UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Draft registration norms proposed for health workers

Q1. With reference to the regulatory framework for health professionals in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A professional working in health informatics would seek registration under the framework of the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions.
  2. A nurse-midwife would seek registration under the framework of the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions, since nursing is an allied healthcare profession.
  3. A doctor holding an MBBS degree would be entered in the Central Register maintained by the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q2. The NCAHP Act, 2021 provides for a Central Register maintained by a national commission alongside State Registers maintained by State Councils. In the light of the constitutional distribution of legislative powers, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only Parliament, and not the State Legislatures, has the competence to legislate on the regulation of allied and healthcare professions.
  2. Running hospitals and dispensaries falls in the same List of the Seventh Schedule as the regulation of medical and other professions.
  3. Medical education falls in the Concurrent List, but subject to the Union List entries on coordination and determination of standards in higher education.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 3 only

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The registration norms proposed by the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions in 2026 do not need to be passed by both Houses of Parliament to acquire legal force.
  2. Regulations framed by a statutory commission draw their authority from the power delegated to it by its parent Act and operate as subordinate legislation.
  • 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

Q4. With reference to regulations framed by a statutory regulator such as the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions under its parent Act, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

  1. Such regulations can be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee to check whether the delegated power has been exercised within its limits.
  2. Inviting public and stakeholder comments on draft regulations turns them into a Bill that must then be introduced in Parliament.
  3. Draft regulations released for consultation do not yet bind practitioners until the regulator finally notifies them.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

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

  1. The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020 could constitutionally be introduced first in the Rajya Sabha.
  2. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent House that is not subject to dissolution.
  • 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. With reference to the lapsing of Bills in the Parliament of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha and pending there, which has not been passed by the Lok Sabha, does not lapse on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
  2. A Bill passed by the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha lapses on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
  3. A Bill pending in either House lapses when the Houses are prorogued.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q7. Consider the following statements regarding Bills and Acts of Parliament: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A Bill passed by both Houses becomes an Act on receiving Presidential assent even if its commencement clause defers the date on which it comes into force.
  2. An Act that has received Presidential assent lapses if the Central Government does not notify its commencement before the Lok Sabha is dissolved.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. Both 1 and 2
  • D. Neither 1 nor 2