UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — New chiefs appointed to BPRD, NCRB, and SVPNPA

Q1. The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) functions as an organisation under which one of the following Union ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • C. Ministry of Law and Justice
  • D. Ministry of Defence

Q2. In the context of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the publication 'Crime in India' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. An annual compilation of statistical information on cognizable crimes reported at police stations during the reference year
  • B. A biennial audit of prison conditions and inmate welfare across the states and union territories
  • C. A real-time digital dashboard tracking ongoing criminal investigations by central agencies
  • D. A quarterly report exclusively on economic and financial offences investigated in India

Q3. Which of the following are correctly identified as responsibilities of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)?

  1. Bringing out the annual 'Crime in India' report.
  2. Bringing out the annual 'Prison Statistics India' report.
  3. Functioning as a repository of information on crime and criminals to assist investigators.
  4. Conducting the decadal Census of India.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q4. The National Police Academy at Hyderabad was renamed the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in which one of the following years?

  • A. 1948
  • B. 1967
  • C. 1974
  • D. 1975

Q5. The 2026 appointments of the new heads of BPR&D, NCRB and SVPNPA were approved by which one of the following?

  • A. Union Public Service Commission
  • B. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
  • C. Central Vigilance Commission
  • D. Union Cabinet Secretariat

Q6. Once approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, appointment orders for posts such as Director General, BPR&D are processed through which one of the following?

  • A. The Establishment Officer's Division of the Department of Personnel and Training
  • B. The Police-I Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs
  • C. The secretariat of the Union Public Service Commission
  • D. The Intelligence Bureau's administration wing

Q7. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approves senior appointments specified under which one of the following?

  • A. The Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961
  • B. The Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961
  • C. The All India Services Act, 1951
  • D. The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964

Q8. Which one of the following best describes the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)?

  • A. A cabinet committee, composed of only the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister, that decides senior civil-service and public-sector appointments
  • B. A constitutional body that appoints all judges of the higher judiciary
  • C. A statutory commission that conducts recruitment examinations for every central service
  • D. A permanent secretariat within the Cabinet Secretariat that empanels every gazetted officer in India

Q9. The new criminal laws, whose rollout BPR&D and NCRB have been supporting, replaced how many colonial-era statutes?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q10. Which one of the following organisations does NOT function under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs?

  • A. National Crime Records Bureau
  • B. Bureau of Police Research and Development
  • C. Central Bureau of Investigation
  • D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy