UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Can voters caught in tribunal cases be re-enrolled, Bengal CEO asks ECI

Q1. With reference to the remedies available to a person whose name is deleted from an electoral roll under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Before deleting a name on the ground that the person has ceased to be ordinarily resident in the constituency, the Electoral Registration Officer must give that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
  2. An appeal against an order of the Electoral Registration Officer on an entry in the roll lies, at the final statutory stage, to the Chief Electoral Officer of the State.
  3. Because deletion affects the right to vote, the statutory appeal against the Electoral Registration Officer's order lies directly to the High Court.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 only

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, an elector who stays away from home temporarily, for example as a seasonal migrant worker, does not for that reason alone cease to be ordinarily resident in the home constituency.
  2. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, owning or possessing a dwelling house in a constituency is by itself sufficient to make a person ordinarily resident there.
  • 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

Q3. With reference to the revision of electoral rolls in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Election Commission may direct that the roll of a constituency be revised partly intensively and partly summarily.
  2. Whether a roll is to be revised intensively or summarily is decided by the State government on the recommendation of the Chief Electoral Officer.
  3. A special revision of the electoral roll can be directed only in a year in which a general election to the House of the People is due.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q4. With reference to the machinery for preparing electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Officers employed in preparing and revising electoral rolls are deemed to be on deputation to the Election Commission for that period and are subject to its discipline.
  2. The Chief Electoral Officer of a State is appointed by the Governor on the advice of the State Council of Ministers, the Election Commission being merely consulted.
  3. The District Election Officer co-ordinates roll work in the district subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Chief Electoral Officer.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q5. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Election Commission of India can issue binding directions to a State's Chief Electoral Officer on whether electors with pending appeals are to be covered by a special enrolment drive.
  2. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, a State's Chief Electoral Officer supervises the preparation and revision of electoral rolls subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission.
  • 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

Q6. Consider the following assertion: Supreme Court supervision of appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal is consistent with the constitutional bar on judicial interference in electoral matters. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?

  1. Article 329(b) bars an election from being called in question except by an election petition, and a revision of electoral rolls is not itself an election.
  2. The tribunals hearing appeals arising from the revision in West Bengal were set up following orders of the Supreme Court.
  3. The Election Commission, being a constitutional body under Article 324, lies outside the writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
  4. The Supreme Court's writ jurisdiction extends to administrative action of the Election Commission where no specific constitutional bar applies.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 4 only