According to the Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25, how many registered manufacturing establishments does India have?

The correct answer is 9.59 per cent. Gross value added rose from Rs 2,458.3 thousand crore to Rs 2,694.2 thousand crore, which works out to that rate of growth. Option A, 7.19 per cent, is wrong because it is the growth in total employment, the rise in persons engaged from 1.96 crore to 2.10 crore. Option C, 10.54 per cent, is wrong because it measures fixed capital, not value added. Option D, 12.08 per cent, is wrong because that is the increase in emoluments paid to the workforce, the fastest-growing of the headline indicators in this round. Industrial output for its part grew 7.81 per cent, invested capital 11.10 per cent, net income 9.68 per cent and net profit 7.73 per cent, making the expansion a broad-based one.

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu, with 41,221 establishments, the largest count of any state in this round. Option B, Gujarat, comes second at 33,084 and is therefore wrong. Option A, Maharashtra, is third by count at 27,379, and it is worth separating the two rankings here: Maharashtra leads the country in gross value added even though it has fewer factories than Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Option D, Uttar Pradesh, is wrong because it figures in the top five for value added and for employment but not at the head of the establishment count. Taken together, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh accounted for more than 54 per cent of the country's manufacturing gross value added during the year.

The correct answer is basic metal, motor vehicles, chemicals and chemical products, pharmaceutical products and food products. These five industry groups together accounted for more than 45 per cent of the country's manufacturing value added during the year, which shows how concentrated factory output remains in a handful of heavy and consumer-facing industries. Options A, C and D list other industry groups and are wrong; none of those combinations is named among the leading five in the results. Alongside this industrial concentration the survey shows a regional one: Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana were the five leading states for persons engaged and together held about 56 per cent of total manufacturing employment in the country, while the top five states by value added held 53.30 per cent of all establishments.

The correct answer is 1.76 million livelihoods, which the study says the Ayush services sector directly supports, with more than a million of those jobs concentrated in local and standalone clinics. Option B, 17.6 million, is the same digits shifted by one decimal place, a trap for anyone reading quickly. Option C, 76 lakh, is another rewriting of the digits in Indian units and is far above the measured figure. Option D, 4.3 million, plays on 43 per cent, which is the share of women in the Ayush workforce rather than any count of jobs; in several organised segments female participation crosses half, reaching above 60 per cent in spas and resorts offering Ayush services and 58 per cent in educational institutions. So only option A names the employment figure the study reports.

The correct answer is US$36.92 billion, the estimated economic contribution of the Ayush services sector in FY2024-25, growing at a compound annual rate of 16.91 per cent since FY2022-23. Option A, US$17.73 billion, is the revenue of Ayurveda alone, the largest of the six Ayush systems, which is close to 48 per cent of the sector rather than all of it. Option C, US$1.77 billion, is the Medical Value Travel revenue earned in FY25, a narrow slice built on foreign patients who make up only about 5 per cent of patient numbers. Option D, US$216 billion, is the lower end of the projection for 2047, not a present figure at all. Only option B states what the sector was worth in the year the study measured.