UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Extend time for filing claims, verifying voters during SIR: Karnataka CM to EC

Q1. With reference to the machinery and instruments used in the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, consider the following: 1. Form 6 — the form in which a person seeks inclusion of his or her name in the roll during the claims and objections period 2. Form 7 — the form in which an objection is filed seeking deletion of an existing entry in the draft roll 3. ASDDO — the enumeration-stage categorisation of electors found Absent, permanently Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Other 4. Booth Level Agents — officials appointed by the Election Commission to carry out house-to-house enumeration and distribute pre-filled enumeration forms Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Form 6 — the form in which a person seeks inclusion of his or her name in the roll during the claims and objections period
  2. Form 7 — the form in which an objection is filed seeking deletion of an existing entry in the draft roll
  3. ASDDO — the enumeration-stage categorisation of electors found Absent, permanently Shifted, Dead, Duplicate or Other
  4. Booth Level Agents — officials appointed by the Election Commission to carry out house-to-house enumeration and distribute pre-filled enumeration forms
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 4 only
  • C. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q2. Consider the following statements comparing an intensive revision of electoral rolls with other modes of revision in India: 1. Under Section 21(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 read with the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, the roll of a constituency may be revised either intensively, or summarily, or partly intensively and partly summarily, as the Election Commission may direct. 2. Unlike a summary revision, the intensive revision carried out under SIR involves house-to-house enumeration with pre-filled enumeration forms and verification of entries against an earlier roll before the draft is published. 3. A special revision of the roll of a constituency can be directed only in the period preceding a general election, and at no other time. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Under Section 21(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 read with the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, the roll of a constituency may be revised either intensively, or summarily, or partly intensively and partly summarily, as the Election Commission may direct.
  2. Unlike a summary revision, the intensive revision carried out under SIR involves house-to-house enumeration with pre-filled enumeration forms and verification of entries against an earlier roll before the draft is published.
  3. A special revision of the roll of a constituency can be directed only in the period preceding a general election, and at no other time.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. In the law and practice of electoral roll preparation in India, an 'intensive revision' of the roll of a constituency means:

  • A. Republication of the existing roll with additions, deletions and corrections made only on the basis of claims and objections received from the public, without any fresh field enumeration
  • B. Revision confined to those parts of a constituency in which population change has been reported, the remaining parts of the roll being carried forward without change
  • C. Preparation of the roll through fresh house-to-house enumeration by Booth Level Officers, each entry being verified before the draft roll is published for claims and objections
  • D. Verification of the existing roll by the revenue staff of the District Magistrate after the final roll has been published, with corrections carried out in the following year

Q4. An elector aggrieved by an order of the Electoral Registration Officer disposing of a claim or objection during revision of the electoral roll may prefer the first statutory appeal to which one of the following?

  • A. The Chief Electoral Officer of the State, designated as such under Section 13A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • B. The District Magistrate of the district concerned, under Section 24(a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • C. The Election Commission of India, in exercise of its powers of superintendence under Article 324 of the Constitution
  • D. The Assistant Electoral Registration Officer of the constituency, appointed under Section 13B of the Representation of the People Act, 1950

Q5. With reference to the Special Intensive Revision of Karnataka's electoral rolls, consider the following: 1. The draft roll published on 24 August 2026 carries about 4.46 crore electors, as against about 5.54 crore on the roll as it stood in June 2026. 2. About 1.08 crore electors were placed under the ASDDO category at the enumeration stage. 3. Electors placed under the ASDDO category stand permanently deleted from the roll, no elector so categorised being eligible for restoration. 4. The claims and objections window runs from 24 August to 23 September 2026, with the final roll due on 27 October 2026. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. The draft roll published on 24 August 2026 carries about 4.46 crore electors, as against about 5.54 crore on the roll as it stood in June 2026.
  2. About 1.08 crore electors were placed under the ASDDO category at the enumeration stage.
  3. Electors placed under the ASDDO category stand permanently deleted from the roll, no elector so categorised being eligible for restoration.
  4. The claims and objections window runs from 24 August to 23 September 2026, with the final roll due on 27 October 2026.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 3 and 4 only

