UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — 55,000 households use portal for Census self-enumeration

Q1. On the first day of the Self-Enumeration rollout (1 April 2026), approximately how many households across the eight pilot States/UTs availed the Census 2027 Self-Enumeration facility?

  • A. About 55,000
  • B. About 27,000
  • C. About 33,000
  • D. About 1,10,000

Q2. Which one of the following statements correctly describes the distinctive status of Census 2027 in the history of Indian censuses?

  • A. It is India's first digital census, with data collected via a mobile app and optional online self-enumeration
  • B. It is India's first synchronous census
  • C. It is India's first decennial census
  • D. It is the first census of India conducted after Independence

Q3. Census 2027 is being carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, which functions under which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Q4. In which year was the first synchronous census of India conducted, from which the unbroken decennial census tradition began?

  • A. 1872
  • B. 1881
  • C. 1891
  • D. 1951

Q5. The Census Commissioner of India is also designated as the Registrar General of India under which of the following statutes?

  • A. The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  • B. The Census Act, 1948
  • C. The Citizenship Act, 1955
  • D. The Aadhaar Act, 2016

Q6. In the context of the use of census data for political representation, the term 'delimitation' most precisely refers to which of the following?

  • A. Redrawing the boundaries and fixing the number of electoral constituencies on the basis of the latest census
  • B. Demarcation of inter-State boundaries by the Union Home Ministry
  • C. Periodic revision and updation of electoral rolls by the Election Commission
  • D. Reservation of seats for women in legislatures

Q7. The Houselisting and Housing Census field operations in the Phase-1 pilot States/UTs (such as Goa, Karnataka, Mizoram and Odisha) are operationalised by which nodal body?

  • A. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
  • B. National Statistical Office (NSO)
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. Unique Identification Authority of India

Q8. The National Population Register (NPR) is prepared under the provisions of which of the following?

  • A. The Citizenship Act, 1955 and the rules framed thereunder
  • B. The Census Act, 1948
  • C. The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  • D. The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies) Act, 2016