UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — BRS gets HC permission for ‘Yuva Sangrama Sadassu’
Q1. At the operational ground level in a metropolitan city such as Hyderabad, the grant or refusal of permission for holding a public assembly or procession is exercised by which one of the following authorities?
- A. The Commissioner of Police under the city Police Act
- B. The District Collector under the Disaster Management Act
- C. The State Election Commission
- D. The State Human Rights Commission
Q2. Under Article 19(3), the freedom to assemble peaceably and without arms can be restricted ONLY on which one of the following grounds?
- A. The sovereignty and integrity of India, and public order
- B. Decency, morality and contempt of court
- C. Friendly relations with foreign States
- D. Defamation and incitement to an offence
Q3. The permission that finally enabled the BRS to hold its 'Yuva Sangrama Sadassu' at Saroornagar Stadium was granted by which one of the following authorities?
- A. The Telangana High Court
- B. The Hyderabad City Police Commissioner
- C. The Supreme Court of India
- D. The Government of Telangana
Q4. With reference to the Telangana High Court's order of 17 July 2026 on the 'Yuva Sangrama Sadassu', consider the following statements:
1. The Hyderabad police had left the party's permission request undecided for 17 days.
2. The High Court granted unconditional permission for the event.
3. The Court barred road blockades and provocative speeches as conditions of the permission.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Hyderabad police had left the party's permission request undecided for 17 days.
- The High Court granted unconditional permission for the event.
- The Court barred road blockades and provocative speeches as conditions of the permission.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q5. A High Court, while reviewing executive inaction on a permission request, exercises its writ jurisdiction under Article 226. Which of the following are correctly identified as writs a High Court can issue under Article 226?
1. Mandamus
2. Certiorari
3. Amicus curiae
4. Quo warranto
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Mandamus
- Certiorari
- Amicus curiae
- Quo warranto
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 2, 3 and 4
Q6. Which one of the following writs is the appropriate remedy to compel a public authority to perform a mandatory public duty, such as deciding a long-pending application for permission to hold a public meeting?
- A. Mandamus
- B. Certiorari
- C. Quo warranto
- D. Habeas corpus
Q7. The 2022 renaming of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi as the 'Bharat Rashtra Samithi' primarily signified which one of the following?
- A. The party's repositioning as a national party with pan-India ambitions
- B. Its merger with an existing national party
- C. The shifting of its organisational headquarters out of Telangana
- D. Its formal recognition as a national party by the Election Commission
Q8. With reference to the history of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), consider the following statements:
1. It was founded as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi by K. Chandrashekar Rao.
2. It was renamed Bharat Rashtra Samithi in 2022.
3. It lost power in Telangana to the Indian National Congress in 2023.
4. It was launched as a national party at a public rally in New Delhi.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It was founded as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi by K. Chandrashekar Rao.
- It was renamed Bharat Rashtra Samithi in 2022.
- It lost power in Telangana to the Indian National Congress in 2023.
- It was launched as a national party at a public rally in New Delhi.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 3 only
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 4 only
Q9. In the Congress's 'Youth Declaration' for the 2023 Telangana Assembly election, the promised 'job calendar' referred to which one of the following?
- A. An annual notification of government vacancies with a fixed recruitment timeline
- B. A monthly cash allowance paid to unemployed graduates
- C. A calendar of private-sector job fairs organised by the state
- D. A timeline for issuing skill-training completion certificates
Q10. With reference to Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, consider the following statements:
1. It is the successor provision to Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
2. It empowers a magistrate to prohibit the assembly of five or more persons.
3. It is a provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
4. Orders under it can prohibit processions and rallies in public places.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It is the successor provision to Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
- It empowers a magistrate to prohibit the assembly of five or more persons.
- It is a provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Orders under it can prohibit processions and rallies in public places.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 3 only
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 3 and 4
Q11. Consider the following pairs relating to Telangana:
1. Year of state formation — 2014
2. State capital — Hyderabad
3. Enabling parent Act — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
4. Location of Saroornagar Stadium — Warangal
Which of the pairs given above is/are NOT correctly matched?
- Year of state formation — 2014
- State capital — Hyderabad
- Enabling parent Act — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
- Location of Saroornagar Stadium — Warangal
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 4 only
- D. 3 and 4