UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rahul’s ‘no wife issue’ remark elicits laughter in LS

Question 1

Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, the specific seats reserved for women are to be allotted by rotation after every delimitation. Which body actually carries out this allotment of reserved seats?

Accepted Answer

The Delimitation Commission

Answer

The Ministry of Women and Child Development

Answer

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Answer

The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Question 2

The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, which reserves one-third of Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats for women, was enacted as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023

Answer

The Constitution (128th Amendment) Act, 2023

Answer

The Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, 2021

Answer

The Constitution (131st Amendment) Act, 2026

Question 3

For a Bill amending the Constitution under the ordinary Article 368 route, what precisely constitutes the required 'special majority' in each House?

Accepted Answer

A majority of the total membership of the House and a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting

Answer

A majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House

Answer

A simple majority of the members present and voting

Answer

A two-thirds majority of the total membership plus ratification by all States

Question 4

The three Bills of April 2026 — the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill — were introduced in the Lok Sabha exclusively by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Ministry of Law and Justice

Answer

The Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Answer

The Election Commission of India

Question 5

In the Indian constitutional context, the term 'delimitation' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The process of fixing the number and boundaries of territorial constituencies to reflect changes in population

Answer

The reservation of constituencies for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Answer

The freezing of the total number of seats of each State on the basis of a particular census

Answer

The redistribution of seats among the States in proportion to their revenue contribution

Question 6

The statutory status of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament is derived from which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977

Answer

The Representation of the People Act, 1951

Answer

The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959

Answer

The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954

Question 7

The collegium that appoints the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, of which the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha is a member, consists of how many members in all?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

Two

Answer

Four

Answer

Five

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rahul’s ‘no wife issue’ remark elicits laughter in LS

Q1. Under the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023, the specific seats reserved for women are to be allotted by rotation after every delimitation. Which body actually carries out this allotment of reserved seats?

Q2. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, which reserves one-third of Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats for women, was enacted as which of the following?

Q3. For a Bill amending the Constitution under the ordinary Article 368 route, what precisely constitutes the required 'special majority' in each House?

Q4. The three Bills of April 2026 — the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill — were introduced in the Lok Sabha exclusively by which of the following?

Q5. In the Indian constitutional context, the term 'delimitation' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

Q6. The statutory status of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament is derived from which one of the following?

Q7. The collegium that appoints the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, of which the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha is a member, consists of how many members in all?