RAS question
SC reserved constituencies in Rajasthan Assembly are:
Correct answer: (B) 34.
In the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 34 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Explanation
The answer is 34 because the Election Commission of India's 2023 highlights for the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan list the state's constituencies by type: 141 general, 34 SC, 25 ST, and 200 in total. The question asks specifically for SC reserved Assembly constituencies, so the SC column is the relevant figure. This also shows why the count should not be inferred from the total number of Assembly seats or from another reservation category; the official table separates each constituency type clearly, and the SC entry is 34.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 25 is the figure shown for ST constituencies in the ECI table, not for SC constituencies.
- (C) 40 does not appear as the SC constituency count in the ECI highlights; the SC column shows 34.
- (D) 20 is not the SC reserved-seat figure in the official constituency-type table, which records 34 for SC.
Concept
This tests the composition of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly by reservation category. It recurs in RAS because factual questions on state legislature structure and reserved constituencies are a standard part of Rajasthan Political and Administrative System.
