UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — What does the new Bill to prevent exam fraud say?

Question 1

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 and its 2026 amendment are administered by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Department of Personnel and Training under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Answer

The Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education

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The Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Law and Justice

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The Department of Internal Security under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Question 2

Apart from ministries of the central government and their attached offices, and other authorities that the central government may notify, how many public examination authorities are specified by name in the Schedule to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024?

Accepted Answer

Five

Answer

Three

Answer

Four

Answer

Seven

Question 3

Which one of the following statements regarding the passage of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 through Parliament is correct?

Accepted Answer

It completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament within the same session in which it was introduced

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It was passed by the Lok Sabha only after being referred to, and reported upon by, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee concerned

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Being an amendment to a law on a Union List subject, it necessarily required prior ratification by not less than one-half of the State Legislatures

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It was introduced first in the Rajya Sabha and thereafter transmitted to the Lok Sabha for its concurrence

Question 4

Consider the following statements regarding the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026:
1. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 27 July 2026.
2. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on 29 July 2026.
3. It was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2026.
4. It was introduced in Parliament by the Union Minister of Education.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

4 only

Answer

1 and 4

Answer

2 and 3

Answer

1, 2 and 4

Question 5

Under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, the power to constitute a Special Task Force for investigating offences under the Act is vested in which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Central Government

Answer

The State Government of the State in which the offence is alleged to have been committed

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The National Testing Agency, in consultation with the public examination authority concerned

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The Central Bureau of Investigation, on a reference by the Department of Personnel and Training

Question 6

Under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, a service provider found to have engaged in unfair means may be debarred from being assigned any responsibility for the conduct of a public examination for a maximum period of how many years?

Accepted Answer

Eight years

Answer

Four years

Answer

Six years

Answer

Ten years

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — What does the new Bill to prevent exam fraud say?

Q1. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 and its 2026 amendment are administered by which one of the following?

Q2. Apart from ministries of the central government and their attached offices, and other authorities that the central government may notify, how many public examination authorities are specified by name in the Schedule to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024?

Q3. Which one of the following statements regarding the passage of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 through Parliament is correct?

Q5. Under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, the power to constitute a Special Task Force for investigating offences under the Act is vested in which one of the following?

Q6. Under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, a service provider found to have engaged in unfair means may be debarred from being assigned any responsibility for the conduct of a public examination for a maximum period of how many years?