UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Department of Posts and TRAI Join Hands to Conduct India's Largest Village-Level Telecom Network Performance Survey

Q1. The 2026 Department of Posts–TRAI MoU is described as India's largest-ever field exercise of which one of the following types?

  • A. Village-level mobile network performance survey
  • B. Rural household financial-inclusion enrolment drive
  • C. Village-level literacy assessment
  • D. Postal service delivery quality audit

Q2. Under the 2026 MoU, the actual door-to-door field survey operations across the villages are carried out by which one of the following?

  • A. Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Department of Posts
  • B. Field inspectors of TRAI
  • C. Village Level Entrepreneurs of Common Service Centres
  • D. Field technicians of BSNL

Q3. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, provides that the Authority shall be headed by which one of the following?

  • A. A Chairperson
  • B. A Director General
  • C. The Secretary, Department of Telecommunications
  • D. A Cabinet Minister

Q4. Which of the following are correctly identified as non-postal public services delivered through the Department of Posts / India Post Payments Bank network?

  1. Doorstep Aadhaar-related services such as mobile-number updation and enrolment of young children.
  2. Disbursal of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through India Post Payments Bank.
  3. Operation of India Post Payments Bank as a payments bank for financial inclusion.
  4. Grant of telecom service licences to private mobile operators.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q5. Through its doorstep service as a Registrar of UIDAI, India Post Payments Bank carries out fresh Aadhaar enrolment of children up to what age?

  • A. Up to 5 years
  • B. Up to 10 years
  • C. Up to 15 years
  • D. Up to 18 years

Q6. Among the four telecom service providers assessed in the DoP–TRAI survey, which one is the only public sector undertaking?

  • A. BSNL
  • B. Bharti Airtel
  • C. Reliance Jio
  • D. Vodafone Idea

Q7. TRAI's periodic 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' is compiled primarily on the basis of which one of the following?

  • A. Data submitted by the telecom service providers/operators
  • B. A crowdsourced village-level field survey by Gramin Dak Sevaks
  • C. Independent drive tests conducted by the Department of Telecommunications
  • D. Decennial Census enumeration