UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Over 43 lakh voters deleted from draft rolls in Jharkhand

Q1. During a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, the house-to-house distribution and collection of Enumeration Forms is carried out by which one of the following functionaries?

  • A. The Electoral Registration Officer designated for the constituency under the 1950 Act
  • B. The Booth Level Agent nominated by a recognised political party for the area
  • C. The Booth Level Officer appointed for each polling station
  • D. The District Electoral Officer working under the Chief Electoral Officer of the State

Q2. Which one of the following statements about Phase I of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is correct?

  • A. It was taken up in a single State, Bihar, ahead of that State's Legislative Assembly election
  • B. It was launched simultaneously in all States and Union Territories of the country in 2025
  • C. It covered every State that had completed a summary revision of its rolls in the preceding year
  • D. It was confined exclusively to the Union Territories before being extended to the States

Q3. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, the expression 'qualifying date', by reference to which an electoral roll is prepared or revised, means which one of the following?

  • A. The date on which the draft electoral roll is published by the registering authority
  • B. The 1st day of January of the year in which the roll is prepared or revised
  • C. The 1st day of April of the year in which the roll is prepared or revised
  • D. The date notified by the Commission for completion of house-to-house enumeration

Q4. Under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, an elector aggrieved by an order of the Electoral Registration Officer may carry the matter in a second and final appeal to which one of the following?

  • A. The District Magistrate of the district in which the constituency is situated
  • B. The Election Commission of India through the Special Roll Observer for the State
  • C. The State Election Commission constituted under Article 243K of the Constitution
  • D. The Chief Electoral Officer of the State concerned

Q5. The State Election Commissioner appointed under Article 243K of the Constitution may be removed from office only in like manner and on like grounds as which one of the following?

  • A. The Chief Election Commissioner who heads the Election Commission of India
  • B. A Judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • C. A Judge of a High Court of a State
  • D. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India

Q6. The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for elections to a municipality in a State is vested in which one of the following?

  • A. The State Election Commission constituted under Article 243ZA of the Constitution
  • B. The Election Commission of India acting through the Chief Electoral Officer of the State
  • C. The Department of Urban Development of the State Government concerned
  • D. The District Electoral Officer of the district in which the municipality is situated

Q7. Consider the following statements regarding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls: 1. In Bihar, the number of electors fell from about 7.89 crore before the revision to about 7.24 crore in the draft roll published in August 2025. 2. Bihar's final roll showed a higher elector count than its draft roll, rising to about 7.42 crore after additions of roughly 21.53 lakh electors through Form 6. 3. Unlike Phase I, Phase II of the revision was confined to States alone, no Union Territory being included in it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. In Bihar, the number of electors fell from about 7.89 crore before the revision to about 7.24 crore in the draft roll published in August 2025.
  2. Bihar's final roll showed a higher elector count than its draft roll, rising to about 7.42 crore after additions of roughly 21.53 lakh electors through Form 6.
  3. Unlike Phase I, Phase II of the revision was confined to States alone, no Union Territory being included in it.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q8. Deletions of names carried out during the Special Intensive Revision, after verification by Booth Level Officers, are stated to fall broadly under how many categories?

  • A. Three
  • B. Four
  • C. Five
  • D. Six

Q9. Consider the following circumstances: 1. Death of the elector 2. Permanent shifting of residence by the elector 3. Absence of the elector from the address at the time of the Booth Level Officer's first visit 4. Entry of the same elector in the rolls at more than one place Which of the above are correctly identified as grounds on which names are deleted during the Special Intensive Revision?

  1. Death of the elector
  2. Permanent shifting of residence by the elector
  3. Absence of the elector from the address at the time of the Booth Level Officer's first visit
  4. Entry of the same elector in the rolls at more than one place
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q10. In the Special Intensive Revision under way in Jharkhand, the draft electoral roll is prepared and published, and the claims and objections filed against it are decided, by which one of the following authorities?

  • A. The Chief Electoral Officer of the State, assisted by the District Electoral Officers
  • B. The Election Commission of India through the Special Roll Observer for the State
  • C. The Booth Level Officer in charge of the polling station concerned
  • D. The Electoral Registration Officer, an officer of Sub-Divisional Magistrate rank

Q11. Which one of the following best describes the legal character of the removal of a name at the draft-roll stage of a Special Intensive Revision?

  • A. It is provisional, the name being liable to restoration on a claim decided before the roll is finalised
  • B. It is final and permanent, and is open to reversal only by the writ jurisdiction of the constitutional courts
  • C. It operates as an automatic disqualification of that person from registration until the next revision is ordered
  • D. It extinguishes the person's entitlement to be enrolled anywhere in the country for the remainder of the year