| Consider the following statements regarding Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India: |
| 1. Headed by Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, the census exercise comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. |
| 2. Started in the year 1949, the Census of India was given the additional duty of implementation of Registration of Births and Deaths Act in 1969 in the country. |
| 3. There were Census Commissioners from 1881 Census to 1941 Census and thereafter Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India from 1949 onwards. Of these statements |
A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
B) 2 and 3 are correct
C) 1 and 2 are correct
D) Only 3 is correct
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[a] Mr. W. W. Plowden was the First Census Commissioner of lndia (1881). Dr. C. Chandramouli, IAS is the current Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India since 2009. Mr. M. W. M. Yeatts was the last census Commissioner 1941) and also first Registrar General and Census Commissioner (1949).
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