UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Local entrepreneurs account for 90% of new industrial units in J&K: parliamentary panel

Q1. In the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs' review of industrial expansion in Jammu & Kashmir, the figure of 2,056 units denotes which one of the following?

  • A. Units registered under the New Central Sector Scheme-2021 that are owned by residents of the Union Territory
  • B. Units set up in the Union Territory by entrepreneurs based outside Jammu & Kashmir since 2019-20
  • C. Locally owned units among all industrial units established in the Union Territory between 2019-20 and 2025-26
  • D. Units in the Union Territory that had commenced commercial production and claimed capital investment incentive

Q2. The data showing that about 90% of new industrial units in Jammu & Kashmir are locally owned was placed before Parliament by which body, and for which assessment period?

  • A. The Department-related Standing Committee on Home Affairs, for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26
  • B. The Department-related Standing Committee on Industry, for the period 2019-20 to 2025-26
  • C. The Department-related Standing Committee on Commerce, for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26
  • D. The Department-related Standing Committee on Home Affairs, for the period 2019-20 to 2025-26

Q3. The New Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development of Jammu & Kashmir, 2021 was notified and is implemented by which one of the following?

  • A. The Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs under the Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. The Office of the Development Commissioner under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • D. The Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, through its policy wing

Q4. Which one of the following is the first industrial incentive scheme of the Government of India to take industrial development down to the block level?

  • A. UNNATI-2024, the Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme for the North Eastern States
  • B. The New Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development of Jammu & Kashmir, 2021
  • C. The North East Industrial Development Scheme, 2017 administered by the industry department
  • D. The Production Linked Incentive Schemes covering fourteen key manufacturing sectors

Q5. Under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir was enabled to have a legislature by extending to it which constitutional provision?

  • A. Article 239AA, which contains special provisions for the National Capital Territory of Delhi
  • B. Article 239AB, which provides for suspension of the constitutional machinery in a Union Territory
  • C. Article 239A, which provides for a legislature and Council of Ministers for Puducherry
  • D. Article 240, which empowers the President to make regulations for certain Union Territories

Q6. Which of the following are correctly identified as provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019?

  1. The Union Territory of Ladakh is provided with its own Legislative Assembly but without a Council of Ministers.
  2. The Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir has 107 seats, of which 24 remain vacant on account of areas under occupation.
  3. The Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir may make laws on State List matters other than police and public order.
  4. The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir functions as the common High Court for the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 3 and 4

Q7. At present, how many members does each Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee, such as the Committee on Home Affairs, consist of?

  • A. 31 members, of whom 21 are from the Rajya Sabha and 10 from the Lok Sabha
  • B. 31 members, of whom 21 are from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha
  • C. 45 members, of whom 30 are from the Lok Sabha and 15 from the Rajya Sabha
  • D. 24 members, of whom 16 are from the Lok Sabha and 8 from the Rajya Sabha

Q8. Members of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs hold office under which one of the following arrangements?

  • A. All members are nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, for a term not exceeding one year, as it is a Rajya Sabha-serviced committee
  • B. Members are elected by the two Houses by the system of proportional representation, for a term not exceeding one year
  • C. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the Speaker and the Chairman respectively, for a fixed term of five years
  • D. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the Speaker and the Chairman respectively, for a term not exceeding one year

Q9. The 'Make in India' initiative was launched in which year, and which body coordinates its manufacturing-sector action plans?

  • A. 2016, with action plans coordinated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
  • B. 2016, with action plans coordinated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries
  • C. 2014, with action plans coordinated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
  • D. 2014, with action plans coordinated by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Q10. The observation that industrial units in Jammu & Kashmir owned by non-locals, though far fewer in number, tend to be larger in scale and employment intensity than locally owned units was recorded by which one of the following?

  • A. The Department-related Standing Committee on Industry, in its report on industrial incentive schemes
  • B. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a performance audit of the J&K incentive scheme
  • C. NITI Aayog, in its assessment of development indicators for the Union Territories
  • D. The Department-related Standing Committee on Home Affairs, in a report tabled in Parliament in 2026

Q11. With reference to Union Territories having a legislature, which one of the following correctly states the legislative competence of their assemblies?

  • A. Delhi's assembly cannot legislate on public order, police and land, while J&K's is barred only from police and public order
  • B. Both the Delhi and the Jammu & Kashmir assemblies are barred from legislating on public order, police and land
  • C. J&K's assembly cannot legislate on public order, police and land, while Delhi's is barred only from police and land
  • D. Delhi's assembly is barred from police and public order, while J&K's assembly may legislate on the entire State List