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upsc-p1-economy-demographics-hdi MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 4 upsc-p1-economy-demographics-hdi questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Arrange the following legal developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) Census Rules (b) Census Act (c) Collection of Statistics Act (d) Registration of Births and Deaths Act Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The Census Act dates to 1948, the Registration of Births and Deaths Act to 1969, the Census Rules to 1990, and the Collection of Statistics Act to 2008. Therefore the earliest-to-latest order is b-d-a-c, given in option D.
Q2Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) The 84th Constitutional Amendment extended the freeze on seat readjustment until the first census after 2026 (b) The 42nd Constitutional Amendment froze seat readjustment using the 1971 population basis (c) The 87th Constitutional Amendment enabled constituency readjustment using Census 2001 without changing State-wise seat totals (d) The 106th Constitutional Amendment linked women's reservation to delimitation after the relevant census Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The sequence is the 42nd Amendment of 1976, the 84th Amendment of 2001, the 87th Amendment of 2003 and the 106th Amendment of 2023. Their effects respectively concern the original freeze, its extension, constituency readjustment using Census 2001, and the post-census delimitation link for women's reservation. Hence option A is correct.
Q3With reference to the census process in India, consider the following statements: 1. Houselisting and Housing Census precedes Population Enumeration in the standard two-phase design. 2. Houselisting records housing conditions, household amenities and assets. 3. Individual census records are protected under the Census Act, 1948. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct. The first phase records housing conditions, amenities and assets; Population Enumeration then records individual and household demographic details. The Census Act protects individual census records because the information is collected for statistical purposes.
Q4Consider the following statements: 1. Census in India is a Union subject under Entry 69 of List I. 2. The National Population Register is prepared under citizenship law rather than under the Census Act, 1948 as its legal base. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both statements are correct. Article 246 read with Entry 69 of List I places census under Union authority. The National Population Register may be updated alongside census operations, but it is prepared under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003, giving it a distinct legal purpose.
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