UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rahul criticises Modi, says government owes students truth, justice and apology

Question 1

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, as it stands after the 2026 amendment, applies to examinations conducted by certain specified public examination authorities. Consider the following:
1. Union Public Service Commission
2. State Public Service Commissions
3. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
4. National Testing Agency
Which of the above are correctly identified as public examination authorities covered by the Act?

Accepted Answer

1, 3 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 2

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which raised the punishment for organised examination crime to a minimum of seven years and provided for Special Fast Track Courts, was piloted in Parliament by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Answer

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Answer

Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice

Answer

Internal Security Division, Ministry of Home Affairs

Question 3

Under Section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, NEET (UG) is required to be a 'common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test'. This requirement means that it is:

Accepted Answer

a single test governing admission to undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions, including those governed by any other law

Answer

a qualifying test that settles eligibility alone, each institution being free to hold its own ranking examination thereafter for its seats

Answer

a common test for government medical colleges, private and deemed universities being free to admit students through their own separate entrance tests

Answer

a test common to undergraduate medical and dental courses, but applicable only to the 15% All India Quota seats surrendered by the States

Question 4

Which one of the following statements regarding the oversight of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination is correct?

Accepted Answer

It was overseen by a High Powered Steering Committee headed by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, a former Chairman of ISRO

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It was overseen by the Director General of the National Testing Agency, whose decisions on examination conduct are final and immune from ministerial review

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It was overseen by the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, whose recommendations on entrance tests are binding on every central testing agency

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It was overseen by the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, who exercises exclusive control over all national entrance examinations

Question 5

The extension of the powers and jurisdiction of the Central Bureau of Investigation to an area in a State, not being a Union territory or railway area, for investigating a notified offence is governed by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Section 5 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, an extension that Section 6 subjects to the consent of the State Government concerned

Answer

Section 3 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, which lets the Central Government extend jurisdiction to any State once the offence has been notified

Answer

Article 249 of the Constitution, invoked through a resolution of the Council of States declaring the matter to be one of national interest

Answer

Section 2 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, which constitutes the force for Union territories and thereby covers all States automatically

Question 6

In a reply placed before Parliament by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, how many States were stated to have withdrawn the general consent accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946?

Accepted Answer

Eight

Answer

Four

Answer

Six

Answer

Eleven

Question 7

Under the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People?

Accepted Answer

The Leader in that House of the party in opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength, recognised as such by the Speaker

Answer

The leader of any opposition party holding at least one-tenth of the total membership of the House, recognition following automatically on that strength

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The leader of the largest pre-poll opposition alliance in that House, whose recognition by the Speaker is mandatory in every Lok Sabha

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The senior-most member sitting on the opposition benches, elected by all opposition members and notified in the Gazette by the President

Question 8

Under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People is one of the members of the Selection Committee for the appointment of the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal. What is the total number of members of that Selection Committee?

Accepted Answer

Five

Answer

Three

Answer

Four

Answer

Seven

Question 9

Tamil Nadu's Bill seeking exemption of the State from NEET was 'reserved for the consideration of the President'. In constitutional terms, this expression means that:

Accepted Answer

the Governor, instead of assenting to the Bill or returning it, refers it to the President, who may then either assent to it or withhold assent

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the Governor forwards the Bill to the President only after the State legislature has passed it a second time, re-passage being a precondition for such reference

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the President refers the Bill to the Supreme Court for its advisory opinion, and grants or refuses assent in conformity with that opinion

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the Bill is laid before both Houses of Parliament, whose ratification by a special majority is required before the President's assent can take effect

Question 10

Counselling for admission to the 15% All India Quota undergraduate medical seats contributed by the States is conducted by the designated authority under which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Answer

National Testing Agency, under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Answer

Under-Graduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission

Answer

Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Question 11

Consider the following subjects and the List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution in which each is placed:
1. Education, including technical education, medical education and universities — Concurrent List
2. Coordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education or research and scientific and technical institutions — Union List
3. Public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries — State List
4. Legal, medical and other professions — Union List
Which of the above are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2, 3 and 4 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4 only

Question 12

Manodarpan, which provides psychosocial support to students, teachers and families through a national toll-free tele-counselling helpline, a web portal and a national directory of counsellors, is an initiative of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Education

Answer

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, implemented through the National Mental Health Programme

Answer

Ministry of Women and Child Development, implemented through its adolescent welfare programme

Answer

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, implemented through its national youth outreach programme

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rahul criticises Modi, says government owes students truth, justice and apology

Q2. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which raised the punishment for organised examination crime to a minimum of seven years and provided for Special Fast Track Courts, was piloted in Parliament by which one of the following?

Q3. Under Section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, NEET (UG) is required to be a 'common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test'. This requirement means that it is:

Q4. Which one of the following statements regarding the oversight of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination is correct?

Q5. The extension of the powers and jurisdiction of the Central Bureau of Investigation to an area in a State, not being a Union territory or railway area, for investigating a notified offence is governed by which one of the following?

Q6. In a reply placed before Parliament by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, how many States were stated to have withdrawn the general consent accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946?

Q7. Under the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People?

Q8. Under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the Leader of Opposition in the House of the People is one of the members of the Selection Committee for the appointment of the Chairperson and Members of the Lokpal. What is the total number of members of that Selection Committee?

Q9. Tamil Nadu's Bill seeking exemption of the State from NEET was 'reserved for the consideration of the President'. In constitutional terms, this expression means that:

Q10. Counselling for admission to the 15% All India Quota undergraduate medical seats contributed by the States is conducted by the designated authority under which one of the following?

Q12. Manodarpan, which provides psychosocial support to students, teachers and families through a national toll-free tele-counselling helpline, a web portal and a national directory of counsellors, is an initiative of which one of the following?