How many broadband subscribers did India have at the end of August 2026?
- A.1094.48 million
- B.1101.21 million
- C.1207.59 million
- D.1579 million
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Explanation
The correct answer is 1101.21 million, the broadband base at the close of that month. Option A is wrong because that is the figure for the end of the previous month, July 2026; the difference between the two is what produces the monthly growth of 0.61 per cent, so quoting it means reading the earlier month by mistake. Option C is wrong because that figure counts active wireless subscribers on the date of peak Visitor Location Register, a measure of connections actually in use at a moment rather than of broadband accounts. Option D is wrong because that number is not a subscriber count at all; it is the number of operators whose returns the regulator used to compile the month's data. Alongside these figures, remember that overall tele-density stood at 95.07 per cent and that Mobile Number Portability requests came to 15.83 million.
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Practice Questions
India's overall tele-density, counted with M2M cellular mobile connections, at the end of August 2026 was:
- A.61.12 per cent
- B.85.26 per cent
- C.95.07 per cent
- D.155.00 per cent
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Tele-density expresses the number of telephone connections for every hundred people, and for the country as a whole, with machine-to-machine cellular connections counted in, it stood at that level.
Read the full explanation →How many Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests were submitted in August 2026?
- A.10.45 million
- B.15.83 million
- C.19.34 million
- D.25.60 million
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Mobile Number Portability allows a subscriber to shift to another operator while keeping the same telephone number, and that many requests were filed during the month under review.
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 →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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For persons aged 15 years and above, the overall unemployment rate improved to 5.1% in July-September 2026.
Read the full explanation →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.
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