In this example, We are setting a variable value as true and assigning the same variable as ng-model of checkbox "isCheck" is a angular variable with ng-model of checkbox. So by default the checkbox will be selected
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Welcome to LearnKode - A code learning platform</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.2/angular.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body ng-app>
<div>
<div class="container" ng-init="isCheck=true">
Are you 18+ <input type="checkbox" ng-model="isCheck" />
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>