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Index Wholesale Price Index
Asked 6 times across 2 UPSC exams over 23 years (2001–2024), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 5 of 6 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 6 years (2001–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2001 → CDS 2024
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 of 6) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2024
Consider the following statements regarding weightage of different articles in Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
- Fuel and power have higher weightage in WPI than that of primary articles
- Weightage of manufactured products in WPI is higher than that of fuel and power
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only ✓
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CSE2020
Consider the following statements
- The weightage of food in Consumer Price Index (CPI) is higher than that in Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
- The WPI does not capture changes in the prices of services, which CPI does
- Reserve Bank of India has now adopted WPI as its key measure of inflation and to decide on changing the key policy rates
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A 1 and 2 only ✓
- B 2 only
- C 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CSE2010
With reference to India, consider the following statements
- The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) in India is available on a monthly basis only
- As compared to Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPIIW), the WPI gives less weight to food articles
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › Macroeconomics
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