UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2025

With reference to the Government of India, consider the following information (Organization / Some of its functions / It works under): I. Directorate of Enforcement – Enforcement of Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 – Internal Security Division-I, Ministry of Home Affairs. II. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence – Enforces provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 – Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. III. Directorate General of Systems and Data Management – Carrying out big data analytics to assist tax officers for better policy and nabbing tax evaders – Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. In how many of the above rows is the information correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All the three
  4. None

Answer

Correct Answer

Only two

Explanation

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) works under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (not the Ministry of Home Affairs), so row I is incorrectly matched. Rows II (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) and III (Directorate General of Systems and Data Management) are correctly matched under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

Topics: government organizations, polity