What was India's Consumer Price Index based retail inflation rate for October 2026?
- A.5.54%
- B.6.09%
- C.8.94%
- D.4.38%
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Explanation
The correct answer is 6.09%. The provisional all-India retail inflation rate worked out from the Consumer Price Index for October 2026 was 6.09%, with the rural figure at 6.63% and the urban figure at 5.41%. Option C is not the headline rate at all: 8.94% is the yearly rise in the Consumer Food Price Index for the same month, which covers only the food basket and always moves differently from the general index. Options A and D are rates from other months of the same series and do not belong to October 2026, so a candidate who confuses the month will pick one of them. Note also that the October rate is compared with October 2025, since every figure in the release is a year-on-year change rather than a change over the previous month. Candidates should keep the headline and food numbers apart, because examiners often place one in the question stem and the other among the choices.
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Practice Questions
Which base year does the Consumer Price Index series used for the October 2026 release follow?
- A.2012=100
- B.2011-12=100
- C.2024=100
- D.2020=100
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- A.Garlic
- B.Onion
- C.Ginger
- D.Silver jewellery
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- A.Harit Sagar
- B.Sagarmala
- C.Harit Tat
- D.Nile Sagar
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- A.71.17 million metric tonnes
- B.81.17 million metric tonnes
- C.91.17 million metric tonnes
- D.101.17 million metric tonnes
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- A.Paradip Port
- B.Visakhapatnam Port
- C.Kandla Port
- D.Chennai Port
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