The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD-2026), where BHASHINI showed its multilingual AI tools, was hosted by which institution?
- A.IIT Bombay
- B.IIT Delhi
- C.IIT Kanpur
- D.IISc Bengaluru
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Explanation
The correct answer is IIT Delhi. The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, shortened to ETD-2026, was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi from 23 to 25 October 2026, and the Digital India BHASHINI Division took part in it with a session on its multilingual artificial intelligence tools. IIT Bombay in option A, IIT Kanpur in option C and the Indian Institute of Science at Bengaluru in option D are all leading research institutions, which makes them plausible hosts for a symposium on electronic theses, but none of them hosted this edition. The symposium matters for aspirants because it is where BHASHINI proposed extending translation to research repositories such as Shodhganga, which INFLIBNET maintains, so the host institution, the edition number and the dates are all examinable facts.
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Practice Questions
BHASHINI Pragati, the document translation workbench presented at ETD-2026, was developed for which body?
- A.Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- B.Election Commission of India
- C.NITI Aayog
- D.Reserve Bank of India
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BHASHINI Pragati is a document translation workbench that the Digital India BHASHINI Division built for the CAG, and it was put before the symposium as an example of translating structured documents, including files that run from 100 to 500 pages, with quality checks and data-security safeguards.
Read the full explanation →According to the figures presented at ETD-2026, how many Indian languages does BHASHINI support for text?
- A.22
- B.23
- C.36
- D.35
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The figures placed before the symposium were that BHASHINI supports 36 Indian languages for text, 23 Indian languages for voice and 35 international languages, that it has recorded over 10 billion cumulative AI inferences, and that its website translation plugin works on more than 800 government websites.
Read the full explanation →Shrutlekh, demonstrated live by the Digital India BHASHINI Division at ETD-2026, performs which function?
- A.Digitising manuscripts and oral histories
- B.Real-time speech transcription with simultaneous translation
- C.Managing technical terminology across languages
- D.Collecting language contributions from citizens
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The live demonstration of Shrutlekh at the symposium showed speech being written down as it was spoken and translated at the same moment, a capability intended for lecture halls, research seminars, conferences and academic discussions.
Read the full explanation →Which share of Delhi's air pollution was shown as coming from transport on the screen at the inauguration of AATAL?
- A.About 10 per cent
- B.About 25 per cent
- C.About 45 per cent
- D.About 60 per cent
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Explaining what real-time source apportionment means, Dr Jitendra Singh pointed to a screen showing that at that moment transport was contributing roughly 25 per cent of the air pollution in Delhi, while the overall pollution level stood at around 180.
Read the full explanation →At what spatial resolution, and for how long ahead, does the AIRWISE system linked with AATAL forecast air quality?
- A.400 metres, for the next 72 hours
- B.1 kilometre, for the next 48 hours
- C.100 metres, for the next 24 hours
- D.4 kilometres, for the next 96 hours
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AIRWISE, the Air Quality Warning and Integrated Decision Support System for Emissions, issues air-quality forecasts at a spatial resolution of 400 metres for the following 72 hours.
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