UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Set up 24-hour monitoring cells to curb sexual offences, SC tells police

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Legislative Assembly of Delhi cannot make a law on the organisation and functioning of the Delhi Police.
  2. 'Police' is an entry in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule, which places all police forces in India under the Union.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. With reference to the constitutional powers the Supreme Court draws on when it issues directions to the executive in public-interest matters, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Orders passed by the Supreme Court under Article 142 for doing complete justice are enforceable throughout the territory of India.
  2. Article 32 empowers the Supreme Court to issue directions and orders, and its power is not confined to the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari.
  3. The right to move the Supreme Court under Article 32 can be suspended only as otherwise provided for by the Constitution itself.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. With reference to the legal framework on sexual offences in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita retains the IPC's framing of rape with only a woman as the victim, without adopting the Justice Verma Committee's suggestion of gender neutrality.
  2. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 treats rape of a child as an offence regardless of the child's gender.
  3. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has removed the marital-rape exception that existed under the IPC.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3