UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah to launch the first cooperative-sector taxi service, “Bharat Taxi”

Q1. Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Ltd, the entity operating Bharat Taxi, was established in June 2025 by how many national-level institutions working in the field of cooperatives?

  • A. Six
  • B. Eight
  • C. Ten
  • D. Twelve

Q2. Under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, for the registration of a multi-state cooperative society, a minimum of how many individual members from each State are required to join and sign the registration application?

  • A. 25
  • B. 50
  • C. 75
  • D. 100

Q3. The Central Registrar of Co-operative Societies, who registers multi-state cooperative societies under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, currently functions under which ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Cooperation
  • C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Rural Development

Q4. Article 43B, inserted into the Constitution by the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2011, directs the State to endeavour to promote which of the following in respect of cooperative societies?

  • A. Voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control and professional management
  • B. Compulsory registration and state control of all cooperative societies
  • C. State ownership and centralised management of cooperative enterprises
  • D. Uniform taxation and mandatory audit of cooperative societies by the CAG

Q5. The three new national-level apex cooperative societies promoted by the Ministry of Cooperation — NCEL, BBSSL and NCOL — are registered under which of the following?

  • A. The Companies Act, 2013
  • B. The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002
  • C. The Societies Registration Act, 1860
  • D. The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912

Q6. In the context of the digital backbone provided to Bharat Taxi, the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) is best described as:

  • A. An independent business division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) supporting implementation of Digital India programmes
  • B. A statutory regulator for app-based ride-hailing and e-commerce platforms
  • C. A specialised wing of NITI Aayog for cooperative digitalisation
  • D. A public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Cooperation

Q7. Bharat Taxi, launched in February 2026, is most accurately described as which one of the following?

  • A. India's first cooperative-sector (cooperative-owned) ride-hailing platform
  • B. India's first app-based private taxi aggregator
  • C. India's largest private ride-hailing company by fleet size
  • D. India's first electric-only taxi service