UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PRESS NOTE HOUSEHOLD SOCIAL CONSUMPTION: HEALTH JANUARY – DECEMBER, 2025
Q1. In the chronology of National Sample Survey (NSS) health rounds, the 60th Round health survey corresponds to which reference period?
- A. July 1995 – June 1996
- B. January 2004 – June 2004
- C. January 2014 – June 2014
- D. July 2017 – June 2018
Q2. The National Statistical Office (NSO), which conducted the 80th Round health survey, was created by merging which two organisations?
- A. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
- B. The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and the Registrar General of India
- C. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) and NITI Aayog's Data Division
- D. The National Statistical Commission and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
Q3. With reference to the conduct of the NSS 80th Round health survey, consider the following statements:
1. The National Statistical Office (NSO) was formed in 2019 by merging the CSO and the NSSO.
2. The NSO functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
3. The field data collection for the health survey was carried out solely by the International Institute for Population Sciences.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The National Statistical Office (NSO) was formed in 2019 by merging the CSO and the NSSO.
- The NSO functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- The field data collection for the health survey was carried out solely by the International Institute for Population Sciences.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q4. With reference to health-insurance coverage figures reported by the NSS 80th Round, consider the following:
1. Rural insurance coverage rose to about 47.4% in 2025.
2. Urban insurance coverage stood at about 44.3% in 2025.
3. Rural insurance coverage was about 14% in 2017-18.
4. Urban insurance coverage was about 44.3% in 2017-18.
Which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?
- Rural insurance coverage rose to about 47.4% in 2025.
- Urban insurance coverage stood at about 44.3% in 2025.
- Rural insurance coverage was about 14% in 2017-18.
- Urban insurance coverage was about 44.3% in 2017-18.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. According to the NSS 80th Round, the rural institutional delivery rate in 2025 stood at approximately which level?
- A. 90.5%
- B. 95.6%
- C. 96.1%
- D. 97.8%
Q6. The near-saturation of institutional deliveries validated by the 80th Round is credited chiefly to which conditional cash-transfer scheme launched under the National Rural Health Mission to promote institutional childbirth?
- A. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
- B. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
- C. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
- D. LaQshya (Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative)
Q7. In the NSS 80th Round health survey, the prevalence of ailments (morbidity) was recorded using a recall period of how many days?
- A. 7 days
- B. 15 days
- C. 30 days
- D. 365 days
Q8. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS), often compared with NSS health rounds, is conducted by which agency?
- A. National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
- B. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
- C. Office of the Registrar General of India
- D. National Statistical Office (NSO)
Q9. Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, whose expansion the survey's insurance-coverage data reflects, is implemented by which body?
- A. National Health Authority (NHA)
- B. National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC)
- C. NITI Aayog
- D. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Q10. The Comprehensive Modular Survey on Telecom (CMS-T), conducted alongside the 80th Round during January–March 2025, was carried out by which agency?
- A. National Statistical Office (NSO)
- B. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
- C. Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
- D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)