UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC panel calls to scrap Bill on gender choice rights

Q1. The Supreme Court-constituted Advisory Committee that in 2026 passed a resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill was headed by which one of the following?

  • A. Justice Asha Menon, former judge of the Delhi High Court
  • B. Justice Indu Malhotra, former judge of the Supreme Court
  • C. Justice A.K. Sikri, former judge of the Supreme Court
  • D. Justice Madan B. Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court

Q2. Which one of the following is the apex advisory body for transgender persons established by the parent Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019?

  • A. National Council for Transgender Persons
  • B. National Commission for Transgender Persons
  • C. National Transgender Welfare Board
  • D. Central Screening and Certification Authority

Q3. Under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, which of the following are correctly identified as groups EXCLUDED from the narrowed statutory definition of 'transgender person'?

  1. Trans-men
  2. Trans-women
  3. Hijra
  4. Genderqueer individuals
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q4. In the context of Section 4(2) of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (now sought to be deleted), the expression 'self-perceived gender identity' most precisely means:

  • A. A person's internally felt gender, recognised without any requirement of medical examination, surgery or certification
  • B. The gender assigned at birth as recorded in official birth and school records
  • C. A gender recognised only after certification by a designated medical board
  • D. Gender determined by a District Magistrate on the recommendation of a screening committee