UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Manipur voter rolls after SSR likely to be out on January 4

Q1. With reference to Article 324 of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It vests the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for elections to Parliament and to State Legislatures in the Election Commission.
  2. It vests the preparation of electoral rolls for panchayat and municipal elections in the Election Commission of India.
  3. It places the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections under the same constitutional authority.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q2. A citizen ordinarily resident in a Manipur Assembly constituency turns 18 on 15 February 2027. The Special Summary Revision of the State's rolls uses 1 January 2027 as its qualifying date. Considering the multiple-qualifying-date system introduced into the Representation of the People Act, 1950 in 2021, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The citizen can apply in advance during the ongoing revision and become eligible for enrolment with reference to the qualifying date of 1 April 2027.
  2. Under the law before 2021, the citizen could have been enrolled with reference to 1 January 2027 itself, because turning 18 at any point in that calendar year was enough.
  3. The citizen's name will appear in the final roll published in January 2027 as an elector entitled to vote from that date.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. With reference to the summary revision and the intensive revision of electoral rolls in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. In a summary revision, the existing roll is the base, and changes are made by publishing a draft roll and deciding claims and objections against it.
  2. An intensive revision checks the roll afresh through house-to-house verification of electors, not merely by inviting claims against the existing roll.
  3. Unlike an intensive revision, a summary revision can add names to the roll but cannot result in any name being deleted from it.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q4. Consider the following facts: Manipur's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, completed in September 2026, deleted 1,32,456 names and left 19,60,620 electors on the roll. The Election Commission then ordered a Special Summary Revision aimed at left-out, young and first-time eligible electors, with a draft roll, a period for claims and objections, and a final roll in January 2027. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

  1. Roughly one in every sixteen names on the pre-revision roll was removed during the intensive revision.
  2. Every name removed during the intensive revision belonged to a person not eligible to be an elector.
  3. The final roll published in January 2027 may contain more electors than the number left after the intensive revision.
  4. Displacement caused by the ethnic conflict was the principal reason for the deletions made during the intensive revision.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 2 and 4 only

Q5. With reference to Articles 325 and 326 of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Despite adult suffrage, a law made by the appropriate Legislature may disqualify a citizen from registration on grounds such as non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt practice.
  2. No person can claim to be included in a special electoral roll for a constituency on grounds only of religion, race, caste or sex.
  3. Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 required a constitutional amendment, because the age is written into Article 326 itself.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only