UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DARPG Launches NeSDA 2025 Portal to Strengthen Digital Governance Across India

Q1. The National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) is conceptualised, conducted and released as a flagship framework by which of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • B. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)
  • C. NITI Aayog
  • D. National Informatics Centre (NIC)

Q2. NeSDA is designed as a periodic assessment. Once every how many years is the NeSDA study conducted?

  • A. Every year
  • B. Once every two years
  • C. Once every three years
  • D. Once every five years

Q3. The NeSDA 2025 Portal launched by DARPG is meant to collect States/UTs and Central Ministries data for which edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment?

  • A. 3rd edition
  • B. 4th edition
  • C. 5th edition
  • D. 6th edition

Q4. In the context of the newly launched portal, the acronym 'NeSDA' precisely stands for which of the following?

  • A. National e-Services Digital Access
  • B. National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment
  • C. National e-Governance Systems Digitisation Authority
  • D. National e-Service Delivery Agency

Q5. Which of the following was the first (baseline) edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment?

  • A. NeSDA 2018
  • B. NeSDA 2019
  • C. NeSDA 2021
  • D. NeSDA 2023

Q6. Across all its editions, DARPG — the department that conducts NeSDA — functions under which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • B. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • C. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Communications

Q7. In the NeSDA framework, G2C and G2B services are evaluated across how many sectors?

  • A. Five sectors
  • B. Six sectors
  • C. Seven sectors
  • D. Nine sectors

Q8. NeSDA assesses both 'G2C' and 'G2B' services. What does 'G2B' precisely denote in this framework?

  • A. Government-to-Bank services
  • B. Government-to-Business services
  • C. Government-to-Beneficiary services
  • D. Government-to-Block (local body) services

Q9. The NeSDA portal (www.nesda.gov.in) and the periodic 'NeSDA – Way Forward' reports tracking States/UTs are maintained and released by which body?

  • A. National Informatics Centre (NIC), which hosts the .gov.in domain
  • B. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)
  • C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q10. Under NeSDA, State/UT and Central Ministry portals are assessed on a defined set of parameters. Consider the following: 1. Accessibility 2. Content Availability 3. End-service Delivery 4. Information Security & Privacy Which of the above are correctly identified as parameters used to assess the State/UT/Central Ministry portals?

  1. Accessibility
  2. Content Availability
  3. End-service Delivery
  4. Information Security & Privacy
  • A. 1, 2 and 4
  • B. 1, 3 and 4
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q11. Among governance platforms often mentioned alongside DARPG's work, what does the acronym 'PRAGATI' stand for?

  • A. Programme for Rapid Administrative Governance And Technology Integration
  • B. Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation
  • C. Public Redressal And Grievance Administration Tracking Interface
  • D. Planning, Review And Governance Assessment Through Information