UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jharkhand cancels 3 exams as stir continues
Q1. With reference to the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), consider the following statements:
1. The JPSC derives its existence from a provision of the Constitution, whereas the JSSC does not owe its existence to any Article of the Constitution.
2. Although the Chairman and members of the JPSC are appointed by the Governor, they can be removed on the ground of misbehaviour only by an order of the President.
3. The Chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission hold office for a term of six years from the date of entering upon office, or until they attain the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The JPSC derives its existence from a provision of the Constitution, whereas the JSSC does not owe its existence to any Article of the Constitution.
- Although the Chairman and members of the JPSC are appointed by the Governor, they can be removed on the ground of misbehaviour only by an order of the President.
- The Chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission hold office for a term of six years from the date of entering upon office, or until they attain the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q2. In the context of State Public Service Commissions, the expression 'Joint State Public Service Commission' refers to a Commission that is constituted in which one of the following ways?
- A. By Parliament by law, on resolutions to that effect being passed by the Houses of the Legislatures of two or more States
- B. By the Governors of the States concerned acting jointly, with the prior concurrence of the Union Public Service Commission
- C. By the President by order, on a recommendation made by the Inter-State Council for the States concerned
- D. By the Legislature of each State concerned by law, subject to ratification by the Union Ministry of Personnel
Q3. In the 2026 Jharkhand recruitment-examination agitation, the protesting aspirants demanded cancellation of the JSSC Combined Graduate Level, Junior Engineer and Post Graduate Teacher examinations conducted after which one of the following years?
- A. 2014, the year in which the reconstituted Commission first notified these recruitments
- B. 2016, the year from which the Commission adopted a common written examination pattern
- C. 2019, the year after which the aspirants allege the irregularities became systemic
- D. 2021, the year in which the Commission resumed recruitment after the pandemic
Q4. With reference to the Jharkhand government's August 2026 response to the recruitment-examination agitation, consider the following statements:
1. The government agreed to cancel three JPSC examinations, including the 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination, but declined to cancel the JSSC Combined Graduate Level examination.
2. Its refusal to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination was justified on the ground that appointments arising from that examination had already been finalised under judicial oversight.
3. The protesting aspirants accepted the offer of a probe by the State's Criminal Investigation Department, their remaining demand being only the constitution of a judicial commission under a sitting High Court judge.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The government agreed to cancel three JPSC examinations, including the 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination, but declined to cancel the JSSC Combined Graduate Level examination.
- Its refusal to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination was justified on the ground that appointments arising from that examination had already been finalised under judicial oversight.
- The protesting aspirants accepted the offer of a probe by the State's Criminal Investigation Department, their remaining demand being only the constitution of a judicial commission under a sitting High Court judge.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q5. Under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, a Commission of Inquiry appointed by a State Government is best described as a body that does which one of the following?
- A. Inquires into a definite matter of public importance and submits its findings to the appointing Government, which is not bound to act upon them
- B. Investigates specified offences, files a charge sheet before the competent court and prosecutes the accused through its own prosecutors
- C. Tries the offences referred to it in a summary manner and awards sentences that are appealable directly to the High Court
- D. Supervises the investigation carried out by the State police and issues binding directions to it until the trial is concluded
Q6. Consider the following pairs of investigating or inquiring mechanisms and their legal or administrative basis:
1. Central Bureau of Investigation — Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
2. Commission of Inquiry headed by a retired judge — Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
3. State Criminal Investigation Department — Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
4. Central Bureau of Investigation — administratively under the Ministry of Home Affairs
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Central Bureau of Investigation — Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
- Commission of Inquiry headed by a retired judge — Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
- State Criminal Investigation Department — Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
- Central Bureau of Investigation — administratively under the Ministry of Home Affairs
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1, 3 and 4
- D. 3 only
Q7. With reference to the institutions proposed to form the examination-reforms expert panel in Jharkhand, which one of the following statements is correct?
- A. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, which began as the Indian School of Mines, is the oldest of the three institutions proposed for the panel
- B. XLRI Jamshedpur, a management institute of long standing, is the only one of the three that is wholly financed by the Union Government
- C. IIM Ranchi is the oldest of all the Indian Institutes of Management established in eastern India
- D. All three institutions proposed for the panel are institutions of national importance declared under a single central enactment
Q8. IIT (ISM) Dhanbad functions as an institution of national importance under which one of the following enactments?
- A. The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961
- B. The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017
- C. The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007
- D. The University Grants Commission Act, 1956
Q9. Consider the following statements regarding the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Fast Track Special Courts in India:
1. It is implemented by the Department of Justice.
2. The central share of its outlay is met from the Nirbhaya Fund.
3. It was launched exclusively for the speedy trial of economic offences and examination-related malpractice cases.
4. It is a Central Sector Scheme fully financed by the Union Government and administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It is implemented by the Department of Justice.
- The central share of its outlay is met from the Nirbhaya Fund.
- It was launched exclusively for the speedy trial of economic offences and examination-related malpractice cases.
- It is a Central Sector Scheme fully financed by the Union Government and administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 4 only
Q10. Consider the following statements regarding the JSSC Combined Graduate Level examination controversy in Jharkhand:
1. The Combined Graduate Level examination at the centre of the controversy is conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.
2. A report of the State Criminal Investigation Department indicated that a large majority of the questions in the 2024 examination had been circulated in advance through a messaging application.
3. The third-shift General Knowledge paper of the 2024 examination was cancelled after allegations of leakage surfaced.
4. The 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination whose cancellation the aspirants demanded was also conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- The Combined Graduate Level examination at the centre of the controversy is conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.
- A report of the State Criminal Investigation Department indicated that a large majority of the questions in the 2024 examination had been circulated in advance through a messaging application.
- The third-shift General Knowledge paper of the 2024 examination was cancelled after allegations of leakage surfaced.
- The 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination whose cancellation the aspirants demanded was also conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 4 only
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q11. Under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, the expression 'public examination authority' carries which one of the following meanings?
- A. Any authority specified in the Schedule to the Act or such other authority as the Central Government may notify
- B. Any body constituted under a State enactment for the purpose of conducting recruitment to State services
- C. Any examination agency recognised for this purpose by the Ministry of Education after consulting the University Grants Commission
- D. Any organisation empanelled by the National Testing Agency to administer computer-based recruitment tests
Q12. The criminal limb of the inquiry into the Jharkhand recruitment-examination irregularities has been entrusted to the Criminal Investigation Department. In the administrative structure of a State, this Department functions as which one of the following?
- A. A specialised investigating wing of the State police force, functioning under the State's home department
- B. A field formation of the Central Bureau of Investigation deployed in the State under the Ministry of Personnel
- C. An attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs headed by an officer of the Intelligence Bureau
- D. A statutory investigating authority of the Union constituted for scheduled offences committed within the State