UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Meeting between the EC and Trinamool delegation ends on acrimonious note

Q1. Under Article 324, the safeguard that the incumbent 'shall not be removed from office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court' applies to which one of the following offices?

  • A. The Chief Election Commissioner
  • B. Every Election Commissioner individually
  • C. The Chief Electoral Officer of a State
  • D. Regional Commissioners appointed to assist the Commission

Q2. Which one of the following best describes a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as distinct from the routine Special Summary Revision (SSR)?

  • A. A house-to-house enumeration in which fresh enumeration forms are collected and a draft roll is prepared afresh before claims and objections, undertaken under Article 324 read with the Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • B. An annual updating of the existing roll on a fixed qualifying date that relies on electors themselves filing Forms 6, 7 and 8 without any door-to-door enumeration
  • C. A revision carried out only during the operation of the Model Code of Conduct after an election schedule is announced
  • D. A verification conducted by the State Election Commission for local body electoral rolls

Q3. In the Special Intensive Revision of West Bengal's electoral rolls conducted ahead of the 2026 Assembly election, which district recorded the highest number of voter deletions?

  • A. Murshidabad
  • B. Malda
  • C. South 24 Parganas
  • D. Nadia

Q4. The roughly 5.8 million voters deleted from West Bengal's draft electoral roll after the SIR (published in December 2025) constituted approximately what share of the State's pre-revision electorate of about 7.66 crore?

  • A. About 7.6 per cent
  • B. About 12 per cent
  • C. About 3.2 per cent
  • D. About 0.2 per cent

Q5. Under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners hold office for a term of how many years (subject to the age ceiling of 65)?

  • A. Six years
  • B. Five years
  • C. Four years
  • D. Three years

Q6. With reference to the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, consider the following statements. Which of the above is NOT correct?

  1. The Act repealed the earlier 1991 Act governing the conditions of service of the Election Commission.
  2. A Search Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary shortlists a panel of five names for the Selection Committee.
  3. The Selection Committee that recommends appointments includes the Chief Justice of India as a member.
  4. Members of the Election Commission are not eligible for re-appointment.
  • A. 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 2 and 4
  • D. 1 and 3

Q7. Which one of the following statements about the legal status of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is correct?

  • A. It has no statutory backing, though some of its provisions can be enforced through laws such as the IPC, the CrPC and the Representation of the People Act, 1951
  • B. It is a statutory code enacted under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and every breach of it is a punishable offence
  • C. It derives binding legal force directly from Article 324 and is enforceable only by the Supreme Court
  • D. It becomes operative only after the declaration of election results

Q8. The introduction of staggered polling schedules, systematic deployment of election observers and rigorous enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct to curb 'booth capturing' are most closely associated with which Chief Election Commissioner, who held office from 1990 to 1996?

  • A. T.N. Seshan
  • B. Sukumar Sen
  • C. M.S. Gill
  • D. J.M. Lyngdoh

Q9. The actual conduct of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election — including the appointment of additional counting and police observers and the ordering of re-polls — was carried out by which authority?

  • A. The Election Commission of India
  • B. The State Election Commission of West Bengal
  • C. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
  • D. The Chief Secretary of the Government of West Bengal