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Q1Consider the following statements about recent Supreme Court-related facts in the provided corpus: 1. The Supreme Court rejected a PIL seeking to make voting compulsory. 2. The Court held that voting in India remains voluntary and citizens cannot be compelled to vote. 3. The Court directed all citizens to vote, holding that voting is a constitutional duty. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct according to entry. Statement 3 is incorrect because it is the distortion expressly rejected in that entry: the Court did not make voting compulsory.
Q2Consider the following statements about Articles 327, 328 and 329 of the Constitution of India: 1. Article 327 empowers Parliament to make laws on matters relating to elections to Parliament and State Legislatures, including preparation of electoral rolls and delimitation of constituencies. 2. Article 328 gives a State Legislature election-law power only so far as Parliament has not made provision in that behalf. 3. Article 329 bars courts from questioning the validity of laws relating to delimitation of constituencies or allotment of seats made or purporting to be made under Article 327 or Article 328. 4. Article 329 also says no election to Parliament or a State Legislature shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to the authority and in the manner provided by law. Which of the statements given above are correct?
All four statements are correct. Article 327 gives Parliament broad election-law power including rolls and delimitation; Article 328 gives State Legislatures a residual field where Parliament has not legislated; and Article 329 excludes ordinary court challenges both to delimitation or seat-allotment laws and to elections except through election petitions.
Q3Consider the following statements about election-related constitutional arrangements: 1. Regional Commissioners under Article 324(4) are appointed by the President after consultation with the Election Commission. 2. Staff needed by the Election Commission may be made available by the President or the Governor when the Commission requests it. 3. Article 328 permits a State Legislature to make election laws even where Parliament has already made provision on the same matter. 4. Article 329 bars courts from questioning elections except by an election petition presented to the authority and in the manner provided by law. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect because Article 328 operates only in so far as Parliament has not made provision in that behalf.
Q4Consider the following statements about qualifications and search under the 2023 Act: 1. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners must be persons holding or having held a post equivalent to Secretary to the Government of India. 2. They must have knowledge of and experience in management and conduct of elections. 3. The Search Committee is headed by the Minister of Law and Justice. Which of the statements given above are correct?
All three statements are correct. The Act requires Secretary-equivalent experience, knowledge and experience in election management, and provides that the Search Committee is headed by the Minister of Law and Justice.
Q5Consider the following statements about Regional Commissioners under Article 324: 1. Regional Commissioners are appointed by the Governor of the concerned State without consulting the Election Commission. 2. Before each general election to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, the President may appoint Regional Commissioners after consulting the Election Commission. 3. Article 324 makes appointment of a Regional Commissioner mandatory before every bye-election. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is false because Article 324 refers to appointment by the President after consultation with the Election Commission. Statement 2 is true. Statement 3 is false because the text speaks of general elections and Legislative Council elections, not every bye-election.
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6Consider the following statements about campaign conduct under the Model Code of Conduct: 1. There should be no appeal to caste or communal feelings for securing votes. 2. Canvassing within 200 metres of a polling station is the distance specifically cited in the ECI manual as an electoral offence. 3. Political parties and candidates should refrain from serving or distributing liquor on polling day and during the forty-eight hours preceding it. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements regarding internal business and conditions under the 2023 Act: 1. The Election Commission may regulate the procedure for transaction of its business and allocation of its business. 2. If the CEC and Election Commissioners differ in opinion, the matter is decided according to the opinion of the majority. 3. The power to grant or refuse leave to the CEC or an Election Commissioner vests in the CEC. 4. Dearness allowance for the CEC and other Election Commissioners is as admissible to a Judge of the Supreme Court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements about Regional Commissioners and election staff under Article 324: 1. Regional Commissioners may be appointed by the President after consultation with the Election Commission. 2. Regional Commissioners assist the Election Commission in performing the functions conferred by Article 324(1). 3. The Governor alone appoints Regional Commissioners before every general election to the Lok Sabha. 4. The President or the Governor of a State must make staff available when requested by the Election Commission. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements regarding Article 324 of the Constitution of India: 1. The Election Commission's constitutional control extends to elections to Parliament, State Legislatures, and the offices of President and Vice-President. 2. Article 324 requires that the Election Commission must always consist of exactly three members. 3. When another Election Commissioner is appointed, the Chief Election Commissioner acts as the Chairman of the Commission. 4. Article 324 allows the Governor of a State to appoint Regional Commissioners without consulting the Election Commission. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about the functioning and removal safeguards of the Election Commission: 1. The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed from office in like manner and on like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court. 2. All Election Commissioners have equal say in the decision-making of the Commission. 3. The Commission transacts business only through written circulation of papers and never by meetings. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11With reference to the Phase 1 Assembly elections held on April 23, 2026, consider the following statements: 1) Polling for all 234 seats of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly was held in a single phase on this day. 2) West Bengal completed polling for all 294 of its constituencies on the same day. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
12Consider the following statements about appointment under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023: 1. The Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners are appointed by the President on the recommendation of a Selection Committee. 2. The Chief Justice of India is a member of the Selection Committee under the 2023 Act. 3. An appointment becomes invalid merely because there is a vacancy in the Selection Committee. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements about Article 325 of the Constitution: 1. There shall be one general electoral roll for every territorial constituency. 2. No person may claim inclusion in a special electoral roll only on the ground of religion, race, caste or sex. 3. No person shall be ineligible for inclusion in an electoral roll only on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements about safeguards and assistance under Article 324: 1. The Chief Election Commissioner shall not be removed from office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court. 2. Any other Election Commissioner may be removed from office by the President even without the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner. 3. Before each general election to the House of the People and before the first general election and each biennial election to a State Legislative Council, the President may appoint Regional Commissioners after consultation with the Election Commission. 4. If the Election Commission so requests, the President or the Governor of a State shall make available such staff as may be necessary for discharge of the Commission's functions. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements regarding registration as an elector under the Representation of the People Act, 1950: 1. A person must be not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date. 2. Ordinary residence in the constituency is a condition for registration in that constituency. 3. A person temporarily absent from his place of ordinary residence ceases to be ordinarily resident there solely for that reason. 4. Owning or possessing a dwelling house in a constituency is by itself enough to be deemed ordinarily resident there. Which of the statements given above are correct?