UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — AI Impact Summit 2026 Concludes with Adoption of New Delhi Declaration

Q1. Around how many thematic chakras (pillars) is the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, adopted in 2026, structured?

  • A. Five
  • B. Seven
  • C. Nine
  • D. Thirteen

Q2. The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 was the fourth edition in the lineage of global AI summits. How many summits in this lineage preceded it?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q3. Which one of the following was the nodal Union Ministry that served as the lead organiser of the India-AI Impact Summit 2026?

  • A. Ministry of Science and Technology
  • B. NITI Aayog
  • C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q4. The 'Global AI Impact Commons', launched at the India-AI Impact Summit 2026, is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A binding treaty regulating frontier AI models across signatory nations
  • B. A voluntary platform for sharing, replicating and scaling successful AI use-case stories across countries
  • C. A pooled sovereign compute cluster of GPUs contributed by Global South nations
  • D. A workforce-transition programme developed jointly with the ILO

Q5. The New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, guided by the motto 'Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya', was formally adopted in which year and at which summit?

  • A. 2025, at the AI Action Summit, Paris
  • B. 2024, at the AI Seoul Summit
  • C. 2026, at the India-AI Impact Summit, New Delhi
  • D. 2023, at the AI Safety Summit, Bletchley Park

Q6. The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 is notable as the first summit in the global AI safety-summit lineage to be hosted by which one of the following?

  • A. The United Kingdom
  • B. France
  • C. India, the first Global South nation to host in this lineage
  • D. South Korea