UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Govt. pushing ‘dangerous’, ‘diabolical’ Bills, says Jairam

Q1. Under the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, a Union Minister (other than the Prime Minister) who has been arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days is removed by the President acting on the advice of whom?

  • A. The Prime Minister
  • B. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  • C. The Chief Justice of India
  • D. The Attorney General for India

Q2. The removal-on-detention mechanism proposed in the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 and its companion Bills is designed to apply to Ministers in which of the following. Which one of the following is NOT correctly included?

  1. Ministers in the Union Government
  2. Ministers in State Governments
  3. The Council of Ministers of the Union Territory of Delhi
  4. The Council of Ministers of the Union Territory of Ladakh
  • A. 1 and 4
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 2 and 4

Q3. The freeze on the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among the States was extended until the first census taken after the year 2026 by which one of the following?

  • A. The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
  • B. The 84th Amendment Act, 2001
  • C. The 87th Amendment Act, 2003
  • D. The 91st Amendment Act, 2003

Q4. Consider the following statements about the freeze on Lok Sabha seat allocation among the States. Which one of the following is NOT correct?

  1. The 42nd Amendment (1976) froze the number of Lok Sabha seats allotted to each State on the basis of the 1971 census.
  2. The freeze was extended up to the first census taken after 2026 by the 84th Amendment (2001).
  3. A stated rationale for continuing the freeze was to avoid penalising States that pursue population stabilisation.
  4. The freeze on State seat totals was originally imposed on the basis of the 1991 census figures.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 4 only
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 only

Q5. For how many years does the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 provide reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies?

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

Q6. Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, the reservation of one-third of seats for women is to take effect on the basis of the first census taken after which one of the following events?

  • A. The year 2026
  • B. The commencement of the 2023 Amendment Act
  • C. The 2011 census
  • D. The general election of 2029

Q7. With reference to the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

  1. It sought to enable delimitation of constituencies on the basis of the 2011 census.
  2. It was negatived (defeated) in the Lok Sabha in April 2026.
  3. It sought to remove the condition linking women's reservation to the first census after the 2023 Act.
  4. It sought to retain the allocation of Lok Sabha seats frozen at the 1971 census level.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1 and 4

Q8. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposed to raise the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha to which one of the following figures?

  • A. 545
  • B. 550
  • C. 815
  • D. 850

Q9. With reference to Article 368, the 'special majority' required to pass a Constitution Amendment Bill in each House of Parliament means which one of the following?

  • A. A majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House
  • B. A majority of the total membership of the House and a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting
  • C. A simple majority of the members present and voting
  • D. A majority of not less than three-fourths of the members present and voting

Q10. Amendment of which of the following provisions additionally requires ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States? Which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

  1. The manner of election of the President
  2. Representation of States in the Rajya Sabha
  3. Any of the Lists in the Seventh Schedule
  4. The Fundamental Rights in Part III
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1, 2 and 4
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 and 3

Q11. The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to extend the delimitation-linked (and women's reservation) provisions to how many Union Territories?

  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. 5

Q12. The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 and its companion Bills was briefed on the Bills by representatives of which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Law and Justice
  • C. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions