Which rules will apply to electoral registration forms for the period outside the Special Intensive Revision?
- A.The Registration of Electors Rules, 1950
- B.The Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
- C.The Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961
- D.The Representation of the People Rules, 1956
Correct answer
B. The Registration of Electors Rules, 1960
Explanation
The correct answer is the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. The Commission clarified that the declaration attached to Form 6 for the revision has been upheld by the Supreme Court, and that for the non-revision period the forms prescribed under these rules of 1960 will be used. Options A, C and D name other election-related rules and are not what the Commission cited in this decision, so they are wrong. The same press note recalled that the order for the revision was issued on 24.6.2025 with the unanimous approval of the Commission and upheld by the Supreme Court on 27.5.2026, while the schedules were issued on 27.10.2025 for 12 states and union territories and on 14.05.2026 for 19 more. Aspirants should remember the year 1960 with Form 6.
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Practice Questions
Till which date has the Election Commission extended the filing of claims and objections in the Delhi Special Intensive Revision?
- A.12 October 2026
- B.30 October 2026
- C.10 November 2026
- D.30 November 2026
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Correct answer: B. 30 October 2026
Explanation
The correct answer is 30 October 2026. At its meeting on 26 September 2026 the Commission accepted a request from the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi and pushed the last date for filing claims and objections to 30 October 2026. Option D, 30 November 2026, is the date by which notices, claims and objections in Delhi must be disposed of, which is a different stage of the same process. Option A, 12 October 2026, is the filing date for Maharashtra, and option C, 10 November 2026, is the disposal date for Maharashtra, both granted on a request from that region's Chief Electoral Officer. Candidates should keep the two regions and the two stages apart, because question papers often swap the filing date of one region with the disposal date of the other.
Under the Commission's decision, how will the documents of voters who received notices during the revision be collected?
- A.The voters must appear before the ERO with originals
- B.Booth Level Officers will visit homes and upload them on ECINet
- C.Documents must be sent by registered post to the Commission
- D.Only a district magistrate can accept the documents
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Correct answer: B. Booth Level Officers will visit homes and upload them on ECINet
Explanation
The correct answer is that Booth Level Officers will visit homes and upload the documents on ECINet. The Commission decided that people served notices for being unmapped or for logical discrepancies need not be called to the office of the Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer at all; the BLO comes to the house, collects the papers and uploads them, and the ERO then decides the case. Option A is wrong because a personal hearing is now only for exceptional cases and, where held, is preferably online, with any adult family member allowed to attend on the elector's behalf. Options C and D describe procedures the Commission did not order. District Election Officers were separately asked to open help desks and camps for the homeless and for labourers.
Where did officers find 1.9 kg of hydroponic cannabis concealed inside an air circulator box?
- A.Foreign Post Office, Jaipur
- B.Foreign Post Office, Jodhpur
- C.Air cargo complex, Udaipur
- D.Inland container depot, Kota
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Correct answer: A. Foreign Post Office, Jaipur
Explanation
The correct answer is the Foreign Post Office, Jaipur. The Rajasthan unit searched an international parcel that had come from the United States and found the hydroponic cannabis hidden in four packets inside an air circulator box. Option B names Jodhpur, which is a major city of the state but is not where the parcel was examined. Option C names an air cargo complex at Udaipur, and option D an inland container depot at Kota; neither figures in these cases at all, which involved a foreign post office, a truck stopped with poppy straw, a set of passenger cars used as carriers and residential premises where opium and cash were recovered. The weight recovered from the parcel, 1.9 kg, is counted in the overall haul reported by the unit, and the seizure was made under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
Under which law were the narcotic drugs, vehicles and other articles in these cases seized?
- A.Indian Penal Code, 1860
- B.Customs Act, 1962
- C.Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- D.Arms Act, 1959
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Correct answer: C. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Explanation
The correct answer is the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, usually shortened to the NDPS Act. Every article recovered in these cases, meaning the poppy straw, the opium, the hydroponic cannabis, the cash, the vehicles and the country-made pistol, was seized under the relevant provisions of this Act, and further investigation into sources, destinations and supply channels is proceeding under it. Option A, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, deals with general criminal offences and is not the law under which narcotics seizures are recorded here. Option B, the Customs Act, 1962, governs import and export duties and confiscation of smuggled goods generally, and the release does not invoke it even for the parcel received from abroad. Option D, the Arms Act, 1959, is not named in the case either, although a country-made pistol with three live rounds was recovered during one of the searches.
How much poppy straw (doda chura) was seized by the Rajasthan unit of the Central Bureau of Narcotics in its recent operations?
- A.3,937 kg
- B.2,292 kg
- C.1,037 kg
- D.340 kg
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Correct answer: A. 3,937 kg
Explanation
The correct answer is 3,937 kg. This is the total quantity of poppy straw, known regionally as doda chura, recovered by the Rajasthan unit across the whole set of operations, alongside 9.6 kg of opium and 1.9 kg of hydroponic cannabis. Option B is wrong because 2,292 kg is only a rounded form of the single largest consignment, the 2,292.460 kg found in 118 bags inside a truck that was hiding the load beneath cement sacks; it is one case, not the total. Option C is wrong because 1,037 kg was recovered in 56 bags from a premises where a Fortuner car stood loaded with contraband, which is again a single case. Option D is wrong because 340 kg was the quantity taken from a Tata Harrier car in 23 bags. Adding these and the other smaller recoveries, such as 156.7 kg from a Honda Amaze and 110 kg from a Creta, gives the announced total of 3,937 kg.