RAS question
How many Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan are reserved for Scheduled Tribes?
Correct answer: (D) 3.
Rajasthan has three Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes: Dausa, Udaipur and Banswara.
Explanation
Rajasthan sends 25 members to the Lok Sabha, and three of those parliamentary constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The Election Commission of India's General Elections 2014 press note gives the state-wise seat break-up after the 2008 delimitation and lists Rajasthan as having 25 total Lok Sabha seats, with 4 reserved for Scheduled Castes and 3 for Scheduled Tribes. Its separate reserved-constituency table names the three Scheduled Tribe seats in Rajasthan as Dausa, Udaipur and Banswara. The correct count is 3, not a general estimate of tribal representation or a count of Assembly seats.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2 is too low because the Election Commission table lists three Scheduled Tribe-reserved Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan: Dausa, Udaipur and Banswara.
- (B) 4 confuses the Scheduled Tribe count with Rajasthan's Scheduled Caste-reserved Lok Sabha seats, which the same table lists separately as four.
- (C) 5 is too high because Rajasthan's total of 25 Lok Sabha seats includes only three seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Concept
Delimitation and reservation of parliamentary constituencies form a recurring RAS polity area because Rajasthan-specific seat counts are often asked directly. The distinction between Lok Sabha reservations and Assembly or broader representation figures is essential.