UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Hold Census before debating quota law in Parliament: Akhilesh

Q1. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, which provides for the reservation of one-third of seats for women in legislatures, was enacted as which one of the following?

  • A. The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023
  • B. The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016
  • C. The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019
  • D. The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021

Q2. When the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2023, how many members voted against the Bill?

  • A. 2
  • B. 0
  • C. 45
  • D. 96

Q3. India's first synchronous (simultaneously conducted) population census across the country was carried out in which year?

  • A. 1881
  • B. 1872
  • C. 1891
  • D. 1901

Q4. With reference to the conduct of the population census in India, consider the following statements. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The census is conducted under the framework of the Census Act, 1948.
  2. The census is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India.
  3. The census due in 2021 could not be conducted on schedule owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. Responsibility for conducting the decennial census rests with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
  • A. 4 only
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2

Q5. The readjustment and delimitation of territorial constituencies of the Lok Sabha upon completion of each Census is provided for under which Article of the Constitution of India?

  • A. Article 82
  • B. Article 81
  • C. Article 170
  • D. Article 324

Q6. The exercise of delimiting constituencies following a Census in India is carried out by which one of the following?

  • A. A Delimitation Commission constituted under a law enacted by Parliament
  • B. The Election Commission of India acting on its own
  • C. The Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India
  • D. The NITI Aayog

Q7. The Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, which is conducting Census 2027, functions under which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Q8. Census 2027 is being described as a landmark for which one of the following reasons?

  • A. It will be India's first digital census
  • B. It will be India's first census after independence
  • C. It will be the first census conducted under the Census Act, 1948
  • D. It will be India's first synchronous census

Q9. Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, the rotation of the seats reserved for women, after each subsequent exercise of delimitation, is to take effect in such manner as may be determined by which of the following?

  • A. A law made by Parliament
  • B. The Election Commission of India
  • C. The Delimitation Commission
  • D. The President by notification

Q10. In 2026, the demand that a fresh Census be completed before Parliament implements women's reservation — on the argument that basing reservation on 2011 data is flawed — was prominently made by the chief of which political party?

  • A. Samajwadi Party
  • B. Rashtriya Janata Dal
  • C. Bahujan Samaj Party
  • D. All India Trinamool Congress