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WPI base year Rajasthan:

Correct answer: (B) 1999-2000.

Rajasthan's Wholesale Price Index uses 1999-2000 as its base year, with the index set at 100 for that base.

  1. (A)

    2011-12

  2. (B)

    1999-2000

  3. (C)

    2016

  4. (D)

    2004-05

Explanation

Rajasthan's WPI is reported on the base 1999-2000=100. Price Statistics Rajasthan displays the WPI, Rajasthan card with the base year 1999-2000, and records that wholesale prices are collected from selected centres in the state and used to prepare monthly wholesale price indices. That makes option B the right answer: the question is not asking for India's revised all-India WPI base, or for any CPI base year, but for the Rajasthan WPI base used on the state's price-statistics portal.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 2011-12 is India's revised all-India WPI base year, not the Rajasthan WPI base used on the state price-statistics portal, where WPI, Rajasthan uses base year 1999-2000.
  • (C) 2016 is the CPI-IW base year on Price Statistics Rajasthan, not the base year for WPI, Rajasthan.
  • (D) 2004-05 is not the base year for WPI, Rajasthan; Price Statistics Rajasthan uses 1999-2000 for the Rajasthan WPI.

Concept

This tests price-index basics in Rajasthan economy, especially the distinction between WPI and CPI base years. It recurs in RAS because base-year facts are compact, easily confused, and directly tied to official economic statistics.

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