UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INDIA’S GDP GROWTH FOR FY26 IS ESTIMATED AT 7.4 PER CENT DRIVEN BY THE DOUBLE ENGINE OF CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT

Q1. The Economic Survey, of which the 2025-26 edition projects FY26 real GDP growth at 7.4%, is prepared under the supervision of which one of the following authorities?

  • A. The Chief Economic Adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
  • B. The Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
  • C. The Chief Statistician of India in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Q2. The characterisation of FY26 growth as being driven by a 'double engine' of consumption and investment, alongside the 7.4% real GDP estimate, was headlined in which one of the following documents?

  • A. The Economic Survey 2025-26
  • B. The RBI Monetary Policy Report
  • C. The NITI Aayog SDG India Index
  • D. The Union Budget 2026-27 speech

Q3. As per the Economic Survey 2025-26, Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE) reached what share of GDP in FY26 — the highest since 2012?

  • A. 55.0 per cent
  • B. 58.5 per cent
  • C. 61.5 per cent
  • D. 64.0 per cent

Q4. The Economic Survey 2025-26 projects India's real GDP growth for FY27 to lie in which one of the following bands?

  • A. 6.3 to 6.8 per cent
  • B. 6.5 to 7.0 per cent
  • C. 6.8 to 7.2 per cent
  • D. 7.0 to 7.5 per cent

Q5. By how many percentage points does the FY26 real GDP growth estimate of the Economic Survey 2025-26 exceed the provisional real GDP growth recorded for FY25?

  • A. 0.7 percentage point
  • B. 0.9 percentage point
  • C. 1.1 percentage points
  • D. 1.9 percentage points

Q6. The First Advance Estimates, from which the FY26 sectoral GVA growth figures (agriculture, manufacturing, services) are drawn, are compiled by which one of the following?

  • A. The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • B. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
  • C. The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
  • D. The Reserve Bank of India's Department of Statistics

Q7. The conclusion of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement, highlighted in the Economic Survey 2025-26, followed negotiations that had been re-launched in which year?

  • A. 2007
  • B. 2013
  • C. 2021
  • D. 2022

Q8. In the context of the India-EU FTA, a 'Free Trade Agreement' is most precisely defined as an arrangement in which:

  • A. Member countries reduce or eliminate tariffs and barriers on trade among themselves while each retains its own external tariff policy
  • B. Member countries adopt a common external tariff against all non-member countries
  • C. Member countries permit the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour among themselves
  • D. Member countries adopt a single currency and a common monetary policy

Q9. The 'First Advance Estimates' of GDP released by the NSO are best described as:

  • A. The earliest official estimates of national income for the current financial year, released before the year ends and used as an input to the Union Budget
  • B. The final, fully revised estimates of GDP released about three years after the reference year
  • C. Estimates of GDP for a single quarter released two months after that quarter ends
  • D. Provisional annual estimates of GDP released at the end of May after the reference year is over

Q10. According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, FY26 marks how many consecutive years of India being the fastest-growing major economy?

  • A. Second consecutive year
  • B. Third consecutive year
  • C. Fourth consecutive year
  • D. Fifth consecutive year