UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Minorities will lose political, electoral power, says NC MP

Q1. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 sought to raise the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha to how many seats?

  • A. 543
  • B. 753
  • C. 848
  • D. 850

Q2. In the context of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, the proposal to 'delink' delimitation from the census is best described as which of the following?

  • A. Empowering Parliament to decide by law the timing of delimitation and the census on which it is based, instead of delimitation being an automatic constitutional consequence of each census
  • B. Permanently prohibiting any future delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies
  • C. Transferring the power to conduct delimitation from Parliament to the Election Commission acting alone
  • D. Freezing the total number of Lok Sabha seats until the first census taken after 2031

Q3. Which Article of the Constitution provides for the readjustment of the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among the States and the division of each State into constituencies upon completion of each census?

  • A. Article 82
  • B. Article 81
  • C. Article 170
  • D. Article 330

Q4. Under the Delimitation Bill, 2026, the Delimitation Commission is to have how many associate members in respect of each State?

  • A. 5
  • B. 7
  • C. 10
  • D. 12

Q5. With reference to the 2022 delimitation of Jammu & Kashmir, consider the following statements. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The exercise fixed the total number of Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory at 90.
  2. Of these, 47 seats were allotted to the Jammu region and 43 to the Kashmir region.
  3. Seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Assembly for the first time.
  4. The delimitation was carried out under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 1 and 4

Q6. In the 2022 delimitation of Jammu & Kashmir, how many of the 90 Assembly constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Tribes?

  • A. 6
  • B. 7
  • C. 9
  • D. 16

Q7. Under which newly inserted Article does the commencement of women's reservation (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) take effect only after a delimitation exercise following the relevant census?

  • A. Article 330A
  • B. Article 332A
  • C. Article 334A
  • D. Article 239AA

Q8. With reference to the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, consider the following provisions. Which of the above is/are correctly identified as newly inserted Articles?

  1. Article 330A
  2. Article 332A
  3. Article 334A
  4. Article 239AA
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 3 and 4

Q9. The 2026 delimitation package, opposed by several southern States, proposed to base the redistribution of Lok Sabha seats among States on which Census?

  • A. 2001 Census
  • B. 2011 Census
  • C. 2027 Census
  • D. 2031 Census

Q10. Regarding the procedure for amending the Constitution under Article 368, consider the following statements. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The Bill must be passed in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House.
  2. It must also be passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting.
  3. In case of a disagreement between the two Houses, the President may summon a joint sitting to pass the Bill.
  4. The Bill may be introduced in either House of Parliament.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 2 and 4
  • D. 3 and 4

Q11. With reference to reservation and representation in Indian legislatures, consider the following statements. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. The Constitution reserves seats only for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha, and no seats are reserved for religious minorities as such.
  2. The Constitution (104th Amendment) Act, 2019 discontinued the nomination of Anglo-Indian members to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
  3. Muslims and Christians are guaranteed proportionate reserved constituencies in the Lok Sabha under Article 330.
  4. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been extended up to 25 January 2030.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1 and 4 only

Q12. The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced primarily to do which of the following?

  • A. Extend the delimitation and women's reservation framework of the 2026 package to the Union Territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir
  • B. Confer full statehood on all Union Territories with legislatures
  • C. Abolish the Legislative Assemblies of every Union Territory
  • D. Merge the Union Territory of Ladakh with Jammu & Kashmir