UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Is the undocumented migrant counted?

Q1. As per the Census of India 2011 birthplace tables, approximately how many Bangladesh-born persons were enumerated in India?

  • A. About 0.9 million
  • B. About 3.7 million
  • C. About 11.5 million
  • D. About 20 million

Q2. According to the 2011 Census, the Bangladesh-born population enumerated in Tripura was closest to which one of the following numbers?

  • A. 64,116
  • B. 215,353
  • C. 1.8 million
  • D. 3.7 million

Q3. In a written reply given in the Rajya Sabha in 2016, the Minister of State for Home Affairs put the number of illegal Bangladeshi migrants staying in India at approximately how many?

  • A. Around 2 million
  • B. Around 5 million
  • C. Around 20 million
  • D. Around 40 million

Q4. As stated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Parliament, which one of the following bodies, along with the Central Government and the State Governments/UT Administrations, is empowered to deport illegal migrants under the Foreigners Act, 1946?

  • A. Bureau of Immigration
  • B. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
  • C. National Investigation Agency
  • D. Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Q5. In the analytical framework used to test whether an undocumented migrant is captured by the Census, how many possible outcomes are identified for an undocumented migrant's encounter with a Census enumerator?

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

Q6. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which was said to aim at weeding out illegal foreign migrants by checking place of birth and whose legality was upheld in 2026, is conducted primarily by which one of the following authorities?

  • A. Election Commission of India
  • B. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
  • C. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • D. National Human Rights Commission