UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PARLIAMENT QUESTION: IMPLICATIONS OF SHANTI ACT
Q1. The SHANTI Act, 2025 received the assent of the President of India on which one of the following dates?
- A. 15 December 2025
- B. 17 December 2025
- C. 18 December 2025
- D. 21 December 2025
Q2. The SHANTI Bill, 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 15 December 2025 and received Presidential assent on 21 December 2025. Exactly how many days elapsed between its introduction and the Presidential assent?
- A. 3 days
- B. 6 days
- C. 10 days
- D. 21 days
Q3. The SHANTI Bill, 2025 was piloted and introduced in Parliament by which one of the following?
- A. Department of Atomic Energy (Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences)
- B. Ministry of Power
- C. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- D. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Q4. Under the SHANTI Act, 2025, the reconstituted Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) is headed by which one of the following?
- A. A Chairperson
- B. A Director-General
- C. The Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy
- D. The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Q5. Under the SHANTI Act, 2025, appointments to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board are made on the recommendation of a search-cum-selection committee constituted by which of the following?
- A. The Atomic Energy Commission
- B. NITI Aayog
- C. The Union Public Service Commission
- D. The Ministry of Science and Technology
Q6. The flat operator liability cap of ₹1,500 crore, replaced by the SHANTI Act's graded (₹100 crore–₹3,000 crore) framework, was originally prescribed under which one of the following?
- A. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
- B. The Atomic Energy Act, 1962
- C. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- D. The Disaster Management Act, 2005
Q7. The Nuclear Energy Mission, announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 and operationalised through the SHANTI Act, sets as its headline target the achievement of how much nuclear power capacity by 2047?
- A. 100 GW
- B. 22 GW
- C. 40 GW
- D. 500 GW
Q8. The Union's exclusive legislative competence over atomic energy, underlying both the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the SHANTI Act, 2025, is derived from which entry of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule?
- A. Entry 6
- B. Entry 7
- C. Entry 52
- D. Entry 56