UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — MoSPI organized Third Pre-release Consultative Workshop on the Base Revision of GDP, IIP and CPI on 30th January 2026 at Chennai

Question 1

In the context of India's official statistical architecture, the National Statistical Office (NSO) is best described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The office under MoSPI that conducts large-scale sample surveys and compiles the National Accounts, IIP and CPI

Answer

An autonomous statutory body created by an Act of Parliament to independently audit all government statistics

Answer

A specialised division of the Reserve Bank of India responsible for monetary and price statistics

Answer

A constitutional body set up under Article 340 to advise on statistical matters

Question 2

The Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) constituted to guide the current base-year revision of India's National Accounts (base 2022-23) is chaired by whom?

Accepted Answer

Prof. B.N. Goldar

Answer

Prof. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar

Answer

Dr. C. Rangarajan

Answer

Dr. Saurabh Garg

Question 3

The methodological revision of India's National Accounts (2022-23 series) is deliberated by five subject-specific sub-committees that report to which single apex advisory committee?

Accepted Answer

Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS)

Answer

National Statistical Commission (NSC)

Answer

Technical Advisory Committee on Consumer Price Indices

Answer

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)

Question 4

The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE), a key data source for the base revision, primarily covers which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Unincorporated non-agricultural establishments in manufacturing, trade and other services

Answer

Registered factories covered under the Factories Act, 1948

Answer

Agricultural households and their cultivation and livestock expenses

Answer

Listed corporate enterprises filing statutory returns with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Question 5

Which one of the following surveys provides the expenditure weights for the item basket of the new Consumer Price Index (base 2024) series?

Accepted Answer

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES)

Answer

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)

Answer

Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE)

Answer

Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)

Question 6

The 'Pre-release Consultative Workshops' organised by MoSPI on the base revision of GDP, IIP and CPI are best described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Stakeholder consultations held before release of the revised series to share proposed methodological and structural improvements

Answer

Post-release review meetings convened to reconcile data discrepancies after the series is published

Answer

Closed internal MoSPI meetings to approve the final headline GDP growth figure

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Parliamentary standing committee hearings on statistical legislation

Question 7

Dr. C. Rangarajan, who addressed the Chennai workshop, served as the Chairman of which one of the following Finance Commissions of India?

Accepted Answer

Twelfth Finance Commission

Answer

Eleventh Finance Commission

Answer

Thirteenth Finance Commission

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Fourteenth Finance Commission

Question 8

Which one of the following is the headline measure of retail inflation that the Reserve Bank of India targets under its flexible inflation targeting framework?

Accepted Answer

Consumer Price Index (Combined)

Answer

Wholesale Price Index

Answer

Index of Industrial Production

Answer

GDP deflator

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — MoSPI organized Third Pre-release Consultative Workshop on the Base Revision of GDP, IIP and CPI on 30th January 2026 at Chennai

Q1. In the context of India's official statistical architecture, the National Statistical Office (NSO) is best described as which one of the following?

Q2. The Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) constituted to guide the current base-year revision of India's National Accounts (base 2022-23) is chaired by whom?

Q3. The methodological revision of India's National Accounts (2022-23 series) is deliberated by five subject-specific sub-committees that report to which single apex advisory committee?

Q4. The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE), a key data source for the base revision, primarily covers which one of the following?

Q5. Which one of the following surveys provides the expenditure weights for the item basket of the new Consumer Price Index (base 2024) series?

Q6. The 'Pre-release Consultative Workshops' organised by MoSPI on the base revision of GDP, IIP and CPI are best described as which one of the following?

Q7. Dr. C. Rangarajan, who addressed the Chennai workshop, served as the Chairman of which one of the following Finance Commissions of India?

Q8. Which one of the following is the headline measure of retail inflation that the Reserve Bank of India targets under its flexible inflation targeting framework?