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Census & National Institutions: 14 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 14 questions on Census & National Institutions between 1987 and 2025: CDS 5 · CSE 5 · CISF (LDCE) 3 · NDA 1. 10 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 5 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 · 2Census & National InstitutionsOn card POL 13·1

Which of the following pairs of Institute and their location is/are correctly matched? 1. Indian Institute of Advanced Study : Shimla 2. Indian Institute of Public Administration : New Delhi 3. Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service : Nainital Select the answer using the code given below :

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Correctly matched → IIAS : Shimla | IIPA : New Delhi | NOT: Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service : Nainital
CSE2025Census & National InstitutionsOn card POL 13·1

Consider the following statements about Lokpal: I. The power of Lokpal applies to public servants of India, but not to the Indian public servants posted outside India. II. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a Member of the Parliament or a Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, and only the Chief Justice of India, whether incumbent or retired, has to be its Chairperson. III. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a person of less than forty-five years of age on the date of assuming office as the Chairperson or Member, as the case may be. IV. Lokpal cannot inquire into the allegation of corruption against a sitting Prime Minister of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Lokpal → Chairperson/Member must be at least 45 | NOT: excludes Indian public servants posted abroad | NOT: only a CJI can chair | NOT: cannot inquire into a sitting PM
CDS2023 · 2Census & National InstitutionsOn card POL 13·1

Which one among the following statements about National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is not correct ?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)NHAI → NOT correct: it trains highway engineers at entry level and in service
CSE2004Census & National InstitutionsOn card POL 10·1

Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the descending order of precedence in the warrant of precedence? [2004]

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Warrant of precedence, descending → SC Judges → RS Deputy Chairman → Attorney General → MPs

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