India's AI Governance and the DPDP Act Quiz

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1. Does India have a dedicated, standalone AI law?
   • Yes, passed in 2023
   • Yes, the IndiaAI Act of 2024
   • No; AI is governed through data, IT and sectoral laws plus guidelines
   • No, and no laws apply to AI at all
2. What does the DPDP Act call organizations that decide how personal data is processed?
   • Data fiduciaries
   • Data controllers
   • Data trustees
   • Data brokers
3. Which data is excluded from much of the DPDP Act's scope, relevant to web-scraped AI training?
   • Encrypted data
   • Personal data the individual has made publicly available
   • All data stored outside India
   • Data older than five years
4. What happened to MeitY's March 2024 AI advisory after criticism?
   • It became a criminal law
   • It was adopted by the Supreme Court
   • It was extended to require licenses for all apps
   • A revised version dropped the requirement to seek government permission for untested models
5. What is a key goal of the IndiaAI Mission approved in March 2024?
   • Providing shared GPU compute and supporting datasets, models and startups
   • Banning foreign AI models
   • Creating an AI tax
   • Licensing AI researchers
6. What did the India AI Governance Guidelines released in November 2025 recommend?
   • An EU-style law with bans
   • A moratorium on generative AI
   • A principle-based, largely voluntary approach without a separate AI law for now
   • Transferring AI policy to the states
7. Under the IT Rules, what can a platform risk losing if it fails its due diligence on unlawful deepfakes?
   • Its domain name
   • Its trademark
   • Its tax exemption
   • Safe harbour protection from liability for user content
8. What extra duty applies to significant data fiduciaries?
   • Nothing beyond ordinary fiduciaries
   • Data protection impact assessments and independent audits
   • Publishing all source code
   • Storing no data at all