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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, while the Microsoft investment figure was $50 billion, 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 PIB release verifies that India hosted the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, and says that, for the first time, the global AI summit series took place in the Global South. PIB also records a Guinness World Record for the most pledges received for an AI responsibility campaign in 24 hours, with over 2.5 lakh validated pledges and an exact count of 2,50,946. BharatGen Param2 is a 17-billion-parameter model supporting 22 Indian languages. Statement 4 fails because Microsoft’s Global South AI investment pledge was $50 billion by decade-end, not $100 billion.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) It leaves out statements 1 and 3, both of which are supported by the PIB release, and it includes statement 4, whose Microsoft figure is overstated.
  • (C) It correctly includes statements 1 and 3, but wrongly accepts statement 4 and omits the accurate BharatGen Param2 statement.
  • (D) It treats all four statements as correct, although the Microsoft pledge was $50 billion rather than $100 billion.

Concept

This tests current developments in science and technology, especially India’s role in global AI governance and sovereign AI capacity. RAS repeats such summit-based questions because they combine policy location, institutional records, technology specifications and investment commitments in one factual set.

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