UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — e-SafeHER – a Cyber Security Awareness Training Programme to enable one million Cyber Sakhis across rural India

Q1. The Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project, under which the e-SafeHER programme is anchored, is implemented through a network of how many premier academic and autonomous institutions (IITs, NITs, IIITs, C-DAC and NIELIT Centres)?

  • A. 25
  • B. 40
  • C. 50
  • D. 75

Q2. e-SafeHER is anchored as a vertical under which flagship umbrella programme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)?

  • A. Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Programme
  • B. Cyber Surakshit Bharat
  • C. Cyber Swachhta Kendra
  • D. Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (DISHA)

Q3. Which Union Ministry is the nodal ministry that operationalises the e-SafeHER programme (through its scientific society C-DAC Hyderabad)?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • C. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Q4. e-SafeHER is designed to scale to its target of one million Cyber Sakhis (by 2029) over a period of how many years?

  • A. Two years
  • B. Three years
  • C. Five years
  • D. Seven years

Q5. Alongside C-DAC Hyderabad, which industry body is designated as a nodal agency for implementing the ISEA Project?

  • A. NASSCOM
  • B. Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
  • C. CERT-In
  • D. National e-Governance Division (NeGD)

Q6. As of its latest expansion, the ISEA Project (started in 2005) is currently running in which phase?

  • A. Phase I
  • B. Phase II
  • C. Phase III
  • D. Phase IV

Q7. Which existing community institution is the primary diffusion channel used by e-SafeHER to reach its rural women beneficiaries in the remotest regions?

  • A. Anganwadi centres
  • B. Women's Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
  • C. Common Service Centres (CSCs)
  • D. Panchayati Raj Institutions

Q8. Consider the following statements about the target and scale of the e-SafeHER programme. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. It seeks to train one million rural women as Cyber Sakhis.
  2. It aims to achieve its target by the year 2029.
  3. It is structured to scale over a three-year horizon.
  4. It exclusively enrols women who are already digitally literate working professionals.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 2 and 3

Q9. Consider the following statements about the initial rollout of e-SafeHER. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. Madhya Pradesh is one of the two opening states.
  2. Odisha is one of the two opening states.
  3. The initiative reaches remote areas through women's Self-Help Groups.
  4. Uttar Pradesh is one of the two opening states.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 1 and 4

Q10. In the e-SafeHER rollout, while C-DAC leads development of localized training modules, which partner is tasked with catalysing dissemination in rural communities?

  • A. Tata Trusts
  • B. Azim Premji Foundation
  • C. Reliance Foundation
  • D. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Q11. MeitY's Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative is built on how many core operating principles?

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

Q12. Consider the following statements about the design of the e-SafeHER model. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. It uses women's Self-Help Groups as its diffusion channel.
  2. It follows a Public-Private Partnership model with Reliance Foundation.
  3. Its content is delivered only in English to ensure national standardisation.
  4. Trained women act as peer educators called Cyber Sakhis.
  • A. 1 and 4
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 3 only
  • D. 3 and 4