UPSC Indian Polity and Civics The Indian Constitution Question Bank

done Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes Total Questions - 6

• question_answer1)

  Consider the following statements:

  1. There was a special provision for the Anglo-Indian community in certain services.

  2. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in 1955.

  3. The Untouchability (Offences) Act was renamed as the Protection of Civil Rights Act.

  Which of the statements given above are correct?
  A)
   1, 2 and 3                     done clear
  B)
   1 and 2 done clear
  C)
   2 and 3            done clear
  D)
   1 and 3 done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of setting up of the given Commissions concerning weaker sections of the Indian society?
  A)
   Kaka Saheb Kalelkar Commission - National Commission for Minorities - National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Mandal Commission done clear
  B)
   National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - National Commission for Minorities - Kaka Saheb Kalelkar Commission - Mandal Commission done clear
  C)
   Kaka Saheb Kalelkar Commission - Mandal Commission - National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - National Commission for Minorities done clear
  D)
   National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Mandal Commission - Kaka Saheb Kalelkar Commission - National Commission for Minorities done clear
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• question_answer3)
  The constitutional authority vested with the power of declaring castes or tribes as the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes is the:
  A)
   Parliament done clear
  B)
   Home Minister done clear
  C)
   President of India done clear
  D)
   Chairman, SC/ST Commission done clear
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• question_answer4)
  Which one of the following is not a function of the National Commission for Backward Classes?
  A)
   To examine requests for inclusion of a class of citizens as a backward class. done clear
  B)
   To hear complaints of under-inclusion of any backward class. done clear
  C)
   To hear complaints of over-inclusion of any backward class. done clear
  D)
   To identify the creamy layer among the backward classes. done clear
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• question_answer5)
  Which of the following constitutional amendment acts provide for making of any provision in favour of the SCs and STs for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters of promotion to the public services of the Centre and the States?
  A)
   74th Amendment                        done clear
  B)
   82nd Amendment done clear
  C)
   86th Amendment                      done clear
  D)
   94th Amendment done clear
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• question_answer6)
  What is the main object of protective discrimination in India?
  A)
   To give special advantages to a particular group done clear
  B)
   To raise a disadvantaged group to a level where it can compete with other sections of society on equal footing done clear
  C)
   To give financial assistance to the poor done clear
  D)
   To promote class interest done clear
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