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The technique that analyzes network traffic patterns to detect anomalies without known signatures is called ________ Analytics.
- Behavioral
- Pruning
- Oxygen / ISRU
- Model / Pipeline
Answer: Behavioral
Behavioral Analytics uses ML to establish baselines of normal behavior and flag deviations indicating threats.
The technology that enables immersive virtual experiences through head-mounted displays is called ________ Reality.
- Object
- Virtual
- Bio-molecular / DNA
- Green
Answer: Virtual
Virtual Reality creates simulated 3D environments that users can interact with using headsets and controllers.
The platform that enables verified digital document storage and sharing for citizens is called ________.
- DigiLocker
- Astra
- Second
- Partitioning
Answer: DigiLocker
DigiLocker enables citizens to store/share government-issued documents digitally. Documents have legal validity under IT Act.
The technique that enables prediction of future values based on historical time series data is called Time Series ________.
- PM-WANI / BharatNet
- Entanglement
- Forecasting
- Academic Bank of Credits / DigiLocker
Answer: Forecasting
Time series forecasting models temporal patterns for demand prediction, anomaly detection, capacity planning.
The principle that requires AI systems to be understandable to non-technical stakeholders is called ________.
- Common
- Transparency
- CARTOSAT / EOS
- Astra
Answer: Transparency
Transparency (Explainable AI/XAI) ensures AI decisions can be interpreted by humans. Critical for trust, debugging, regulatory compliance.
India's Central Bank Digital Currency is called ________.
- e₹ / Digital Rupee
- DigiLocker
- Central
- Stake
Answer: e₹ / Digital Rupee
e₹ (e-Rupee) is RBI-issued digital token representing sovereign currency. Two types: retail (e₹-R) for public transactions, wholesale (e₹-W) for interbank settlements.
The technique that adds statistical noise to datasets to protect individual identities while preserving aggregate insights is called ________ Privacy.
- Differential
- Situ / ISRU
- Interoperability
- Engineering Task Force / IETF
Answer: Differential
Differential Privacy mathematically guarantees that query results don't reveal individual records. Used in census data, health analytics, tech company telemetry.
The certification that validates expertise in project management for technology initiatives is called ________.
- Digital Personal Data Protection
- Fab / Foundry
- PMP / PRINCE2
- Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems / NM-ICPS
Answer: PMP / PRINCE2
PMP (PMI) covers traditional project management; PRINCE2 is process-based; Agile/Scrum certifications focus on iterative delivery. All valued for tech project leadership.
The practice of defining infrastructure and configuration in version-controlled code files is called Infrastructure as ________.
- Code
- Water Ice / Oxygen
- Ground Station
- Beam / Nucleus
Answer: Code
IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) defines infrastructure in declarative code, enabling version control, peer review, automated testing, consistent deployments.
The technology that enables machines to learn from experience without explicit programming is called ________ Learning.
- Chaos
- Inversion
- Machine
- Reinforcement / RLHF
Answer: Machine
Machine Learning enables systems to learn patterns from data and improve performance on tasks without explicit programming. Types: supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement.
The initiative that provides digital infrastructure for land records modernization is called DILR________.
- Latency
- qXR / CAD4TB
- MP / Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme
- Digital India / UPI
Answer: MP / Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme
DILRMP digitizes land records, integrates with Aadhaar, enables online mutation, reduces disputes. Critical for property rights, credit access, governance transparency.
The international framework for interoperable digital identity is called W3C ________.
- Stake / PoS
- Collaborative
- DID / Decentralized Identifiers
- CSA CCM / Cloud Controls Matrix
Answer: DID / Decentralized Identifiers
W3C DID Specification enables users to create/own identifiers without central authorities. DIDs resolve to DID Documents containing public keys and service endpoints.
The platform that enables online filing of income tax returns is called ________ Portal.
- Education
- e-Filing
- Parquet
- SWAYAM / NPTEL
Answer: e-Filing
Income Tax e-Filing Portal enables online return submission, refund tracking, compliance services. Integrated with Aadhaar, PAN, pre-filled data. Critical for digital tax administration.
The technique that groups similar data points without predefined labels is called ________.
- BharatKosh / e-Payments
- Telecommunication / ITU
- Gate-All-Around / GAA
- Clustering
Answer: Clustering
Clustering (K-means, hierarchical, DBSCAN) discovers natural groupings in unlabeled data. Applications: customer segmentation, anomaly detection, document organization.
The visualization type best for showing correlation between two continuous variables is ________ Plot.
- Bias / Fairness
- Responsibility Segregation / CQRS
- Differential
- Scatter
Answer: Scatter
Scatter plots display individual data points for two variables, revealing correlations, clusters, outliers. Foundation for regression analysis and exploratory data science.
The process of combining data from multiple sources into a unified view is called Data ________.
- Governance
- Integration / Warehousing
- Containerization
- Situ / ISRU
Answer: Integration / Warehousing
Data integration combines disparate sources via ETL/ELT, virtualization, or federation. Enables unified analytics, reporting, and decision-making. Critical for enterprise data strategy.
The technology that enables querying data directly in object storage without loading into database is called ________ Query.
- Astra
- Government Securities / G-Sec
- Serverless / Athena
- Footprint / Intensity
Answer: Serverless / Athena
Serverless query engines (AWS Athena, Google BigQuery) enable SQL queries directly on data in object storage using schema-on-read. Eliminates ETL for ad-hoc analysis. Pay-per-query pricing.
The data format optimized for columnar storage and analytics workloads is called ________.
- Device Posture
- Parquet
- Second
- Response
Answer: Parquet
Parquet is columnar storage format optimized for analytics: efficient compression, predicate pushdown, schema evolution. Reduces I/O by reading only required columns. Used in Spark, Hive, Presto.
The international framework for responsible AI development adopted by India is called ________ AI Principles.
- UPI
- OECD
- SLA
- SLAAC
Answer: OECD
OECD AI Principles (2019) provide values-based guidelines: inclusive growth, human-centered values, transparency, robustness, accountability. India endorses for domestic policy alignment.
The Indian initiative for promoting open-source software in government is called ________ Policy.
- e₹ / Digital Rupee
- Fourth
- Partitioning
- FOSS / Free and Open Source Software
Answer: FOSS / Free and Open Source Software
MeitY's FOSS policy encourages government adoption of open-source for cost-effectiveness, security, and vendor independence. Critical for sustainable digital governance.