UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — EC publishes 2nd supplementary Bengal voter list

Q1. In the context of the recent West Bengal electoral roll exercise, what does the 'Special Intensive Revision (SIR)' of electoral rolls refer to?

  • A. A routine annual updation of rolls with reference to the 1 January qualifying date, conducted without field verification
  • B. A time-bound, extraordinary house-to-house enumeration to purify and update electoral rolls by verifying every elector
  • C. A one-time digitisation of legacy paper electoral rolls into the ECINet database
  • D. A revision restricted to the delimitation of constituency boundaries before a general election

Q2. With reference to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as compared with the ordinary (summary) revision, consider the following statements: 1. Unlike ordinary revision, SIR involves house-to-house verification of electors by Booth Level Officers. 2. SIR, unlike ordinary revision, is conducted without any reference to a qualifying date. 3. SIR, like ordinary revision, derives its authority from the Representation of the People Act, 1950 read with Article 324. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Unlike ordinary revision, SIR involves house-to-house verification of electors by Booth Level Officers.
  2. SIR, unlike ordinary revision, is conducted without any reference to a qualifying date.
  3. SIR, like ordinary revision, derives its authority from the Representation of the People Act, 1950 read with Article 324.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. Under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) — the phase that included West Bengal — how many States and Union Territories were covered?

  • A. 6
  • B. 9
  • C. 12
  • D. 28

Q4. Which one of the following constitutional provisions was held by the Supreme Court (May 2026) to be the primary source of the Election Commission's power to conduct the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls?

  • A. Article 324
  • B. Article 325
  • C. Article 326
  • D. Article 327

Q5. Consider the following States/Union Territories. Which of them were covered under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls? 1. Kerala 2. Bihar 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Maharashtra Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Kerala
  2. Bihar
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Maharashtra
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4