Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha is provided by which Article?
- A.Article 15
- B.Article 330
- C.Article 332
- D.Article 335
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Article 330, which reserves seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People, the number being in proportion to their population in the state or Union territory concerned. Such a seat is not a separate electorate: all voters of the constituency vote, but only a candidate of the reserved community may contest. Option A is wrong because Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and permits special provisions, but it does not reserve legislative seats. Option C is wrong because Article 332 provides the same reservation in the legislative assemblies of the states, not in the Lok Sabha, and the two are commonly interchanged in question papers. Option D is wrong because Article 335 says that the claims of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration in appointments to services and posts, which is a matter of employment, not of seats.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich Article of the Constitution provides for the readjustment of the allocation of Lok Sabha seats and the division of states into territorial constituencies after every census?
- A.Article 80
- B.Article 81
- C.Article 82
- D.Article 84
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Article 82 says that upon the completion of each census the allocation of seats in the Lok Sabha to the states and the division of each state into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as Parliament may by law determine.
Read the full explanation →The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 reserves one-third of the seats for women in which of the following?
- A.The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha only
- B.The Lok Sabha, the state legislative assemblies and the Delhi legislative assembly
- C.All state legislative councils and the Rajya Sabha
- D.Only the panchayats and municipalities
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The amendment inserted Article 330A for the Lok Sabha and Article 332A for the state assemblies, and amended Article 239AA so that the reservation also covers the Delhi assembly.
Read the full explanation →Which amendment extended the freeze on the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among the states until the first census taken after the year 2026?
- A.42nd Amendment, 1976
- B.84th Amendment, 2001
- C.87th Amendment, 2003
- D.91st Amendment, 2003
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The 42nd Amendment had frozen the allocation on the 1971 census only until the census after 2000; as that date approached, the 84th Amendment pushed the freeze forward to the first census taken after 2026, so that states which had controlled population growth would not lose seats.
Read the full explanation →Who heads a Delimitation Commission in India?
- A.The Chief Election Commissioner
- B.A serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court
- C.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- D.The Union Home Minister
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The correct answer is B, a serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court, who is appointed chairperson of the Commission.
Read the full explanation →The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 inserted which of the following Articles?
- A.Articles 330A, 332A and 334A
- B.Articles 243D and 243T
- C.Articles 331 and 333
- D.Articles 324 and 325
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Article 330A reserves one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha for women, Article 332A does the same for the legislative assembly of every state, and Article 334A fixes when the reservation begins and how long it lasts, tying it to the first census after the commencement of the Act…
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