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Which application benefits most from neuromorphic computing's event-driven processing?
- Batch Data Processing
- Real-time Sensor Processing
- Offline Analytics
- Database Queries
Answer: Real-time Sensor Processing
Neuromorphic chips excel at processing sparse, event-driven data from sensors: vision, audio, IoT. Critical for edge AI with low power budgets.
The computing paradigm that uses DNA strands for parallel computation is called ________ Computing.
- End-to-End
- Cellular / Biological
- DNA / Molecular
- Edge
Answer: DNA / Molecular
DNA computing uses biochemical reactions for massive parallelism. Research stage with potential for solving complex combinatorial problems.
India's National Mission on Quantum Technologies allocates ₹8000 crore over 5 years.
- True
- False
Answer: True
NM-QTA allocates ₹8000 crore for quantum computing, communication, sensing, materials research. Implemented by DST with IITs, IISc participation.
The technique that enables querying encrypted databases without decrypting the data is called ________ Encryption.
- End-to-End / Comprehensive
- Stream
- Reinforcement
- Searchable / Homomorphic
Answer: Searchable / Homomorphic
Searchable Encryption enables keyword search on ciphertext; Homomorphic Encryption enables computation on encrypted data. Both preserve privacy.
The Right to Portability allows individuals to receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Right to Portability enables individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data across services. Promotes competition and user control.
The technique that enables verification of model integrity without revealing model weights is called Zero-________ Proofs.
- Knowledge
- Model
- BharatKosh / e-Payments
- Code / Policy as Code
Answer: Knowledge
Zero-Knowledge Proofs enable proving model properties without revealing weights. Critical for privacy-preserving model verification.
Which pattern enables automatic recovery from instance failures?
- Self-Healing
- Circuit Breaker
- Retry Logic
- All of these
Answer: All of these
Resilience patterns: self-healing replaces failed instances, circuit breaker prevents cascading failures, retry logic handles transient errors.
The Indian initiative that provides free high-speed internet to students in rural areas via satellite is called ________.
- PM-WANI
- RBI
- L1
- AePS
Answer: PM-WANI
PM-WANI enables public Wi-Fi hotspots via PDOs using satellite/fiber backhaul. Aims to provide affordable internet access in rural/remote areas.
Which initiative supports rural innovation through technology and entrepreneurship?
- Village Entrepreneurship Program
- Digital Village Initiative
- Both A and B
- Neither
Answer: Both A and B
Programs under Digital India promote rural startups: CSCs for service delivery, agri-tech incubators. Critical for inclusive innovation.
The program that provides mentorship and funding to deep tech startups in strategic sectors is called ________-PRAYAS.
- UNIQUE
- NIDHI
- ROM
- UPI
Answer: NIDHI
NIDHI-PRAYAS (DST) provides prototyping grants for deep tech startups in strategic sectors. Part of national innovation ecosystem.
The Startup India initiative provides tax benefits, easier compliance, and IPR fast-tracking for recognized startups.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Startup India offers 3-year income tax exemption, self-certification compliance, fast-track patent examination for DPIIT-recognized startups.
The concept of 'technological sovereignty' emphasizes reducing dependence on foreign technology through domestic innovation.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Technological sovereignty promotes domestic R&D, manufacturing, standards to reduce strategic dependencies. Critical for India's tech policy and security.
Which DeFi mechanism allows users to earn yield by providing liquidity to trading pairs?
- Yield Farming
- Liquidity Mining
- Both A and B
- Neither
Answer: Both A and B
Yield farming/liquidity mining rewards users with tokens for providing liquidity to DEX pools. Critical DeFi incentive mechanism with impermanent loss risks.
The Indian authority that monitors suspicious cryptocurrency transactions for money laundering is ________.
- L1
- SPADEX
- FIU-IND
- F1
Answer: FIU-IND
Financial Intelligence Unit-India receives, analyzes, disseminates financial intelligence including crypto transactions. VASPs must register and report.
Which brain-inspired feature do neuromorphic chips use for energy-efficient processing?
- Spiking Neurons
- Event-Driven Computation
- Both A and B
- Neither
Answer: Both A and B
Neuromorphic chips use spiking neurons that fire only when needed, and event-driven computation that processes only changes. Critical for edge AI efficiency.
The technology that uses proteins for computational tasks is called ________ Computing.
- Green / Energy-Efficient
- Compressed Air Energy / CAES
- Multimodal
- Protein / Molecular
Answer: Protein / Molecular
Protein computing uses biomolecular interactions for parallel computation. Research stage with potential for ultra-low power, massive parallelism.
The technique that enables verification of identity without revealing underlying attributes is called Zero-________ Proofs.
- Knowledge
- Ground Station
- Rectifier
- Healthcare Professionals
Answer: Knowledge
Zero-Knowledge Proofs enable proving statements without revealing underlying data. Critical for privacy-preserving authentication and selective disclosure.
The technique that adds noise to model gradients during training to prevent privacy leaks is called ________ SGD.
- Hybrid
- Differential Privacy / DP
- Oxygen / ISRU
- bit
Answer: Differential Privacy / DP
DP-SGD adds calibrated noise to gradients during training, providing differential privacy guarantees. Critical for privacy-preserving ML training.
Membership inference attacks determine whether specific individuals were in a model's training data.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Membership inference exploits model confidence scores to infer training data membership. Mitigation: differential privacy, regularization, output perturbation.
Which technique detects when ML model performance degrades due to changing data distributions?
- Data Drift Detection
- Concept Drift Detection
- Both A and B
- Neither
Answer: Both A and B
Data drift: input feature distribution changes; concept drift: relationship between features and target changes. Monitoring both enables timely model retraining.