UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Data hygiene
Q1. With reference to the architecture of Census 2027, consider the following features:
1. A 15-day optional Self-Enumeration window precedes the door-to-door Houselisting and Housing field operation.
2. The Census mobile application and the Self-Enumeration portal have been made available in all 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule.
3. Near real-time supervision of field work is enabled through the Census Management & Monitoring System (CMMS) portal.
4. Phase II – Population Enumeration is scheduled for February 2027 with March 1, 2027 as the reference date for most of the country.
Which of the above are correctly identified as features of Census 2027?
- A 15-day optional Self-Enumeration window precedes the door-to-door Houselisting and Housing field operation.
- The Census mobile application and the Self-Enumeration portal have been made available in all 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule.
- Near real-time supervision of field work is enabled through the Census Management & Monitoring System (CMMS) portal.
- Phase II – Population Enumeration is scheduled for February 2027 with March 1, 2027 as the reference date for most of the country.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1, 3 and 4 only
- C. 2 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q2. The conduct of the decennial Census in India, including the duties imposed on enumerators, the obligation of the public to answer faithfully and the confidentiality of individual records, is primarily governed by which one of the following statutes?
- A. The Census Act, 1948
- B. The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
- C. The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
- D. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
Q3. Census 2027, including the rollout of the Houselisting Mobile Application and the Self-Enumeration portal, is operationalised by which one of the following bodies?
- A. National Sample Survey Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- B. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs
- C. Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office under NITI Aayog
- D. Unique Identification Authority of India under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Q4. Which one of the following is the FIRST phase of field operations to be undertaken under Census 2027?
- A. Population Enumeration
- B. Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO)
- C. Update of the National Population Register
- D. Caste Enumeration schedule
Q5. With reference to how Census 2027 differs from earlier decennial Censuses of India, consider the following statements:
1. Census 2027 is the first Indian Census in which enumerators use a mobile application for data entry instead of paper schedules.
2. Unlike previous Censuses, Census 2027 offers respondents an optional 15-day Self-Enumeration window through a secure web portal before the door-to-door visit.
3. The reference date of 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027 has been adopted uniformly for the entire country, including the snow-bound areas of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Census 2027 is the first Indian Census in which enumerators use a mobile application for data entry instead of paper schedules.
- Unlike previous Censuses, Census 2027 offers respondents an optional 15-day Self-Enumeration window through a secure web portal before the door-to-door visit.
- The reference date of 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027 has been adopted uniformly for the entire country, including the snow-bound areas of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3