As per the Sample Registration System (SRS), the Maternal Mortality Ratio…
2025
As per the Sample Registration System (SRS), the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has reduced from 8.1% in 2015-17 to ____ in 2016-18 at the national level.
- A.
5.8%
- B.
7.3%
- C.
6.1%
- D.
7.9%
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Correct answer: B
Concept: The Sample Registration System (SRS), run by the Registrar General of India, is the primary source that tracks the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) — the number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births — for the country. Alongside the MMR level itself, government data placed before Parliament also records the round-on-round percentage change between successive SRS rounds.
Application: Nationally, the SRS-based MMR has fallen steadily across successive three-year rounds — from 130 in 2014-16, to 122 in 2015-17, to 113 in 2016-18. Government data tabled in Parliament for this period records the round-on-round percentage change moving from 8.1% (the round ending 2015-17) to 7.3% (the round ending 2016-18), which is the value that completes the blank.
Contrast (each offered value against the stem's own 8.1% figure):
5.8% is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 8.1% figure stated in the stem for 2015-17.
7.3% is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 8.1% figure stated in the stem for 2015-17.
6.1% is 2.0 percentage points lower than the 8.1% figure stated in the stem for 2015-17.
7.9% is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 8.1% figure stated in the stem for 2015-17.
Cross-check: This is consistent with the broader trend — India's national MMR has continued to fall in every successive SRS round since 2014-16, so a continued (if slightly slower) round-on-round rate of decline for 2016-18 fits the data. Hence 7.3% is the value that completes the blank.