UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Digi Yatra crosses 10 crore usage across 38 airports
Q1. As per the May 2026 update on Digi Yatra, how many languages does the Digi Yatra app currently support?
Q2. Which one of the following statements best describes the core design of Digi Yatra?
- A. A Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)-based contactless and paperless passenger-processing system that links a passenger's facial features to the boarding pass/identity
- B. A fingerprint-and-iris biometric gateway that verifies passengers against a central government biometric registry at every checkpoint
- C. A QR-code boarding system that dispenses with any biometric verification of the traveller
- D. An Aadhaar-authentication kiosk that issues printed biometric boarding cards at the airport entry
Q3. With reference to the formal launch of Digi Yatra in December 2022, which one of the following correctly identifies the Union Minister who launched it and the airports at which it was first launched?
- A. Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia – Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi
- B. Shri Ram Mohan Naidu – Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad
- C. Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia – Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata
- D. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri – Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi
Q4. Consider the following airports:
1. Delhi
2. Bengaluru
3. Varanasi
4. Hyderabad
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as airports where Digi Yatra went live on its launch date of 1 December 2022?
- Delhi
- Bengaluru
- Varanasi
- Hyderabad
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. By the end of 2023, at how many airports had Digi Yatra been implemented?
Q6. The following airports are cited as part of the Digi Yatra expansion operationalised by March 2023. Consider them:
1. Hyderabad
2. Pune
3. Kolkata
4. Varanasi
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as part of that March 2023 expansion?
- Hyderabad
- Pune
- Kolkata
- Varanasi
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 4 only
- D. 1 and 4 only
Q7. In the May 2026 announcement that 'Digi Yatra crosses 10 crore usage', the figure of 10 crore refers to which one of the following?
- A. The cumulative number of seamless passenger journeys enabled through Digi Yatra
- B. The number of app downloads across iOS and Android
- C. The number of passengers processed at a single busiest airport in one year
- D. The number of facial images stored in Digi Yatra's central database
Q8. The May 2026 milestone that Digi Yatra had crossed 10 crore journeys across 38 airports falls under the administrative charge of which Union Ministry?
- A. Ministry of Civil Aviation
- B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C. Ministry of Home Affairs
- D. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Q9. Before its nationwide rollout, preliminary testing of the Digi Yatra biometric boarding system was completed at a total of how many airports?
Q10. Consider the following statements about the data-handling model of Digi Yatra:
1. A passenger's personal data is stored in the traveller's own device (mobile wallet) rather than in centralized government storage.
2. Data shared with the departure airport is purged from the system within 24 hours of the flight's departure.
3. Digi Yatra maintains a permanent central database of the facial biometrics of all its users.
4. Digi Yatra processes are subject to audit and certification by CERT-In empanelled agencies.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- A passenger's personal data is stored in the traveller's own device (mobile wallet) rather than in centralized government storage.
- Data shared with the departure airport is purged from the system within 24 hours of the flight's departure.
- Digi Yatra maintains a permanent central database of the facial biometrics of all its users.
- Digi Yatra processes are subject to audit and certification by CERT-In empanelled agencies.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q11. Consider the following statements about the scope of Digi Yatra as against international travel processing:
1. Digi Yatra is currently available for domestic air travel and not for international departures.
2. Enrolment in Digi Yatra requires a one-time Aadhaar-based validation together with a self-image capture.
3. Digi Yatra replaces immigration and passport control for outbound international passengers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Digi Yatra is currently available for domestic air travel and not for international departures.
- Enrolment in Digi Yatra requires a one-time Aadhaar-based validation together with a self-image capture.
- Digi Yatra replaces immigration and passport control for outbound international passengers.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3