UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Why so selective on paper leaks, Nadda asks Rahul

Q1. Which one of the following statements about the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 is correct?

  • A. It prescribes capital punishment for all organised paper-leak crimes without exception.
  • B. It permanently debars every candidate found using any unfair means from all future public examinations.
  • C. It provides for imprisonment of not less than three years, extendable to five years, and a fine that may extend to ₹10 lakh for unfair means offences.
  • D. It applies exclusively to entrance tests such as NEET and covers no recruitment examinations at all.

Q2. With respect to the implementation framework of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which one of the following statements is correct?

  • A. The Act designates the CBI as the sole investigating agency for every offence committed under it.
  • B. Service providers engaged for an examination must report any offence to the police and the examination authority, and failure to do so is itself an offence.
  • C. A service provider that commits an offence is barred from conducting public examinations for two years.
  • D. Only examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency fall within the entire scope of the Act.

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the enactment of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024: 1. The Bill received the President's assent on 13 February 2024. 2. The Act was brought into force by notification on 21 June 2024. 3. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha before it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. 4. The Act came into force on the very day it received the President's assent. Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The Bill received the President's assent on 13 February 2024.
  2. The Act was brought into force by notification on 21 June 2024.
  3. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha before it was passed by the Rajya Sabha.
  4. The Act came into force on the very day it received the President's assent.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 2 and 4 only

Q4. Consider the following statements about the passage of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024: 1. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha before it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. 2. The Act was passed during the Budget Session of Parliament. 3. The Act was notified into force in June 2024. 4. The central Act was enacted before any State had legislated against unfair means in examinations. Which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

  1. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha before it was passed by the Rajya Sabha.
  2. The Act was passed during the Budget Session of Parliament.
  3. The Act was notified into force in June 2024.
  4. The central Act was enacted before any State had legislated against unfair means in examinations.
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q5. The inputs that first indicated that the integrity of the UGC-NET June 2024 examination may have been compromised were received from which body?

  • A. The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation
  • B. The internal vigilance wing of the National Testing Agency
  • C. The examination monitoring cell of the University Grants Commission
  • D. The National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

Q6. The UGC-NET June 2024 examination, later cancelled, was reportedly conducted across how many cities?

  • A. 250 cities
  • B. 317 cities
  • C. 400 cities
  • D. 152 cities

Q7. Consider the following bodies: 1. Union Public Service Commission 2. Staff Selection Commission 3. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection 4. State Public Service Commissions Which of the above is/are correctly identified as examination authorities covered by the Schedule to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024?

  1. Union Public Service Commission
  2. Staff Selection Commission
  3. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
  4. State Public Service Commissions
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3 only

Q8. The National Testing Agency was created in 2017. The central Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act came into force how many years after the NTA's creation?

  • A. 7 years
  • B. 5 years
  • C. 6 years
  • D. 9 years

Q9. In the July 2026 exchange, JP Nadda cited paper-leak instances that had occurred under non-BJP governments in how many States/Union Territories?

  • A. 6
  • B. 7
  • C. 8
  • D. 9

Q10. During 'Zero Hour' in the Lok Sabha, how many matters per day are at present permitted to be raised as per their priority in the ballot?

  • A. 20
  • B. 15
  • C. 10
  • D. 25

Q11. Which one of the following States enacted the earliest law against unfair means in public examinations?

  • A. Uttar Pradesh
  • B. Andhra Pradesh
  • C. Rajasthan
  • D. Gujarat