UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report, 2025 [January, 2025 – December, 2025]

Q1. In which year was the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) launched by the NSSO, replacing the earlier Employment-Unemployment Survey?

  • A. 2017
  • B. 2011
  • C. 2019
  • D. 2020

Q2. Which one of the following agencies conducts the Periodic Labour Force Survey and compiles its LFPR, WPR and Unemployment Rate estimates?

  • A. National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • B. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. Directorate General of Employment

Q3. The PLFS Monthly Bulletins introduced under the 2025 methodological overhaul are released under the administrative control of which ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. NITI Aayog (Union Ministry)

Q4. The high-frequency monthly estimates introduced in PLFS from January 2025 are primarily based on which one of the following activity-status measures?

  • A. Current Weekly Status (CWS)
  • B. Usual Status (principal + subsidiary)
  • C. Usual Principal Status only
  • D. Subsidiary status only

Q5. The PLFS Annual Report 2025 is described as a landmark because it is the FIRST PLFS annual report to do which one of the following?

  • A. Be based on the calendar year (January–December) as the survey reference period
  • B. Be based on the agricultural year (July–June)
  • C. Cover only the urban areas of the country
  • D. Rely exclusively on the Current Weekly Status approach

Q6. The Skill India Mission, frequently invoked as the policy response to educated and youth unemployment highlighted by PLFS data, is implemented by which ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  • B. Ministry of Education
  • C. Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • D. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation