UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ‘Why delay the 2023 Act?’: women’s reservation comes full circle as govt.’s ‘U-turn’ fails in LS

Question 1

Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, for what period, reckoned from the commencement of that Act, is the reservation of seats for women to remain in force before it ceases to have effect?

Accepted Answer

15 years

Answer

10 years

Answer

20 years

Answer

It is a permanent reservation with no sunset clause

Question 2

Under Article 334A of the Constitution, the reservation of seats for women is to take effect only after which of the following exercises is undertaken on the basis of the relevant figures of the first census taken after the commencement of the 106th Amendment Act?

Accepted Answer

A fresh delimitation exercise

Answer

Revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission

Answer

A socio-economic and caste enumeration

Answer

Ratification of the Act by half the State Legislatures

Question 3

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was negatived in the Lok Sabha because it failed to secure the special majority mandated for constitutional amendments under which Article of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Article 368

Answer

Article 356

Answer

Article 331

Answer

Article 352

Question 4

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposed to raise the maximum permissible strength of the Lok Sabha to which of the following figures?

Accepted Answer

850

Answer

550

Answer

753

Answer

848

Question 5

For a Constitution Amendment Bill under Article 368, apart from a majority of the total membership of each House, what is the minimum proportion of members present and voting by which it must be passed?

Accepted Answer

Not less than two-thirds

Answer

Not less than one-half

Answer

Not less than three-fourths

Answer

Not less than three-fifths

Question 6

The Delimitation Bill, 2026 and the associated Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 were piloted and replied to in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister heading which Ministry?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Law and Justice

Answer

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Question 7

Several earlier women's reservation Bills (such as the 81st Amendment Bill of 1996) are said to have 'lapsed'. In parliamentary usage, a pending Bill 'lapses' in which one of the following situations?

Accepted Answer

When it is pending in the Lok Sabha (or passed only by the Lok Sabha) and the Lok Sabha is dissolved

Answer

Whenever it is rejected by a majority vote in either House

Answer

When it is formally withdrawn by the member who introduced it

Answer

When it is returned by the President with a message for reconsideration

Question 8

Under the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, one-third of the seats already reserved for which categories are earmarked for women of those categories, as a sub-reservation within the women's quota?

Accepted Answer

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Answer

Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes

Answer

Other Backward Classes only

Answer

Economically Weaker Sections

Question 9

According to Inter-Parliamentary Union / UN Women data, which country records the highest share of women (around 64%) in the single or lower house of its national parliament?

Accepted Answer

Rwanda

Answer

Cuba

Answer

United Arab Emirates

Answer

Mexico

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ‘Why delay the 2023 Act?’: women’s reservation comes full circle as govt.’s ‘U-turn’ fails in LS

Q1. Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, for what period, reckoned from the commencement of that Act, is the reservation of seats for women to remain in force before it ceases to have effect?

Q2. Under Article 334A of the Constitution, the reservation of seats for women is to take effect only after which of the following exercises is undertaken on the basis of the relevant figures of the first census taken after the commencement of the 106th Amendment Act?

Q3. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 was negatived in the Lok Sabha because it failed to secure the special majority mandated for constitutional amendments under which Article of the Constitution?

Q4. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposed to raise the maximum permissible strength of the Lok Sabha to which of the following figures?

Q5. For a Constitution Amendment Bill under Article 368, apart from a majority of the total membership of each House, what is the minimum proportion of members present and voting by which it must be passed?

Q6. The Delimitation Bill, 2026 and the associated Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 were piloted and replied to in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister heading which Ministry?

Q7. Several earlier women's reservation Bills (such as the 81st Amendment Bill of 1996) are said to have 'lapsed'. In parliamentary usage, a pending Bill 'lapses' in which one of the following situations?

Q8. Under the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, one-third of the seats already reserved for which categories are earmarked for women of those categories, as a sub-reservation within the women's quota?

Q9. According to Inter-Parliamentary Union / UN Women data, which country records the highest share of women (around 64%) in the single or lower house of its national parliament?