UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Felicitates LEAPS 2025 Winners Across 13 Categories Celebrating Excellence in Logistics and Innovation

Q1. The Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 report released by DPIIT in 2026 marks which edition of the assessment since its inception?

  • A. 5th edition
  • B. 6th edition
  • C. 7th edition
  • D. 8th edition

Q2. In the context of DPIIT's annual benchmarking exercise, the acronym 'LEADS' stands for which one of the following?

  • A. Logistics Efficiency and Delivery Standards
  • B. Logistics Evaluation Across Districts and States
  • C. Logistics Ease Across Different States
  • D. Logistics Excellence and Development Survey

Q3. Across how many categories were the LEAPS 2025 (Logistics Excellence, Advancement and Performance Shield) Awards conferred?

  • A. 9
  • B. 11
  • C. 13
  • D. 15

Q4. Which one of the following is the flagship national initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) that recognises private-sector excellence, innovation and best practices across India's logistics ecosystem?

  • A. LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States)
  • B. LEAPS (Logistics Excellence, Advancement and Performance Shield)
  • C. Sagarmala Excellence Awards
  • D. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Awards

Q5. The National Logistics Policy, 2022 is operationalised at the central level by which one of the following?

  • A. Logistics Wing, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • B. Logistics Division, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. Department of Logistics, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • D. National Logistics Authority constituted under NITI Aayog

Q6. How many 'engines' drive the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan as articulated in the Union Budget framework?

  • A. Five
  • B. Six
  • C. Seven
  • D. Nine

Q7. With reference to the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, consider the following components: 1. Mass Transport 2. Energy Transmission 3. Waterways 4. Social Infrastructure Which of the above is/are correctly identified as part of the 'seven engines' of PM GatiShakti?

  1. Mass Transport
  2. Energy Transmission
  3. Waterways
  4. Social Infrastructure
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q8. Under which one of the following Departments of the Government of India does the Logistics Division — the nodal authority for implementing the National Logistics Policy, 2022 and conferring the LEAPS awards — function?

  • A. Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
  • D. Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q9. In how many award categories were winners felicitated under the LEAPS (Logistics Excellence, Advancement and Performance Shield) 2025 awards instituted by DPIIT?

  • A. 10
  • B. 11
  • C. 13
  • D. 15

Q10. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), often referenced as the global benchmark on which India's National Logistics Policy seeks to improve performance, is published by which one of the following organisations?

  • A. World Trade Organization
  • B. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • C. World Bank
  • D. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)