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NITI Aayog / Other Commissions: 28 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 28 questions on NITI Aayog / Other Commissions between 1992 and 2025: CDS 14 · CSE 7 · CAPF 4 · CISF (LDCE) 2 · EPFO (AO/EO) 1. 13 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 7 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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CDS2025 · 2NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Which of the following criteria are specified for granting Special Category Status to States in India? 1. Hilly and difficult terrain 2. Economic and infrastructural backwardness 3. Strategic coastal zone 4. Sizeable share of tribal population Select the answer using the code given below :

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Special Category Status criteria → hilly and difficult terrain | economic and infrastructural backwardness | sizeable tribal population | NOT: strategic coastal zone
CDS2023 · 2NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

As per the Cabinet Resolution of 1st January, 2015, the NITI Aayog consists of: 1. Prime Minister of India 2. Governing Council comprising of Chief Minister of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories 3. Rural Development Minister 4. Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Prime Minister Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Answer B (official UPSC key)NITI Aayog (Cabinet Resolution, 1 Jan 2015) → Prime Minister | Governing Council of all CMs and UT LGs | CEO appointed by the PM | NOT: Rural Development Minister
CISF (LDCE)2023NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

In June 2023, the Government of India set up an expert panel to recommend reforms in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with an aim to reduce the burden on courts. The Committee is headed by who among the following ?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)June 2023 panel on the Arbitration and Conciliation Act → headed by a former Law Secretary
CDS2021 · 1NITI Aayog / Other Commissions

Which one of the following is not an objective of NITI Aayog ?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Verified fact to follow.
CDS2016 · 1NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005) was concerned with

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Second ARC (2005) → reforms in institutional arrangements for good governance
CDS2014 · 2NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Which among the following about the Rangarajan Panel Report on poverty estimation (submitted in July, 2014) is/ are correct? 1. The report states that three out of ten people in India are poor 2. The report endorsed the Tendulkar committee suggestion on determining poverty line in India Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Rangarajan Panel (2014) → three in ten Indians poor | NOT: endorsed the Tendulkar poverty line
CSE2014NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Which of the following are associated with ‗Planning‘ in India? 1. The Finance Commission 2. The National Development Council 3. The Union Ministry of Rural Development 4. The Union Ministry of Urban Development 5. The Parliament Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Associated with Planning in India → National Development Council, Parliament | NOT: Finance Commission | NOT: Rural/Urban Development Ministries
CDS2013 · 2NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Match the following List I (Commission/ Committee) List II (Mandate) a. Sachar Committee 1. Anti-Sikh Riots, 1984 b. Srikrishna Commission 2. Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in india c. Ranganath Misra Commission 3. Bombay Communal Riots 1992 d. Nanavati Commission 4. Linguistic and religious minorities in India Codes

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Sachar → socio-economic conditions of Muslims | Srikrishna → Bombay riots 1992 | Ranganath Misra → linguistic and religious minorities | Nanavati → anti-Sikh riots 1984
CSE2013NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Who among the following constitute the National Development Council? 1. The Prime Minister 2. The Chairman, Finance Commission 3. Ministers of the Union Cabinet 4. Chief Ministers of the States Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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Answer B (official UPSC key)National Development Council → Prime Minister, Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers | NOT: Finance Commission Chairman
CSE2013NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Consider the following statements: 1. The National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission. 2. The Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India. 3. The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Economic and social planning → Concurrent List | Constitution assigns Panchayats plan preparation for economic development and social justice | NOT: NDC is an organ of the Planning Commission
CDS2010 · 2NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Which one among the following is not about the Planning Commission? [2011-1]

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Answer B (official UPSC key)NOT about the Planning Commission → responsible for executing development programmes
CSE2002NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 5·2

With reference to Indian polity, which one of the following statements is correct? [2002]

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Answer B (official UPSC key)President can issue an ordinance only when either House of Parliament is not in session
CSE1994NITI Aayog / Other CommissionsOn card POL 10·3

Who of the following is appointed by the President 1. Chairman of Finance Commission 2. Chief Minister of Union Territory Region 3. Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog (that time Planning Com.) Choose the correct answer from the codes given below

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Appointed by the President → Finance Commission Chairman | Chief Minister of a Union Territory | NOT: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman

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