The provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India shall not apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in 1. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha 2. Assam and Tripura 3. Meghalaya and Mizoram Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- A.1 only
- B.1 and 2 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is C, 2 and 3 only. The Fifth Schedule covers Scheduled Areas in every State except Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, whose tribal areas come under the Sixth Schedule instead.
Article 244(1) applies the Fifth Schedule to the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes of the other States. Under it the President declares Scheduled Areas, the Governor reports on their administration, and a Tribes Advisory Council of up to 20 members, three-fourths of them Scheduled Tribe members of the State Assembly, advises the State. Article 244(2) and the Sixth Schedule set up autonomous district councils for the tribal areas of the four north-eastern States, with powers to make laws on land, forests and customs. Ten States, including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, have Fifth Schedule areas.
A is wrong because the Fifth Schedule does apply in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, which have large Scheduled Areas. B is wrong because it includes statement 1. D is wrong for the same reason; only Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram are left out.
Exam tip: Sixth Schedule = AMTM (Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram); every other State’s Scheduled Areas fall under the Fifth Schedule.
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