Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I List II (Publisher) (Publication) I. Ministry of Industry A) Report on Currency and Finance B. Central Statistical Organisation B) Economic Survey Statistical Organisation >> III. Reserve Bank of India C) Wholesale Price Index IV. Ministry of Finance D) National Accounts Statistics
- AI-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
- BI-C, II-D, III-A, IV-BCorrect
- CI-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
- DI-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
Explanation
The correct answer is B because of the following matches:
I. Ministry of Industry matches with C Wholesale Price Index. The Office of the Economic Adviser under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is responsible for publishing WPI.
II. Central Statistical Organisation matches with D National Accounts Statistics. The CSO, now part of the National Statistical Office, is the nodal agency for compiling national income accounts and GDP data.
III. Reserve Bank of India matches with A Report on Currency and Finance. This is a flagship annual publication of the RBI that provides an in depth analysis of the Indian economy.
IV. Ministry of Finance matches with B Economic Survey. The Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance prepares this document annually, presenting it in Parliament just before the Union Budget.
Matching these pairs leads to the sequence I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B.

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