UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Release of Publication “Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data”

Q1. In the publication "Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data", metadata was added for the first time to standardise concepts, definitions and sources for how many key indicators?

  • A. 27 indicators
  • B. 48 indicators
  • C. 50 indicators
  • D. 52 indicators

Q2. The Sex Ratio at Birth trend cited in "Women and Men in India 2025" (an improvement from 904 in 2017-19 to 917 in 2021-23) is derived from the Sample Registration System, which is maintained by which one of the following agencies?

  • A. Office of the Registrar General of India
  • B. National Statistical Office
  • C. National Sample Survey Office
  • D. Unique Identification Authority of India

Q3. In which year did the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) come into existence as an independent Ministry through the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation?

  • A. 1995
  • B. 1999
  • C. 2005
  • D. 2019

Q4. The UN Minimum Set of Gender Indicators (MSGI), to which "Women and Men in India 2025" is mapped, was agreed by which body and in which year?

  • A. UN Statistical Commission, in 2013
  • B. UN General Assembly, in 2015
  • C. UN Women Executive Board, in 2010
  • D. UN Economic and Social Council, in 2000

Q5. As per its current (2021) revision, how many quantitative indicators does the UN Minimum Set of Gender Indicators comprise?

  • A. 11
  • B. 48
  • C. 52
  • D. 59

Q6. In the context of the labour-market indicators reported in "Women and Men in India 2025" (e.g., rural female LFPR rising from 37.5% to 45.9%), the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is best defined as:

  • A. The percentage of persons in the labour force (i.e., either working or seeking/available for work) in the population
  • B. The percentage of employed persons in the total population
  • C. The percentage of persons in the labour force who are unemployed
  • D. The percentage of working-age persons employed in the organised sector