UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Re-enrolment drive will not include Bengal voters under adjudication

Q1. With reference to the revision of electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the rules made under it, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Election Commission may direct that the roll of a constituency be revised partly intensively and partly summarily.
  2. A special revision of the electoral roll can be directed only in the year immediately preceding a general election.
  3. The Election Commission may, for reasons recorded in writing, direct that the roll need not be revised before a general election.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. In an intensive revision of electoral rolls, an elector whose name was on the existing roll but who fails to return the enumeration form may have to apply for inclusion as a claimant.
  2. When an electoral roll is revised intensively, it is prepared afresh, and the rules governing the first preparation of a roll apply to it.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. An Indian citizen above 18 years of age who suffers from no legal disqualification cannot vote in an Assembly election if their name does not appear in the electoral roll of the constituency.
  2. Article 326 permits a law made by the appropriate Legislature to disqualify a person from registration as a voter on grounds such as non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime, or corrupt or illegal practice.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q4. With reference to Article 326 of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Article 326 itself fixes the date by reference to which a citizen's age is to be reckoned for registration as a voter.
  2. Article 326 allows the appropriate Legislature to disqualify a person from registration as a voter on the ground of non-residence.
  3. The age of eighteen years for registration as a voter has been part of Article 326 since the Constitution came into force.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q5. Consider the following assertion: In the West Bengal re-enrolment exercise, a person who chose to appeal against exclusion from the roll may end up worse off than a similarly placed person who did not appeal. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?

  1. Claims for inclusion under the drive are to be disposed of within a month, while appeals before the tribunals could take years.
  2. Persons whose cases are pending before the Appellate Tribunals are excluded from the drive that accepts fresh claims for inclusion.
  3. Article 326 entitles every adult citizen to be registered as a voter irrespective of where that citizen ordinarily resides.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1 only

Q6. With reference to Article 329 of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The validity of a law relating to the delimitation of constituencies, made under Article 327 or Article 328, cannot be called in question in any court.
  2. By its text, Article 329 bars courts from examining any question relating to the preparation or revision of electoral rolls.
  3. An election to a State Legislature may be called in question either by an election petition or, alternatively, by a writ petition before the High Court.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3