According to the PLFS bulletin for July-September 2026, the all-India unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above stood at:
- A.4.3%
- B.5.1%
- C.5.4%
- D.6.8%
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Explanation
The correct answer is 5.1%. For persons aged 15 years and above, the overall unemployment rate improved to 5.1% in July-September 2026. Option C, 5.4%, was the rate in the previous quarter April-June 2026, so it marks the level from which joblessness came down rather than the present reading. Option A, 4.3%, is the rural unemployment rate for the quarter, which fell from 4.8% and is lower than the national average because of the pull of agricultural work in the season. Option D, 6.8%, is the urban unemployment rate, which stayed broadly steady against 6.7% in the previous quarter and is higher than both the rural and the all-India figure. Candidates should hold all four numbers together: rural 4.3%, urban 6.8% and overall 5.1% for this quarter, against 5.4% overall earlier.
Read the full article: PLFS Bulletin: LFPR Climbs to 55.5% in July-September 2026
Practice Questions
As per the PLFS Quarterly Bulletin for July-September 2026, what was the Labour Force Participation Rate for persons aged 15 years and above?
- A.52.7%
- B.54.6%
- C.55.5%
- D.58.1%
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The bulletin reports that the Labour Force Participation Rate for people aged 15 years and above rose to 55.5% in the quarter July-September 2026, and it was also higher than the 55.1% recorded in the same quarter of 2025.
Read the full explanation →Which sector's share in rural employment rose to 56.7% during July-September 2026 as per the PLFS bulletin?
- A.Agriculture
- B.Mining and quarrying
- C.Tertiary or services sector
- D.Construction
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The share of rural workers engaged in farming climbed to 56.7% in July-September 2026 from 52.9% in April-June 2026, which the bulletin flags as a gain in rural agricultural employment.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT among the parameters assessed in TRAI's drive test on the Assam railway route?
- A.Call Setup Success Rate
- B.Drop Call Rate
- C.Spectrum auction price
- D.Download and upload throughput
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The regulator listed the parameters it measures on such a route as coverage gap, that is the share of samples with signal strength below the level prescribed for the technology, and for voice the call setup success rate, the drop call rate and the call setup time, and for data…
Read the full explanation →TRAI's Independent Drive Test released in November 2026 covered a railway route of what length?
- A.315.9 km
- B.415.9 km
- C.515.9 km
- D.615.9 km
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The regulator stated that the drive test in the Assam Licensed Service Area covered that length of railway along with 2 hotspot locations, and that it was conducted on 11 September 2026 under the supervision of its regional office at Kolkata.
Read the full explanation →In TRAI's drive test on the New Tinsukia to Guwahati railway route, which operator recorded the highest average download speed?
- A.Airtel
- B.BSNL
- C.RJIL
- D.VIL
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On this railway stretch in the Assam Licensed Service Area the regulator measured an average download speed of 110.82 Mbps for RJIL, the highest of the four operators tested.
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