{"id":85634,"date":"2025-06-01T03:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=85634"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:23:23","slug":"the-all-india-census-was-1-first-attempted-in-1872-2-regularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-all-india-census-was-1-first-attempted-in-1872-2-regularly\/","title":{"rendered":"The All India Census was\n \n 1. first attempted in 1872 \n 2. regularly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The All India Census was<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. first attempted in 1872<\/li>\n<li>2. regularly undertaken since 1881<\/li>\n<li>3. always undertaken as a five-year exercise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-2 &#8211; 2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2016\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatement 1 is correct: The first census in India on a near-all India basis was attempted non-synchronously between 1867 and 1872. The first synchronous census was conducted in 1881.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct: Regular decennial censuses (conducted every ten years) have been undertaken in India since 1881.<br \/>\nStatement 3 is incorrect: The All India Census is a decennial exercise, meaning it is undertaken every ten years, not every five years.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe census in India has a history dating back to the late 19th century, with regular, synchronous counts conducted every decade since 1881.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Census of India is the largest single source of a variety of statistical data on different characteristics of the people of India. The responsibility of conducting the decennial census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All India Census was 1. first attempted in 1872 2. regularly undertaken since 1881 3. always undertaken as a five-year exercise Select the correct answer using the code given below. [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-2 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The All India Census was\n \n 1. first attempted in 1872 \n 2. regularly\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-all-india-census-was-1-first-attempted-in-1872-2-regularly\/#more-85634\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The All India Census was<\/p>\n<p> 1. first attempted in 1872<br \/>\n 2. regularly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[1098,1204,1205],"class_list":["post-85634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-2","tag-1098","tag-demography-of-india","tag-india-population","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The All India Census was  1. first attempted in 1872  2. regularly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statement 1 is correct: The first census in India on a near-all India basis was attempted non-synchronously between 1867 and 1872. 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