AyurParam, on which the national Ayurveda AI challenge is built, is best described as which of the following?
- A.An Ayurvedic drug licensing portal of the Ministry of Ayush
- B.An open-source Ayurveda large language model from IIT Bombay
- C.A seed-funding scheme for Ayurveda startups
- D.An intellectual property rights facility for Ayurveda
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Explanation
The correct answer is an open-source Ayurveda large language model from IIT Bombay. The challenge asks participants to use AyurParam to build artificial intelligence solutions that are trustworthy, transparent, safe and practical, and to apply them to Ayurvedic clinical practice, retrieval from classical texts, research, treatment planning and public health awareness. Option A is wrong because no drug licensing portal is part of this announcement; the Ministry of Ayush appears here as a collaborator in the challenge, not as the owner of such a portal. Option C is wrong because the seed support mentioned on the occasion is separate from AyurParam: AIIA-iCAINE has given Rs 3 lakh each to nine startups, which is a funding figure and not a software model. Option D is wrong because the Intellectual Property Rights Facility for Ayurveda was a distinct launch of the same day, meant to help innovators protect their work, and is not the model behind the contest.
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Practice Questions
Which institution organises the AyushTech Innovate: National Open Ayurveda AI Challenge?
- A.Techfest, IIT Bombay
- B.Techfest, IIT Delhi
- C.Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur
- D.Shaastra, IIT Madras
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The challenge is organised by Techfest of IIT Bombay in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush and the All India Institute of Ayurveda, and it was launched at the sixth Foundation Day of the institute's incubation centre AIIA-iCAINE.
Read the full explanation →AIIA-iCAINE, which celebrated its sixth Foundation Day, is recognised as which of the following?
- A.India's first private Ayurveda incubator
- B.India's first public-sector Ayurveda business incubator
- C.The oldest Ayurveda research council in India
- D.The first Ayurveda incubator run by an engineering institute
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AIIA-iCAINE was established on 29 October 2021 under the mandate of the Ministry of Ayush at the All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi, and it supports Ayurveda-based products, services and enterprises through mentorship, capacity building, institutional partnerships and industry engagement.
Read the full explanation →Which platform was migrated to an Indian cloud operated by Yotta Data Services, as reported in February 2026?
- A.DigiLocker
- B.MyGov
- C.Digital India BHASHINI
- D.National Scholarship Portal
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology reported in February 2026 that the BHASHINI language platform had been moved to an Indian cloud operated by Yotta Data Services, which keeps its language datasets, AI models and citizen interactions within India's own jurisdiction and therefore supports data sovereignty.
Read the full explanation →What is the approved outlay of the IndiaAI Mission?
- A.Rs 7,500 crore
- B.Rs 10,371.92 crore
- C.Rs 19,744 crore
- D.Rs 25,000 crore
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The IndiaAI Mission was approved with this outlay and its purpose is to widen access to computing power for artificial intelligence work.
Read the full explanation →How many government departments had adopted MeghRaj 2.0 by September 2026?
- A.1,230
- B.2,330
- C.3,230
- D.4,330
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MeghRaj 2.0, the second generation of the Government of India's national cloud computing initiative, had been adopted by that many government departments by September 2026.
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