UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Plea flagging issues in Delhi SIR to get ‘precedence’ in SC

Q1. Consider the following States, each of which has been described as having been covered by Phase-II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ordered by the Election Commission of India in October 2025: 1. Bihar 2. Goa 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Rajasthan Which of the above is/are NOT correctly described?

  1. Bihar
  2. Goa
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Rajasthan
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 4 only

Q2. In the working of the Election Commission of India, which one of the following best describes the procedure followed in a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, as distinguished from the routine annual Summary Revision?

  • A. Updating of the existing roll only through claims and objections filed by electors, with no field enumeration by election staff
  • B. Central cross-verification of existing entries against Aadhaar and civil registration databases, with no field visit by election staff
  • C. House-to-house enumeration with fresh enumeration forms, followed by a draft roll open to claims and objections
  • D. Sample re-verification of a fixed percentage of entries at each polling station by the District Election Officer

Q3. In the Special Intensive Revision, the door-to-door distribution and collection of enumeration forms from households is carried out by which one of the following?

  • A. Booth Level Agents appointed by recognised political parties at each polling station
  • B. Booth Level Officers working under the Electoral Registration Officer of the constituency
  • C. Special Roll Observers deputed by the Election Commission for the duration of the revision
  • D. Enumerators drawn from the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Q4. In the Special Intensive Revision ordered by the Election Commission of India in October 2025, the 'enumeration period' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The period within which every elector must necessarily appear in person before the Electoral Registration Officer in order to be retained on the roll
  • B. The period, after publication of the draft roll, during which any person may file claims and objections in the prescribed forms
  • C. The period within which all appeals against exclusion must invariably be disposed of by the District Magistrate and the Chief Electoral Officer
  • D. The period during which Booth Level Officers distribute and collect enumeration forms from households, preceding publication of the draft roll

Q5. The Supreme Court judgment of May 2026 upholding the Election Commission's power to undertake the Special Intensive Revision traced that power primarily to which one of the following?

  • A. Article 324 of the Constitution read with Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • B. Article 326 of the Constitution read with Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951
  • C. Article 324 of the Constitution read with Section 62 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951
  • D. Article 325 of the Constitution read with Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950

Q6. Consider the following statements relating to the Special Intensive Revision litigation and the legal framework governing it: 1. The Supreme Court judgment upholding the Election Commission's power to conduct the Special Intensive Revision was delivered in May 2026. 2. Bihar, the State where the Special Intensive Revision was first undertaken, went to Assembly elections in 2025. 3. The order extending the Special Intensive Revision to nine States and three Union Territories was issued in October 2025. 4. The Registration of Electors Rules, under which the revision is carried out, were framed in 1950. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The Supreme Court judgment upholding the Election Commission's power to conduct the Special Intensive Revision was delivered in May 2026.
  2. Bihar, the State where the Special Intensive Revision was first undertaken, went to Assembly elections in 2025.
  3. The order extending the Special Intensive Revision to nine States and three Union Territories was issued in October 2025.
  4. The Registration of Electors Rules, under which the revision is carried out, were framed in 1950.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 4 only
  • C. 3 and 4 only
  • D. 2 only

Q7. During the claims and objections period following publication of the Delhi draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision, a person whose name does not figure in the draft roll may seek entry by applying under which one of the following?

  • A. Form 7, which is the prescribed form for objecting to the inclusion of an existing entry in the draft roll
  • B. Form 8, which is the prescribed form for correction of particulars and for shifting of residence within a constituency
  • C. Form 6, accompanied by the prescribed declaration form, this being the form for inclusion of a name in the roll
  • D. Form 6B, which is the prescribed form for voluntary intimation of the Aadhaar number by an already registered elector

Q8. Which one of the following best describes the principal relief sought in the writ petition on the Delhi Special Intensive Revision that the Supreme Court agreed in September 2026 to take up on priority?

  • A. A direction to set aside the Delhi revision in its entirety and to restore the electoral roll as it stood before the exercise began
  • B. A direction to publish the names of electors served notices and to disclose the grounds on which their entries were flagged
  • C. A direction to defer all elections in the National Capital Territory until the final roll is published and every pending appeal is decided
  • D. A direction to extend the claims and objections period and to accept Aadhaar as the sole document for inclusion in the roll

Q9. The Supreme Court bench that agreed in September 2026 to accord precedence to the petition concerning the Delhi Special Intensive Revision was headed by which one of the following?

  • A. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
  • B. Justice B. R. Gavai, a former Chief Justice of India
  • C. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, a former Chief Justice of India
  • D. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, a former Chief Justice of India

Q10. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, an appeal against an order of the Electoral Registration Officer concerning an entry in the electoral roll lies, in the first instance and thereafter in second appeal, to which of the following authorities respectively?

  • A. The Chief Electoral Officer of the State, and thereafter the Election Commission of India
  • B. The District Election Officer, and thereafter the Regional Commissioner of the Election Commission
  • C. The District Judge having territorial jurisdiction, and thereafter the High Court of the State
  • D. The District Magistrate, and thereafter the Chief Electoral Officer of the State