UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — An impeachment move with no winners

Q1. Once a motion for the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner is admitted and the charges are duly proved by Parliament, the formal order of removal is issued by which one of the following authorities?

  • A. The President of India
  • B. The Chief Justice of India
  • C. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  • D. The Union Council of Ministers

Q2. Under the CEC and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, the Search Committee that shortlists a panel of five names for appointment as CEC or Election Commissioner is headed by which one of the following?

  • A. The Cabinet Secretary
  • B. The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
  • C. The Union Law Secretary
  • D. The Chief Justice of India

Q3. In April 2026 the Lok Sabha Speaker refused to admit the Opposition's notice seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, exercising powers under which one of the following?

  • A. Section 3 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968
  • B. Article 324(5) of the Constitution
  • C. Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
  • D. Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Rajya Sabha

Q4. Which one of the following best describes the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as undertaken by the Election Commission of India?

  • A. A house-to-house intensive revision with a fixed qualifying date in which the electoral roll is prepared afresh and electors are enumerated and verified by Booth Level Officers
  • B. A purely online self-verification drive in which existing electors re-confirm their details without any field verification
  • C. A summary revision that only adds newly eligible voters and deletes the deceased from the existing roll without re-enumeration
  • D. A one-time linkage of every elector's entry with biometric Aadhaar data carried out by the UIDAI

Q5. Phase-II of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with 1 January 2026 as the qualifying date, was undertaken in how many States and Union Territories taken together?

  • A. 12
  • B. 9
  • C. 11
  • D. 14

Q6. Although the Election Commission of India is an independent constitutional body, which Union ministry/department serves as its nodal department and accounts for its Demand for Grants?

  • A. The Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
  • B. The Ministry of Home Affairs
  • C. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • D. The Department of Personnel and Training

Q7. When the Rajya Sabha Chairman decides whether to admit a motion for the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner, he acts in his capacity as which constitutional functionary?

  • A. The Vice-President of India, who is ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  • B. The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  • C. The Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha
  • D. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Q8. In contrast to the Chief Election Commissioner, the other Election Commissioners can be removed in which one of the following ways?

  • A. By the President on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner
  • B. By the President only after an address by both Houses passed by special majority
  • C. By a simple-majority resolution of Parliament
  • D. By the Chief Justice of India on a judicial reference