Simultaneous Elections MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Statement 1 is correct. The panel that visited Goa is the Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 — it examines both Bills together, and it is chaired by Shri P. P. Chaudhary. Statement 2 is incorrect. The Goa consultations of 10 July 2026 were part of an ongoing study visit, undertaken to gather diverse opinions and inputs before the Committee finalises its Report on the two Bills. No Report was adopted there; on the contrary, the Committee was to continue its engagements in Goa on 11 July 2026 with the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly and other organisations. Therefore only statement 1 is correct, making option A right. Option B is wrong because statement 2 is false. Option C is wrong because it wrongly treats the false statement 2 as correct, and option D is wrong because statement 1 is in fact correct.

The Assertion is true. The final session of the Committee's Goa programme on 10 July 2026 was devoted to consultations with leading industry and business organisations, including ASSOCHAM, FICCI, CII, the hotel industry associations, IRCTC, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) and the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), which offered their views on the likely economic, business and governance implications of simultaneous elections. The Reason is also true: the Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is chaired by Shri P. P. Chaudhary. However, R does not explain A. Who presides over the Committee has no bearing on why industry bodies were consulted; that session was held because the Committee is gathering diverse opinions and inputs from different sections of society — including on the economic and business dimensions — before finalising its Report on the two Bills. Both statements are therefore true, but R is not the correct explanation of A, so option B is right. Option A is wrong because R offers no explanation of A. Options C and D are wrong because neither statement is false.