Which examination did the committee recommend be shifted to computer-based testing?

The correct answer is Mukul Wasnik. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and heads the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, which placed the 382nd report on "Reforms and Strengthening of the National Testing Agency" before the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 9 October 2026. Option A is wrong because Dr K. Radhakrishnan, the former Secretary of the Department of Space, chaired the separate High-Level Committee of Experts on examination reform and only appeared before this panel as a witness. Option C is wrong because Harivansh is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and had no role in heading this committee. Option D is wrong because Jayant Chaudhary handles skill development as a minister and is not the chairman of this committee. For the examination, pair the report number with the chairman and the House.

The correct answer is about 1.2 crore. The committee records that the National Testing Agency conducts examinations in which roughly 1.2 crore students sit every year, which is why it describes the agency as the gateway to the higher education system. The tests named in the report include JEE-Main, NEET-UG, UGC-NET and CUET, and the panel points out that an all-India test such as NEET needs the Union, State and local administrations to work as one. Options A and B are wrong because they understate the figure given in the report. Option D is wrong because it overstates it. The number matters for the examination because the committee uses it to argue that the agency’s resources and accountability structures must match the size of the responsibility it carries, including a parliamentary framework for answerability.

The correct answer is 23 officers in position against 39 sanctioned posts, a vacancy of 41 per cent. The committee flags this shortage and notes that recruitment of manpower was among the main recommendations of the High-Level Committee of Experts chaired by Dr K. Radhakrishnan. Option B is wrong because it invents a sanctioned strength that the report does not mention. Option C is wrong because 16 is the number of posts under the Central Staffing Scheme, which the panel says should be only a supplementary layer of senior leadership and not a substitute for domain expertise. Option D is wrong because the report states the opposite: all 39 permanent posts are currently filled through deputation, and since deputationists serve only two to three years, the panel wants a dedicated permanent cadre with specialists in psychometrics, examination security and data analytics.

The correct answer is Michael Kremer, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group, who used the lecture to argue that India’s progress in AI carries lessons for the wider developing world. He pointed to India’s AI-based monsoon forecasting, built by combining several models including open-access ones and delivered to farmers through text, voice and advisories, which anticipated the unusual monsoon of 2025 and is now being followed by Ethiopia. Option A is wrong because Somik Lall gave opening remarks, saying the report is about deploying AI rather than creating it. Option B is wrong because Gaurav Nayyar presented the report’s key findings in a separate session. Option D is wrong because the MeitY Secretary delivered special remarks, in which he noted work under way on an AI Talent Mission.

The correct answer is the World Bank Group, which brings out the World Development Report every year; the latest edition carries the subtitle "The Promise of Artificial Intelligence" and was launched in India by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Option A is wrong: the International Monetary Fund publishes the World Economic Outlook and the Global Financial Stability Report, not the World Development Report, and the two institutions are routinely swapped in question papers. Option C is wrong because the World Economic Forum brings out the Global Risks Report and the Global Gender Gap Report. Option D is wrong because the United Nations Development Programme is associated with the Human Development Report and the Human Development Index. Candidates should also note the senior World Bank Group officials present at the India launch, including Chief Economist Michael Kremer and the report’s Director, Gaurav Nayyar, which confirms the publisher.