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Consider the following statements about the India AI Impact Summit 2026 held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi: 1. It was the first global AI summit to be hosted by a Global South nation. 2. The AI model BharatGen Param2 supports 22 Indian languages and has 17 billion parameters. 3. A Guinness World Record was set for 2,50,946 AI responsibility pledges collected in 24 hours. 4. Microsoft pledged $100 billion for AI investment in lower-income countries by decade's end. Which of the statements given above are CORRECT?

Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 and 3 only.

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, statements 1, 2 and 3 were correct. Microsoft pledged $50 billion in AI investment, not $100 billion.

  1. (A)

    1, 2 and 3 only

  2. (B)

    2 and 4 only

  3. (C)

    1, 3 and 4 only

  4. (D)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

Explanation

The correct set is 1, 2 and 3 only. The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held from 16 to 20 February at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. After Bletchley Park in 2023, Seoul in 2024 and Paris in 2025, it was the fourth global AI summit in the series and the first to be held in the Global South. BharatGen Param2 is a 17-billion-parameter model that supports 22 Indian languages. An AI responsibility campaign set a Guinness World Record for receiving the most pledges in 24 hours: more than 2.5 lakh validated pledges, with an exact count of 2,50,946. Statement 4 is incorrect because Microsoft pledged $50 billion for AI investment in the Global South by the end of the decade, not $100 billion.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) It omits statements 1 and 3, which are both correct, and includes statement 4, which overstates Microsoft's investment pledge.
  • (C) It correctly includes statements 1 and 3, but wrongly accepts statement 4 and omits the correct statement about BharatGen Param2.
  • (D) It treats all four statements as correct, although Microsoft pledged $50 billion rather than $100 billion.

Concept

This question tests current developments in science and technology, especially India's role in global AI governance, sovereign AI capacity and global technology diplomacy. RAS often asks summit-based questions of this kind because they combine the venue, institutional records, technology specifications and investment commitments in one factual set.

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