UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Preparing India for a credible digital Census

Question 1

Census 2027 is conducted and operationalised by which one of the following authorities?

Accepted Answer

Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

National Statistical Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Answer

Unique Identification Authority of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and IT

Answer

NITI Aayog, under the Cabinet Secretariat

Question 2

The decision to include caste enumeration in Census 2027 was taken by which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA)

Answer

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

Answer

Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)

Answer

Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs

Question 3

Excluding Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the last Census in which caste-wise data was collected, tabulated and published in detail was in 1931. Census 2027 therefore revives full national caste enumeration after a gap of approximately how many years?

Accepted Answer

96 years

Answer

76 years

Answer

86 years

Answer

106 years

Question 4

The digital tools of Census 2027 (the enumerator mobile application and the self-enumeration portal) are made available in how many languages?

Accepted Answer

16 languages

Answer

12 languages

Answer

14 languages

Answer

22 languages

Question 5

In the context of Census 2027 self-enumeration, the 'SE ID' refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A unique identification number generated on completing online self-enumeration, to be shared with the enumerator during the house visit for verification

Answer

A permanent census roll number assigned to every citizen, linked to Aadhaar for future censuses

Answer

The login credential of the enumerator on the CMMS portal

Answer

A household's serial number in the National Population Register

Question 6

Section 15 of the Census Act, 1948 is best described as the provision that:

Accepted Answer

Makes individual Census records confidential — not open to inspection, inadmissible as evidence in court and outside the ambit of the RTI Act

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Empowers the Central Government to notify the date on which the Census shall be taken

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Prescribes penalties for any person who refuses to answer Census questions

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Provides for the appointment of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Question 7

Under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, 'Census' is placed so as to give which single legislature exclusive competence over it?

Accepted Answer

Parliament, as Census is Entry 69 of the Union List

Answer

State Legislatures, as Census is an entry in the State List

Answer

Both Parliament and State Legislatures, as Census is in the Concurrent List

Answer

Parliament, but only through its residuary powers under Article 248

Question 8

The first synchronous Census in India — regarded as the start of the uninterrupted decennial census tradition — was conducted in which year?

Accepted Answer

1881

Answer

1872

Answer

1891

Answer

1931

Question 9

For the purpose of the National Population Register (NPR), a person is treated as a 'usual resident' if he or she has resided in a local area for at least — or intends to reside there for at least — how many months?

Accepted Answer

6 months

Answer

3 months

Answer

12 months

Answer

24 months

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Preparing India for a credible digital Census

Q1. Census 2027 is conducted and operationalised by which one of the following authorities?

Q2. The decision to include caste enumeration in Census 2027 was taken by which one of the following bodies?

Q3. Excluding Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the last Census in which caste-wise data was collected, tabulated and published in detail was in 1931. Census 2027 therefore revives full national caste enumeration after a gap of approximately how many years?

Q4. The digital tools of Census 2027 (the enumerator mobile application and the self-enumeration portal) are made available in how many languages?

Q5. In the context of Census 2027 self-enumeration, the 'SE ID' refers to which one of the following?

Q6. Section 15 of the Census Act, 1948 is best described as the provision that:

Q7. Under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, 'Census' is placed so as to give which single legislature exclusive competence over it?

Q8. The first synchronous Census in India — regarded as the start of the uninterrupted decennial census tradition — was conducted in which year?

Q9. For the purpose of the National Population Register (NPR), a person is treated as a 'usual resident' if he or she has resided in a local area for at least — or intends to reside there for at least — how many months?