreed at the UK summit
- B. A treaty establishing a permanent global AI regulatory agency
- C. A trade agreement liberalising semiconductor and GPU exports
- D. A UN convention banning lethal autonomous weapons
Q5. In PM Modi's Leaders' Plenary address, the call for transparent 'glass box' safety rules is best understood as advocating which one of the following?
- A. AI systems whose functioning and decisions are transparent and open to scrutiny, as opposed to opaque 'black box' systems
- B. A requirement that all AI training data be physically stored within India's borders
- C. Mandatory full open-sourcing of the code of every AI model
- D. A hardware standard mandating transparent, tamper-evident data-centre casings
Q6. The IndiaAI Mission, which operationalises the AI governance and 'Safe & Trusted AI' vision articulated by the Prime Minister, functions under which one of the following Union ministries?
- A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
- B. Ministry of Science and Technology
- C. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- D. Ministry of Communications
Q7. The IndiaAI Mission approved by the Union Cabinet is structured around how many broad pillars (including Compute, Datasets Platform, Innovation Centre, Application Development, FutureSkills, Startup Financing and Safe & Trusted AI)?
- A. Four
- B. Five
- C. Seven
- D. Ten
Q8. Under the IndiaAI Mission, the 'IndiaAI Datasets Platform' is primarily intended to do which one of the following?
- A. Provide streamlined, one-stop access to quality non-personal datasets for AI innovation
- B. Maintain a centralised biometric database of all citizens
- C. Store personal data linked to Aadhaar for authentication
- D. Host a sovereign cloud dedicated to defence applications
Q9. With reference to the participation and scale of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, consider the following statements:
1. More than 100 countries participated in the Summit.
2. Around 10 international organisations took part.
3. The AI Impact Expo featured over 850 exhibitors.
4. The India AI Impact Summit Declaration was endorsed by only 20 countries and international organisations.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- More than 100 countries participated in the Summit.
- Around 10 international organisations took part.
- The AI Impact Expo featured over 850 exhibitors.
- The India AI Impact Summit Declaration was endorsed by only 20 countries and international organisations.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 4 only
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 2 only
Q10. The India AI Impact Summit 2026 witnessed the participation of how many Heads of State or Government?
Q11. The 'IndiaAI' entity that operationalises the IndiaAI Mission and its Safe & Trusted AI initiatives functions in which one of the following institutional forms?
- A. An Independent Business Division under MeitY
- B. A statutory regulator established by an Act of Parliament
- C. A specialised wing of NITI Aayog
- D. A public sector undertaking under DPIIT