UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC refuses DMK plea against TVK remarks

Q1. The ground of 'sovereignty and integrity of India' as a permissible restriction on freedom of speech under Article 19(2) was inserted by which one of the following constitutional amendments?

  • A. The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951
  • B. The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963
  • C. The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976
  • D. The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978

Q2. Under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, a motion for criminal contempt of the Supreme Court by a private person can be made only with the prior written consent of which one of the following?

  • A. The Registrar General of the Supreme Court
  • B. The Attorney General for India
  • C. The Union Minister of Law and Justice
  • D. The Central Bureau of Investigation

Q3. The investigation into the Karur stampede — in connection with which the Supreme Court in July 2026 refused the DMK's plea to restrain TVK leaders' remarks — is being conducted by which agency following a Supreme Court order?

  • A. The Enforcement Directorate
  • B. The National Investigation Agency
  • C. The Central Bureau of Investigation
  • D. The State Crime Branch-CID

Q4. The Supreme Court Bench that in July 2026 refused to entertain the DMK's application seeking to restrain TVK leaders from public comments on the Karur stampede case comprised how many judges?

  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Three
  • D. Five

Q5. In the context of the Karur stampede probe, the term 'Special Investigation Team (SIT)' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A permanent statutory body constituted under the CBI to investigate all political offences
  • B. A dedicated team of investigators specially constituted to investigate a particular case, here formed by the Madras High Court
  • C. A judicial commission of inquiry headed by a sitting High Court judge to record evidence
  • D. A parliamentary committee empowered to summon officials and examine witnesses

Q6. The three-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court to monitor the CBI investigation into the Karur stampede is headed by which one of the following?

  • A. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi
  • B. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman
  • C. Former Supreme Court judge Justice A.K. Sikri
  • D. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur

Q7. The right to move the Supreme Court directly, by appropriate proceedings, for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights is itself guaranteed as a Fundamental Right solely under which Article of the Constitution?

  • A. Article 32
  • B. Article 136
  • C. Article 226
  • D. Article 143

Q8. Administrative matters relating to the Supreme Court and the High Courts, and the appointment of judges, are handled at the Union level by which one of the following?

  • A. The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice
  • B. The Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel
  • C. The Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
  • D. The Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice

Q9. In declining to bar TVK leaders' statements, the Supreme Court treated which one of the following as the foremost constitutional value weighing against a judicial gag order, advising 'more speech' as the remedy?

  • A. Freedom of speech and expression
  • B. Right to a fair trial
  • C. Contempt of court
  • D. Right to reputation

Q10. In the federalism debate that shaped the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, the term 'delimitation' refers most precisely to which one of the following?

  • A. The reallocation of tax revenues between the Centre and the states by the Finance Commission
  • B. The redrawing of the boundaries and number of Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies on the basis of population
  • C. The demarcation of disputed boundaries between two neighbouring states
  • D. The bifurcation of a state into two separate states by Parliament