UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — What is new in transgender rights Bill?

Q1. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 seeks to remove the right to self-perceived gender identity by omitting which one of the following provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019?

  • A. Sub-section (2) of Section 3
  • B. Sub-section (2) of Section 4
  • C. Sub-section (1) of Section 5
  • D. Section 7

Q2. Which one of the following is the nodal Union Ministry that introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • D. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Q3. With reference to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 vis-à-vis the parent Act of 2019, consider the following statements: 1. Unlike the 2019 Act, the Amendment Bill requires the District Magistrate to consider the recommendation of a designated medical board before issuing a Certificate of Identity. 2. The Amendment Bill, like the 2019 Act, retains trans-men and trans-women within the categories of 'transgender persons'. 3. The Amendment Bill makes obtaining a revised Certificate of Identity following sex reassignment surgery mandatory, which was not so under the 2019 Act. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Unlike the 2019 Act, the Amendment Bill requires the District Magistrate to consider the recommendation of a designated medical board before issuing a Certificate of Identity.
  2. The Amendment Bill, like the 2019 Act, retains trans-men and trans-women within the categories of 'transgender persons'.
  3. The Amendment Bill makes obtaining a revised Certificate of Identity following sex reassignment surgery mandatory, which was not so under the 2019 Act.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. In the context of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, the term 'designated medical board' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A body headed by the Chief Medical Officer or Deputy Chief Medical Officer that gives a recommendation to the District Magistrate prior to the issue of a Certificate of Identity to a transgender person
  • B. A panel constituted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct sex reassignment surgeries free of cost for transgender persons
  • C. A statutory authority under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that monitors transgender health and welfare programmes
  • D. A National Council appointed by the Central Government to advise on policy matters concerning transgender persons