UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ensuring federalism within delimitation

Question 1

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposed to raise the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha from 550. By exactly how many seats would the ceiling rise under the Bill?

Accepted Answer

300 seats

Answer

285 seats

Answer

307 seats

Answer

320 seats

Question 2

In the Union Government, which Ministry is the nodal Ministry that introduced and is responsible for the delimitation legislation, including the Delimitation Bill, 2026?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Law and Justice

Answer

Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Question 3

In the illustrative seat re-allocation under the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which one of the following States was projected to record the largest increase in its Lok Sabha seats?

Accepted Answer

Uttar Pradesh

Answer

Tamil Nadu

Answer

Kerala

Answer

Karnataka

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ensuring federalism within delimitation

Q1. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposed to raise the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha from 550. By exactly how many seats would the ceiling rise under the Bill?

Q2. In the Union Government, which Ministry is the nodal Ministry that introduced and is responsible for the delimitation legislation, including the Delimitation Bill, 2026?

Q3. In the illustrative seat re-allocation under the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which one of the following States was projected to record the largest increase in its Lok Sabha seats?