Which of the following statements about the Aadhaar Face Authentication Sandbox is correct?
- A.It is a controlled environment to test the full face authentication journey before going live
- B.It is a new Aadhaar enrolment centre model for rural districts
- C.It is a regulatory relaxation window granted by the Reserve Bank of India
- D.It is a hardware device that captures fingerprints and iris data
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Explanation
The correct answer is that it is a controlled environment to test the full face authentication journey before going live. Developers and quality assurance teams can run user provisioning and consent, face capture, liveness checks, authentication, error handling and response validation in it, and they can do so without external biometric hardware. They can also rehearse failures such as invalid digital signatures, network interruptions, timeouts and spoofing attempts. Option B confuses the sandbox with enrolment infrastructure, which is a different part of the Aadhaar system altogether. Option C borrows the idea of a regulatory sandbox, which the Reserve Bank does operate for financial innovation, and that overlap is exactly why the option tempts candidates; the UIDAI sandbox is a technical testing space, not a regulatory concession. Option D describes biometric capture hardware, whereas the entire point of this launch is that no such hardware is needed.
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Practice Questions
At which event did UIDAI launch the Aadhaar Face Authentication SDK and Sandbox on 9 September 2026?
- A.India Mobile Congress
- B.Global Fintech Fest 2026
- C.Digital India Week
- D.World Economic Forum
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The venue matters because the audience was exactly the one the tools are meant for, the banking, financial services and insurance industry, which had long asked for a way to complete Aadhaar authentication inside its own apps.
Read the full explanation →In which year was UIDAI's AI and ML driven Aadhaar face authentication solution launched, and how many transactions has it processed?
- A.2019, over 300 crore transactions
- B.2020, over 400 crore transactions
- C.2021, over 500 crore transactions
- D.2023, over 600 crore transactions
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UIDAI engineered the face authentication solution in India and launched it in that year, and it has since been adopted by nearly 200 entities, among them central ministries and departments, state governments, banks, non-banking financial companies, telecom operators, brokerage firms and certifying authorities.
Read the full explanation →On which stock exchanges is the equity share capital of the acquirer listed?
- A.Only the National Stock Exchange of India
- B.Only the Bombay Stock Exchange
- C.The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India
- D.The Calcutta Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange
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Kotak Mahindra Bank is described as a scheduled commercial bank licensed by the central bank to carry on banking business, with its equity share capital listed on both these exchanges.
Read the full explanation →Which regulator approved the acquisition of a part of Deutsche Bank India business by Kotak Mahindra Bank?
- A.Securities and Exchange Board of India
- B.Reserve Bank of India
- C.Competition Commission of India
- D.Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
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The competition regulator cleared the proposed combination, which covers both the purchase of the target business and the related referral arrangements between affiliates of the two sides.
Read the full explanation →Which business of Deutsche Bank in India is being acquired by Kotak Mahindra Bank?
- A.Corporate and investment banking
- B.Retail, private banking and wealth management
- C.Custody and fund accounting
- D.Treasury and foreign exchange dealing room
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The target business is precisely the retail banking and private banking segment together with the wealth management arm that the seller runs through its branches in India, and it is moving as a going concern on a slump sale basis.
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