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UPSC CSE Prelims 2026 · GS Paper I · Question 88 · Reports & indices

निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा, भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक (RBI) के वित्तीय समावेशन सूचकांक (FI-Index) के तीन…

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2026, General Studies Paper I, Question 88 — Reports & indices.

Prelims 2026 · Q88

Reports & indices X-Ray · Core #34 Easy Provisional key

निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा, भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक (RBI) के वित्तीय समावेशन सूचकांक (FI-Index) के तीन मुख्य उप-सूचकांकों को सटीक रूप से दर्शाता है ?

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Which one of the following correctly represents the three key sub-indices of the Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

(a) Credit access, Insurance depth, and Pension coverage · (b) Banking access, GDP contribution, and Financial literacy · (c) Access, Usage, and Quality · (d) Access, Affordability, and Transparency

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) पहुँच, उपयोग, और गुणवत्ता

The RBI’s FI-Index has three sub-indices: Access, Usage and Quality, weighted 35, 45 and 20 per cent. Credit, insurance, pension and financial literacy appear only as dimensions inside these sub-indices.

  • ✓ (c) Access reflects the supply side (banking, digital, pension, insurance); Usage the demand side (savings and investments, digital, pension, insurance, credit); Quality has three dimensions: financial literacy, consumer protection and inequality.
  • ✗ (a) Credit, insurance and pension are dimensions within Access or Usage, not the three sub-indices.
  • ✗ (b) ‘GDP contribution’ is not part of the index, and financial literacy is only one dimension of the Quality sub-index.
  • ✗ (d) Affordability and Transparency are not sub-indices of the FI-Index.

Remember · FI-Index (0–100): Access 35%, Usage 45%, Quality 20%. Quality covers financial literacy, consumer protection and inequality.

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Question and answer: UPSC's provisional GS Paper I (2026, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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