UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Karnataka Parks Bill to be reviewed again in Assembly, says CM

Question 1

In the context of the Supreme Court's 2025 opinion on assent to Bills passed by State Legislatures, the expression 'deemed assent' refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A Bill being treated as having become law on the expiry of a period within which the Governor has failed to act on it

Answer

A Bill being treated as assented to once the President approves it on a reference made by the Governor

Answer

A Bill being treated as assented to when the House passes it a second time without any change

Answer

A Bill being treated as assented to once the Governor returns it to the House along with a message

Question 2

Under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution does a Governor have the three courses of action of giving assent, withholding assent, and reserving a Bill for the consideration of the President?

Accepted Answer

Article 200

Answer

Article 111

Answer

Article 201

Answer

Article 213

Question 3

As reported in 2026, the amendment to Karnataka's 1975 law on government parks permits limited alienation of park land principally for which one of the following purposes?

Accepted Answer

Public infrastructure and utility projects taken up by public entities

Answer

Commercial development undertaken to finance the upkeep and maintenance of parks

Answer

Housing for economically weaker sections within urban local body limits

Answer

Rehabilitation of families displaced by irrigation and reservoir projects

Question 4

The 2026 Karnataka Bill permitting alienation of a portion of park and garden land amends a parent State Act enacted in which year?

Accepted Answer

1975

Answer

1963

Answer

1976

Answer

1985

Question 5

Under the mechanism proposed along with the 2026 Karnataka parks amendment, proposals for utilisation of park land are to be evaluated and recommended before government approval by:

Accepted Answer

A committee headed by an officer of Additional Chief Secretary rank, comprising domain experts

Answer

A committee headed by the Chief Secretary, comprising heads of urban local bodies

Answer

A committee headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, comprising district collectors

Answer

A committee headed by the city corporation Commissioner, comprising elected ward councillors

Question 6

Which one of the following, a Kew Gardens-trained botanist of German birth who died in Bengaluru in 1956, served as Superintendent of Lalbagh from 1908 to the early 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel

Answer

John Cameron

Answer

William New

Answer

M. H. Marigowda

Question 7

The over-a-century-old red heritage hall in Lalbagh, built in the Indo-Classical colonial style and later pulled down by the horticulture department, had how many granite-cored Ionic columns at its front?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

Two

Answer

Six

Answer

Eight

Question 8

The proposed Hebbal–Central Silk Board tunnel road is reported to require approximately how many acres of Lalbagh land on a temporary basis during construction?

Accepted Answer

Six

Answer

Two

Answer

Four

Answer

Nine

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Karnataka Parks Bill to be reviewed again in Assembly, says CM

Q1. In the context of the Supreme Court's 2025 opinion on assent to Bills passed by State Legislatures, the expression 'deemed assent' refers to which one of the following?

Q2. Under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution does a Governor have the three courses of action of giving assent, withholding assent, and reserving a Bill for the consideration of the President?

Q3. As reported in 2026, the amendment to Karnataka's 1975 law on government parks permits limited alienation of park land principally for which one of the following purposes?

Q4. The 2026 Karnataka Bill permitting alienation of a portion of park and garden land amends a parent State Act enacted in which year?

Q5. Under the mechanism proposed along with the 2026 Karnataka parks amendment, proposals for utilisation of park land are to be evaluated and recommended before government approval by:

Q6. Which one of the following, a Kew Gardens-trained botanist of German birth who died in Bengaluru in 1956, served as Superintendent of Lalbagh from 1908 to the early 1930s?

Q7. The over-a-century-old red heritage hall in Lalbagh, built in the Indo-Classical colonial style and later pulled down by the horticulture department, had how many granite-cored Ionic columns at its front?

Q8. The proposed Hebbal–Central Silk Board tunnel road is reported to require approximately how many acres of Lalbagh land on a temporary basis during construction?