Which sub-sector recorded the fastest growth in August 2026 over August 2025 in the Index of Services Production?
- A.Retail trade
- B.Banking
- C.Real estate
- D.Accommodation and food
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Explanation
The correct answer is retail trade, which expanded faster than any other sub-sector over August 2025 and also carried the second highest index reading in the series. Option C, real estate, grew at the same pace as repair services and stood just behind retail trade, which makes it the closest wrong answer. Option B, banking, improved on a year earlier but not by as much, and its reading is one of those based on provisional monthly data. Option D, accommodation and food, is the trap in this question: it holds the highest absolute reading among the 19 sub-sectors, yet its growth over the previous August was slower than that of retail trade, so the highest level and the fastest growth belong to different sub-sectors. At the other end of the table air transport contracted 9.6 per cent to 89.2 and arts, entertainment and recreation services fell 4.7 per cent to 111.7.
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Practice Questions
Which ministry releases the Index of Services Production?
- A.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- B.Ministry of Finance
- C.Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- D.Reserve Bank of India
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MoSPI compiles and publishes the Index of Services Production, and it released the figures for August 2026 covering 19 broad sub-sectors on the base year 2024-25.
Read the full explanation →What is the base year of the Index of Services Production released for August 2026?
- A.2011-12
- B.2017-18
- C.2024-25
- D.2026-27
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Every reading in the Index of Services Production is measured against output in that base year, so a sub-sector standing above the base-year level has grown since then and one standing below it has not recovered to where it was.
Read the full explanation →What was the Index of Services Production reading for air transport in August 2026?
- A.76.4
- B.89.2
- C.98.7
- D.105.6
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Air transport was the weakest of the 19 sub-sectors in August 2026 on both measures that the index offers: it contracted 9.6 per cent against August 2025, and its reading was the only one in the whole series below the level of the base year 2024-25.
Read the full explanation →How many Mobile Number Portability requests were submitted in September 2026?
- A.6.77 million
- B.16.77 million
- C.26.77 million
- D.61.30 million
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Mobile Number Portability lets a subscriber shift to another operator while keeping the same number, and that many requests were filed with service providers during the month.
Read the full explanation →What was the gap between urban and rural tele-density in India at the end of September 2026?
- A.Urban 155.85 per cent and rural 61.30 per cent
- B.Urban 147.47 per cent and rural 60.72 per cent
- C.Urban 89.09 per cent and rural 10.91 per cent
- D.Urban 59.05 per cent and rural 40.95 per cent
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The correct answer is urban 155.85 per cent and rural 61.30 per cent, the total tele-density figures counting both wireless and wireline connections.
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