UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Update on NFHS-6
Q1. In the context of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the designation of the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai as the 'nodal agency' most precisely means that it is the institution which:
- A. exclusively funds the entire survey from its own resources without any government support
- B. has the sole and permanent authority to approve all national health policies derived from the data
- C. coordinates and provides technical guidance for conducting the survey across all its rounds
- D. single-handedly enumerates every household in all the surveyed districts
Q2. With reference to the institutional arrangement for conducting the National Family Health Survey, which one of the following is correct?
- A. It is conducted under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, with IIPS, Mumbai as the nodal agency
- B. It is conducted under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with IIPS, Mumbai as the nodal agency
- C. It is conducted under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with the Registrar General of India as the nodal agency
- D. It is conducted under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, with the National Institute of Nutrition as the nodal agency
Q3. The National Family Health Survey is best described as India's largest-ever which one of the following?
- A. registration system providing continuous vital statistics on births and deaths
- B. survey of only urban households providing state-level estimates on health
- C. decennial complete enumeration of the entire population providing headcount data
- D. household sample survey providing district-level estimates on health, nutrition and population
Q4. Which one of the following statements about the coverage and conduct of NFHS-6 (2023-24) is correct?
- A. It covered every single household in all districts of India without any sampling
- B. It covered nearly 6.79 lakh households across 715 districts, enabling district-level estimates
- C. It was conducted exclusively in rural areas and produced only national-level figures
- D. It permanently replaced the decennial Census as the sole source of all population data
Q5. Consider the following statements comparing NFHS-5 (2019-21) and NFHS-6 (2023-24) maternal health indicators:
1. Institutional deliveries increased from 88.6% to 90.6%.
2. First-trimester antenatal care (ANC) registration increased from 70.0% to 76.2%.
3. Skilled birth attendance increased from 89.4% to 95.9%.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Institutional deliveries increased from 88.6% to 90.6%.
- First-trimester antenatal care (ANC) registration increased from 70.0% to 76.2%.
- Skilled birth attendance increased from 89.4% to 95.9%.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q6. Regarding maternal-health indicators that improved from NFHS-5 to NFHS-6, consider the following:
1. Postnatal care within 2 days of delivery increased from 79.1% to 85.3%.
2. Consumption of iron-folic acid for 180+ days rose from 26.0% to 37.8%.
3. Institutional deliveries declined from 90.6% to 88.6%.
4. Mothers receiving 4+ ANC visits rose from 58.5% to 65.2%.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Postnatal care within 2 days of delivery increased from 79.1% to 85.3%.
- Consumption of iron-folic acid for 180+ days rose from 26.0% to 37.8%.
- Institutional deliveries declined from 90.6% to 88.6%.
- Mothers receiving 4+ ANC visits rose from 58.5% to 65.2%.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 1, 3 and 4
Q7. According to NFHS-6 (2023-24), the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) in India rose to its highest recorded level of which one of the following?
- A. 56.5%
- B. 66.7%
- C. 69.1%
- D. 65.2%
Q8. NFHS-6 (2023-24) recorded India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) at which one of the following values?
Q9. Regarding childhood immunization coverage reported in NFHS-6 (2023-24), consider the following:
1. Full immunization among children aged 12-23 months rose to 87.1%.
2. Rotavirus vaccine coverage rose to only 58.6%.
3. Measles second-dose coverage rose to 71.8%.
4. More than 96% of children aged 12-23 months received at least one (any) vaccine.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Full immunization among children aged 12-23 months rose to 87.1%.
- Rotavirus vaccine coverage rose to only 58.6%.
- Measles second-dose coverage rose to 71.8%.
- More than 96% of children aged 12-23 months received at least one (any) vaccine.
- A. 2, 3 and 4
- B. 1, 3 and 4
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q10. The routine childhood immunization whose coverage NFHS measures (for example, full immunization of children aged 12-23 months) is delivered in India primarily under which one of the following?
- A. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
- B. Integrated Child Development Services
- C. Universal Immunization Programme
- D. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
Q11. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's analysis of NFHS-6 (2023-24) flagged which one of the following as the emerging public-health challenge, in contrast to the broadly improving maternal and child health indicators?
- A. a rising burden of non-communicable diseases and lifestyle-related risks among adults
- B. a sharp decline in full childhood immunization coverage among children aged 12-23 months
- C. a reversal of the long-term gains recorded in institutional deliveries
- D. a steep rise in stunting among children under five years of age
Q12. In the context of the recent release of its key findings, the 'National Family Health Survey (NFHS)' is best defined as which one of the following?
- A. a continuous civil registration system that records every birth and death as it occurs
- B. a large-scale, multi-round sample survey of households providing data on population, health, family welfare and nutrition
- C. a decennial complete enumeration of the country's population and housing
- D. a sample-based system that generates annual estimates of birth rate, death rate and infant mortality