According to TRAI's performance indicator report, what was India's total telephone subscriber base at the end of June 2026?

The correct answer is 94.31 per cent. Tele-density measures telephone connections for every hundred people, and the overall figure improved from 93.26 per cent at the end of March 2026 to 94.31 per cent at the end of June 2026. Option B is therefore the previous quarter's number and not the current one. Option A is the wireless tele-density counting mobile and fixed wireless access connections, which is lower than the overall figure because the overall number also includes wireline connections. Option D is the urban tele-density, which crosses a hundred because many urban users hold more than one connection; the matching rural tele-density was 60.89 per cent. A candidate should keep the four tele-density figures separate, since examiners often swap the urban figure for the overall one in the options.

The correct answer is 28.39 GB. Average monthly mobile data use for each wireless data subscriber rose to this level in the quarter ending June 2026 from 26.70 GB in the quarter ending March 2026. Option B is that earlier figure and so belongs to the previous quarter rather than the one under review. Options A and D do not match either quarter in the report. The same report shows total mobile data carried in the quarter rising to 84,424 PB from 77,953 PB, while the average revenue realised for every GB of wireless data fell to Rs 7.13 from Rs 7.51, which explains how usage can grow while the price of data keeps sliding. Monthly ARPU for wireless service still rose to Rs 187.12, because subscribers consume much more data than before.

The correct answer is 23 officers in position against 39 sanctioned posts, a vacancy of 41 per cent. The committee flags this shortage and notes that recruitment of manpower was among the main recommendations of the High-Level Committee of Experts chaired by Dr K. Radhakrishnan. Option B is wrong because it invents a sanctioned strength that the report does not mention. Option C is wrong because 16 is the number of posts under the Central Staffing Scheme, which the panel says should be only a supplementary layer of senior leadership and not a substitute for domain expertise. Option D is wrong because the report states the opposite: all 39 permanent posts are currently filled through deputation, and since deputationists serve only two to three years, the panel wants a dedicated permanent cadre with specialists in psychometrics, examination security and data analytics.

The correct answer is Mukul Wasnik. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and heads the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, which placed the 382nd report on "Reforms and Strengthening of the National Testing Agency" before the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 9 October 2026. Option A is wrong because Dr K. Radhakrishnan, the former Secretary of the Department of Space, chaired the separate High-Level Committee of Experts on examination reform and only appeared before this panel as a witness. Option C is wrong because Harivansh is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and had no role in heading this committee. Option D is wrong because Jayant Chaudhary handles skill development as a minister and is not the chairman of this committee. For the examination, pair the report number with the chairman and the House.

The correct answer is about 1.2 crore. The committee records that the National Testing Agency conducts examinations in which roughly 1.2 crore students sit every year, which is why it describes the agency as the gateway to the higher education system. The tests named in the report include JEE-Main, NEET-UG, UGC-NET and CUET, and the panel points out that an all-India test such as NEET needs the Union, State and local administrations to work as one. Options A and B are wrong because they understate the figure given in the report. Option D is wrong because it overstates it. The number matters for the examination because the committee uses it to argue that the agency’s resources and accountability structures must match the size of the responsibility it carries, including a parliamentary framework for answerability.