UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Over 2.5 Crore Aadhaar Numbers of Deceased Persons Deactivated to Prevent Identity Fraud

Q1. The issuance of the 12-digit Aadhaar number by UIDAI to every resident, on the basis of demographic and biometric enrolment, is the primary mandate provided for under which one of the following provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016?

  • A. Section 3
  • B. Section 7
  • C. Section 8
  • D. Section 57

Q2. The Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025, framed under the Aadhaar Act, 2016, were notified by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • B. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q3. With reference to the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019, which of the following are correctly identified as features introduced by it?

  1. It allowed the voluntary use of Aadhaar as an acceptable KYC document under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002.
  2. It introduced 'offline verification' of an individual's identity without authentication.
  3. It made quoting of Aadhaar mandatory for opening every bank account and obtaining every mobile connection.
  4. It amended the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 to permit Aadhaar-based KYC.
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q4. In the drive to deactivate Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons, approximately 1.55 crore death records from 24 States/UTs were furnished to UIDAI by which one of the following authorities?

  • A. Registrar General of India
  • B. National Crime Records Bureau
  • C. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q5. As announced in the February 2026 milestone, the cumulative number of Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons deactivated by UIDAI had crossed which one of the following figures?

  • A. 2.5 crore
  • B. 1.5 crore
  • C. 2 crore
  • D. 3 crore

Q6. In India, the registration of births and deaths that underlies the Civil Registration System is carried out under the provisions of which one of the following Acts?

  • A. Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  • B. Census Act, 1948
  • C. Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  • D. Aadhaar Act, 2016

Q7. The Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, which coordinates the Civil Registration System and publishes the annual 'Vital Statistics of India based on the CRS', functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Q8. The 'Reporting of Death of a Family Member' facility on the myAadhaar Portal is operated by which one of the following?

  • A. Unique Identification Authority of India
  • B. Registrar General of India
  • C. National Informatics Centre
  • D. Ministry of Home Affairs

Q9. With reference to the 'Reporting of Death of a Family Member' facility on the myAadhaar Portal, which of the following statements are correct?

  1. It was launched on the myAadhaar Portal on 9 June 2025.
  2. The reporting family member must provide the deceased's Aadhaar number along with the Death Registration Number.
  3. It is available for deaths registered in all States and Union Territories without any exception.
  4. The reporting family member must authenticate himself/herself before submitting the report.
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q10. In the context of the world's largest biometric identity system, 'Aadhaar authentication' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The process of verifying a resident's Aadhaar number together with demographic, biometric or OTP information against the Central Identities Data Repository
  • B. The one-time collection of demographic and biometric details of a resident to generate a new Aadhaar number
  • C. The sharing of identity information without verification against the database, subject to the resident's consent
  • D. The removal of duplicate entries from the Aadhaar database through matching of biometric records

Q11. The National Social Assistance Programme, whose beneficiary rolls are sanitised through Aadhaar seeding and Direct Benefit Transfer, gives effect solely to which one of the following Directive Principles of State Policy?

  • A. Article 41
  • B. Article 39(a)
  • C. Article 43
  • D. Article 47