UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Amid bulk filing, ECI sets limit on Form 7 submissions

Q1. With reference to the statutory scheme for preparing and revising electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The roll for a constituency is prepared by reference to a qualifying date and comes into force on its final publication.
  2. Revision of the roll before every general election is mandatory, and the Election Commission has no discretion to dispense with it.
  3. The Election Commission may direct a revision of the roll in any year, not merely before a general election.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 only
  • D. 3 only

Q2. With reference to the deletion of an entry from the electoral roll by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. The ERO may act to delete an entry on their own motion, even without any application having been made.
  2. Before deleting an entry, the ERO must make every endeavour to give the person concerned a reasonable opportunity to show cause against the deletion.
  3. An order of the ERO deleting an entry is final and can be questioned only through a writ petition before the High Court.
  4. No entry can be deleted after the last date for making nominations for an election in that constituency until the election is completed.
  • A. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 4 only

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A citizen above eighteen years of age who is not disqualified under any law cannot vote in an Assembly election if their name has been wrongly deleted from the electoral roll of their constituency.
  2. Article 326 permits the appropriate Legislature to make a law disqualifying a person from voting on the ground of non-residence.
  • 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

Q4. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Election Commission has prescribed separate ceilings on objection applications by an individual elector for the claims-and-objections period of a revision and for continuous updation of rolls.
  2. Outside the formal revision periods the electoral roll is frozen, and applications seeking deletion of names cannot be entertained.
  • 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

Q5. With reference to the booth-level machinery used in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Booth-Level Agents are appointees of political parties rather than officials of the election machinery.
  2. A Booth-Level Agent can direct the Booth-Level Officer to delete names that the agent has flagged as absent, shifted or dead.
  3. Booth-Level Officers share lists of absent, shifted, dead and duplicate electors with the agents of recognised political parties.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q6. During a Special Intensive Revision, a registered but unrecognised political party wants its workers at the booth level to submit large numbers of objection applications to the Booth-Level Officer. Under the Election Commission's arrangements as of October 2026, which of the following is correct?

  • A. Its workers may file unlimited forms provided every one of them is submitted through the online mode
  • B. Its workers may file only as ordinary electors, subject to the caps applicable to each such filer
  • C. Its workers may file bulk forms as BLAs, but only after the draft roll has been published
  • D. Its workers may file bulk forms as BLAs under the same daily ceilings as recognised parties

Q7. An elector wants an existing entry in the electoral roll of their constituency dealt with. In which of the following situations is an application objecting to the entry or seeking its deletion the appropriate route?

  1. The person named in the entry has died.
  2. The person named in the entry is not a citizen of India.
  3. The same person appears twice in the roll as separate entries.
  4. The person named in the entry has moved to another house within the same constituency.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • D. 3 and 4 only

Q8. The rules that prescribe the application forms for inclusion in, objection to and correction of entries in the electoral roll are framed under which one of the following enactments?

  • A. Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • B. Representation of the People Act, 1951
  • C. Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021
  • D. Delimitation Act, 2002