UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Launch of the first ever Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE)

Q1. Which one of the following is India's first-ever annual official survey dedicated exclusively to the incorporated (corporate) services sector?

  • A. Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE)
  • B. Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)
  • C. Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE)
  • D. Index of Services Production (ISP)

Q2. Under which one of the following statutes is ASISSE conducted, thereby making a response legally mandatory for the selected enterprises?

  • A. Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  • B. Companies Act, 2013
  • C. Census of India Act, 1948
  • D. Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008

Q3. ASISSE is operationalised and conducted by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • B. NITI Aayog
  • C. Reserve Bank of India, Department of Statistics
  • D. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Q4. Approximately how many enterprises are being covered in the first ASISSE, for the reference year FY 2024-25?

  • A. About 1.21 lakh
  • B. About 7.92 crore
  • C. About 10 lakh
  • D. About 60,000

Q5. Which one of the following is the long-established annual survey of the registered manufacturing sector whose services-sector counterpart ASISSE has now been introduced to complement?

  • A. Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)
  • B. Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE)
  • C. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
  • D. National Sample Survey on Consumption Expenditure

Q6. With the launch of ASISSE, how many MoSPI enterprise surveys together now provide a holistic picture of the non-agricultural economy (registered manufacturing, unincorporated, and incorporated services)?

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

Q7. Which one of the following administrative databases serves as the principal sampling frame for ASISSE?

  • A. The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) database
  • B. The MCA21 registry of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • C. The Udyam registration portal
  • D. The EPFO establishment database

Q8. The GST database adopted as the ASISSE sampling frame is maintained/operated by which one of the following entities?

  • A. Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)
  • B. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
  • C. The GST Council Secretariat
  • D. The National Statistical Office (NSO) itself

Q9. The pilot Annual Survey of Services Sector Enterprises (ASSSE) that preceded ASISSE was conducted in how many phases?

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

Q10. The earliest NSS pilot exercise on Service Sector Enterprises, which laid the groundwork later carried forward into ASISSE, was carried out under which NSS round?

  • A. 74th NSS Round (2016-17)
  • B. 73rd NSS Round (2015-16)
  • C. 76th NSS Round (2018)
  • D. 77th NSS Round (2018-19)

Q11. Consider the following statements regarding India's services sector and ASISSE: 1. The services sector's share in total GVA rose from about 50.6% in FY14 to about 55.3% in FY25 (First Advance Estimates). 2. The services sector currently contributes less than one-third of India's total GVA. 3. ASISSE was introduced to close the gap in annual official statistics on the incorporated services segment. 4. The services sector provides employment to roughly 30% of India's workforce. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The services sector's share in total GVA rose from about 50.6% in FY14 to about 55.3% in FY25 (First Advance Estimates).
  2. The services sector currently contributes less than one-third of India's total GVA.
  3. ASISSE was introduced to close the gap in annual official statistics on the incorporated services segment.
  4. The services sector provides employment to roughly 30% of India's workforce.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 1, 3 and 4
  • C. 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q12. Within the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the National Statistical Office (NSO) is most accurately described as which one of the following?

  • A. The statistics wing of MoSPI, formed by integrating the Central Statistical Office and the National Sample Survey Office
  • B. An autonomous statutory body established under the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  • C. A division of NITI Aayog responsible for Sustainable Development Goal data
  • D. The executive secretariat of the National Statistical Commission