UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — No order yet on extra 50 days of work for FRA title holders

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Central Information Commission cannot entertain an appeal against an order passed by a State Information Commission under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
  2. The State Information Commissions function as subordinate benches of the Central Information Commission.
  • 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

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A citizen cannot approach a court to compel the State to give effect to the right to work mentioned in Article 41 of the Constitution of India.
  2. Article 41 directs the State to secure the right to work only within the limits of its economic capacity and development.
  • 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

Q3. Under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the Centre fixes a State-wise normative allocation every year and the costs of the scheme are shared between the Centre and the States, unlike MGNREGA, under which the Centre bore the entire wage cost of unskilled work. Which of the following consequences follow from this shift?

  1. A fiscally weak State facing demand for work above its normative allocation would have an incentive to ration work, since it must meet the expenditure beyond that allocation.
  2. A Himalayan State such as Uttarakhand would bear the same proportion of the costs as a State such as Odisha.
  3. The proportion of total scheme costs borne by the Centre would rise in every State.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q4. With reference to the constitutional provisions relevant to employment and tribal welfare, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Article 46 directs the State to promote with special care the economic interests of the Scheduled Tribes and to protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation.
  2. Article 41 covers public assistance in cases of old age, sickness and disablement, in addition to the right to work.
  3. The text of Article 21 expressly lists the right to livelihood among the rights it protects.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q5. Consider the following facts: Under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, every rural household is guaranteed 125 days of wage employment in a financial year, and Section 5(4) provides that the Centre or a State may provide work beyond the guaranteed days within the limits of its economic capacity. In October 2026, the Ministry of Rural Development stated in an RTI reply that no separate order, circular or guideline prescribing any additional wage employment entitlement for FRA title holders under the Act had been issued as on date. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above facts?

  1. As of the date of the reply, the Ministry had issued no executive instrument specifically extending additional wage employment to FRA title holders under the new law.
  2. The new law expressly prohibits governments from giving FRA title holders any work beyond the guaranteed days.
  3. The Ministry has taken a final policy decision never to restore additional days for FRA title holders.
  4. A State government may, at its discretion and subject to its finances, offer FRA title holders more days of work than the statutory guarantee.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 3 and 4 only

Q6. With reference to the Right to Information Act, 2005 as a tool for monitoring how laws are implemented, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Only a person directly affected by a government decision can seek information about that decision under the Act.
  2. A second appeal to the Information Commission lies after the first appellate authority within the public authority has decided, or failed to decide, the first appeal.
  3. The Act provides a faster timeline for requests where the information concerns the life or liberty of a person.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q7. Which of the following features is common to both MGNREGA, 2005 and the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025?

  • A. A State-wise normative allocation fixed by the Centre, with the State bearing costs beyond it
  • B. A notified pause of up to 60 days a year in works during peak sowing and harvest seasons
  • C. The State's liability to pay an unemployment allowance if work is not provided in time
  • D. A guarantee of 125 days of wage employment to every rural household each financial year