UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India Post’s Revenue Surges to ₹15,373 Crore in FY 2025–26; MoS Communications Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani Outlines Comprehensive Transformation Agenda
Q1. In the context of India Post's FY 2025–26 financial performance, the widely cited figure of ₹2,100 crore denotes which one of the following?
- A. The single-year increase in India Post's revenue in FY 2025–26 over the previous year
- B. India Post's total revenue earned from parcel and logistics services in FY 2025–26
- C. The untapped annual revenue potential of India Post's parcel business
- D. The annual instalment of investment released under the IT 2.0/APT programme
Q2. With reference to India Post's IT 2.0 project and its Advanced Postal Technology (APT) platform, which of the following are correctly identified?
- The APT platform was designed and developed indigenously by the Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology (CEPT).
- The platform is hosted on the Government of India's MeghRaj 2.0 cloud.
- The IT 2.0 project has an outlay of about ₹5,785 crore spread over eight years.
- APT has so far been rolled out only in the six metro cities covered by premium Speed Post services.
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q3. The Advanced Postal Technology (APT) platform deployed under India Post's IT 2.0 project was designed and developed indigenously by which one of the following bodies?
- A. Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology (CEPT)
- B. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
- C. National Informatics Centre (NIC)
- D. Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
Q4. The Department of Posts, which runs India Post, functions under which one of the following Union ministries?
- A. Ministry of Communications
- B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C. Ministry of Finance
- D. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Q5. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) was formally launched in which year?
- A. 2018
- B. 2016
- C. 2015
- D. 2020
Q6. With reference to India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), which of the following statements is NOT correct?
- IPPB was established under the Department of Posts with 100% equity owned by the Government of India.
- IPPB operates as a payments bank licensed under the Reserve Bank of India's framework.
- As a payments bank, IPPB directly extends loans and issues credit cards on its own books.
- IPPB was launched on 1 September 2018.
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. 3 only
- D. 4 only
Q7. The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, operated largely through India Post, was launched in which year as part of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign?
- A. 2015
- B. 2014
- C. 2016
- D. 2018
Q8. With reference to the Sukanya Samriddhi account offered through post offices, which of the following statements is NOT correct?
- A Sukanya Samriddhi account can be opened at a post office for a girl child.
- The scheme is linked to the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.
- The total deposit in a Sukanya Samriddhi account in a financial year is capped at ₹1.5 lakh.
- A Sukanya Samriddhi account may be opened for a girl child any time up to her 18th birthday.
- A. 1 only
- B. 3 only
- C. 4 only
- D. 2 and 4 only
Q9. With reference to the history and status of the Indian postal system, which of the following are correctly identified?
- The Department of Posts traces its establishment to the year 1854.
- India Post today operates the world's largest postal network by number of post offices.
- The world's first official airmail flight took place in India in 1911.
- India Post is a statutory corporation created by a dedicated Act of Parliament.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q10. India Post's premium time-definite services — '24 Speed Post', '24 Speed Post Parcel' and '48 Speed Post' — introduced in 2026 to strengthen its e-commerce logistics offering, were launched by which Union Minister?
- A. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
- B. Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- C. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
- D. Shri Devusinh Chauhan