UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Government Constitutes Search-cum-Selection Committee for National Sports Board Under NSG Act, 2025
Q1. Under the National Sports Board (Search-cum-Selection Committee) Rules, 2026 notified under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, who chairs the Search-cum-Selection Committee constituted to recommend the panel of names for the National Sports Board?
- A. The Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India
- B. The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
- C. The President of the Indian Olympic Association
- D. A retired Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice of India
Q2. The National Sports Board (NSB), constituted in 2026 as the central recognition authority for National Sports Bodies in India, was piloted as a Bill in Parliament and brought into being under the aegis of which one of the following Union Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Home Affairs
- B. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- C. Ministry of Education
- D. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Q3. The National Sports Board, empowered to grant, suspend or cancel recognition of National Sports Bodies in India, derives its statutory authority from which one of the following?
- A. National Sports Development Code of India, 2011
- B. National Anti-Doping Act, 2022
- C. Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007
- D. National Sports Governance Act, 2025
Q4. Which one of the following is the principal/lead function entrusted to the National Sports Board under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025?
- A. Adjudication of disputes between athletes and sports federations
- B. Grant of recognition to National Sports Bodies and registration of their affiliate units
- C. Conducting dope-testing of athletes and prosecuting anti-doping rule violations
- D. Selection of national contingents for the Olympic and Asian Games
Q5. The National Sports Tribunal, constituted under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, functions under the administrative aegis of which one of the following Union Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Law and Justice
- B. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- C. Ministry of Home Affairs
- D. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Q6. Under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, who is eligible to be appointed as the Chairperson of the National Sports Tribunal?
- A. Only a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- B. A sitting or former Judge of the Supreme Court, or a Chief Justice of a High Court
- C. Only a retired Chief Justice of India
- D. Any retired civil servant of Secretary rank with demonstrated legal expertise
Q7. The National Sports Board, which now exercises the recognition function earlier performed administratively under the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011, derives its statutory basis from which one of the following enactments?
- A. National Sports Development Code of India, 2011
- B. National Anti-Doping Act, 2022
- C. National Sports Governance Act, 2025
- D. Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007
Q8. Under the statutory regime introduced by the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 — which supersedes the earlier non-statutory Sports Code, 2011 dispensation — which one of the following is the apex authority empowered to grant recognition to National Sports Bodies and to register their affiliate units?
- A. Sports Authority of India
- B. Indian Olympic Association
- C. National Sports Tribunal
- D. National Sports Board
Q9. Under which of the following Union Ministries/Departments were the National Sports Governance (National Sports Board) Rules, 2026 and the National Sports Governance (National Sports Tribunal) Rules, 2026 notified?
- A. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- B. Ministry of Law and Justice
- C. Ministry of Home Affairs
- D. Ministry of Education
Q10. With reference to the subordinate rules framed under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, consider the following:
1. National Sports Board (Search-cum-Selection Committee) Rules, 2026
2. National Sports Governance (National Sports Board) Rules, 2026
3. National Sports Governance (National Sports Tribunal) Rules, 2026
4. National Sports Governance (Anti-Doping Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 2026
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as rules notified under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025?
- National Sports Board (Search-cum-Selection Committee) Rules, 2026
- National Sports Governance (National Sports Board) Rules, 2026
- National Sports Governance (National Sports Tribunal) Rules, 2026
- National Sports Governance (Anti-Doping Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 2026
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q11. With reference to the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, consider the following bodies that National Sports Bodies (such as NOC, NPC and recognised NSFs) are required to constitute under its athlete-welfare and ethics framework:
1. Athletes Commission
2. Ethics Commission
3. Dispute Resolution Commission
4. Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Athletes Commission
- Ethics Commission
- Dispute Resolution Commission
- Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q12. Under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, which one of the following authorities is empowered to frame the Safe Sports Policy for the protection and safety of women, minor athletes and other vulnerable classes of persons in Indian sport?
- A. National Sports Board
- B. National Sports Tribunal
- C. Athletes Commission of the National Olympic Committee
- D. National Anti-Doping Agency
Q13. Under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, which one of the following is the apex statutory authority empowered to grant recognition to National Sports Bodies in India, including the National Olympic Committee and National Sports Federations?
- A. National Sports Board
- B. Sports Authority of India
- C. Indian Olympic Association
- D. National Anti-Doping Agency
Q14. In the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, 'Sports' is enumerated as a subject of legislation exclusively under which one of the following entries?
- A. Entry 33 of the State List
- B. Entry 25 of the Concurrent List
- C. Entry 13 of the Union List
- D. Entry 97 of the Union List