Q6. With reference to the Special Intensive Revision of Karnataka's electoral rolls in 2026, consider the following: 1. The reference roll against which entries are being matched is Karnataka's roll of 2002, the State's last intensive revision. 2. The draft roll records more female electors than male electors in the State. 3. About 43.8 lakh electors are expected to be issued notices on account of logical discrepancies or absence of linkage with the reference roll. 4. The draft roll was published on 27 October 2026 and the final roll is scheduled for publication on 24 August 2026. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The reference roll against which entries are being matched is Karnataka's roll of 2002, the State's last intensive revision.
  2. The draft roll records more female electors than male electors in the State.
  3. About 43.8 lakh electors are expected to be issued notices on account of logical discrepancies or absence of linkage with the reference roll.
  4. The draft roll was published on 27 October 2026 and the final roll is scheduled for publication on 24 August 2026.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 3 and 4 only
  • D. 4 only

Q7. In the current cycle of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision, which one of the following States was the first to complete the exercise with publication of its final electoral roll?

  • A. Gujarat, where the revision covered the entire State along with the other Phase-II States and Union Territories
  • B. West Bengal, where the revision has been accompanied by proceedings before the Supreme Court on pending appeals
  • C. Bihar, where the exercise ran from the enumeration stage in June to publication of the final roll in September 2025
  • D. Tamil Nadu, where the draft roll was released along with the other States taken up on 27 October 2025

Q8. Which one of the following functionaries supervises the work of preparation and revision of electoral rolls throughout a State, subject to the overall superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission of India?

  • A. The Chief Electoral Officer, an officer of the State Government designated as such by the Election Commission in consultation with that Government
  • B. The Chief Secretary of the State, designated for election work by the State Government in consultation with the Election Commission
  • C. The Electoral Registration Officer, an officer of the Government or a local authority appointed for a constituency by the Election Commission
  • D. The District Election Officer, an officer appointed by the State Government to coordinate all election-related work within a district

Q9. Under the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which one of the following correctly describes the body that prepares the panel of names for appointment to the Election Commission?

  • A. The Selection Committee itself, comprising the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
  • B. A Search Committee headed by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, which suggests a panel of five names directly to the President
  • C. A Search Committee headed by the Union Home Secretary, which suggests a panel of three names to the Selection Committee
  • D. A Search Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary, which suggests a panel of five names to the Selection Committee

Q10. Consider the following statements comparing the claims and objections stage of the Bihar and Karnataka Special Intensive Revisions: 1. In Bihar, the claims and objections period following publication of the draft roll on 1 August 2025 ran for about a month, closing on 1 September 2025. 2. In Karnataka, the corresponding period announced with the draft roll of 24 August 2026 is likewise of about a month, closing on 23 September 2026. 3. In both States, the final electoral roll was or is scheduled to be published within a week of the close of the claims and objections period. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. In Bihar, the claims and objections period following publication of the draft roll on 1 August 2025 ran for about a month, closing on 1 September 2025.
  2. In Karnataka, the corresponding period announced with the draft roll of 24 August 2026 is likewise of about a month, closing on 23 September 2026.
  3. In both States, the final electoral roll was or is scheduled to be published within a week of the close of the claims and objections period.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q11. While directing in September 2025 that Aadhaar be accepted as an additional document during the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral roll, the Supreme Court left the task of satisfying itself about the genuineness of an Aadhaar produced by an applicant, before the name is added to the roll, with which one of the following?

  • A. The Unique Identification Authority of India, on a reference made to it by the Electoral Registration Officer concerned
  • B. The Election Commission of India through its own officers, Aadhaar being treated as proof of identity and not of citizenship
  • C. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, which maintains the National Population Register for the country
  • D. The District Magistrate of the district, functioning as the appellate authority under the Representation of the People Act, 1950