UPSC 2024 Polity & Governance PYQs with Answers

The Annual Financial Statement is laid before Parliament by the President (presented by the Finance Minister on the President's behalf), not by the Finance Minister on behalf of the Prime Minister. Only statement 2 is correct.

Scheduled Tribes are specified by the President under Article 342, not by the Governor. A community may be an ST in one State and not in another.

A writ of prohibition is issued by a superior court to an inferior court or tribunal to stop proceedings beyond its jurisdiction.

Exercise Mitra Shakti-2023 was India-Sri Lanka, commenced at Aundh, included counter-terrorism response, and involved Indian Air Force personnel. Hence statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

The women's reservation law is to operate for 15 years and includes reservation for SC women within the SC quota. It does not come into effect directly from the 18th Lok Sabha without delimitation/census steps.

The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee began as an ad hoc committee and it cannot examine sub judice matters. Complaints are not limited only to Lok Sabha members in the way statement 2 says.

The Canada-USA border is the longest international border between two countries.

The Army's civic-action activities for remote/local population upliftment are known as Operation Sadbhavana.

As head of the Department of Military Affairs, the CDS is Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and Principal Military Adviser on tri-service matters. The CDS does not exercise military command over the three Service Chiefs.

The Supreme Court placed the Right to Privacy within Article 21, as part of life and personal liberty.

Inter-State quarantine is in the Union List. Inter-State trade/commerce, migration and corporation tax are not State List subjects as stated.

Part IXA deals with municipalities, Part XVIII with emergency provisions, and Part XX with constitutional amendment. All three are correct.

Bharatiya Jana Sangh is linked with Syama Prasad Mukherjee, and Congress for Democracy with Jagjivan Ram. The Socialist Party and Swatantra Party pairings are incorrect.

The 71st Amendment added Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali to the Eighth Schedule. Maithili was added later by the 92nd Amendment.

Four Delimitation Commissions had been constituted up to December 2023.

After amendment, NEC includes Governors and Chief Ministers of the constituent States and three members nominated by the President. The Home Minister is not listed in the option set as a member in that manner.

Only Major : Squadron Leader : Lieutenant Commander is an equivalent-rank match. The other rows mismatch Army, Air Force and Navy ranks.

Article 109 sets the special Money Bill procedure. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in Rajya Sabha; Rajya Sabha may recommend changes but cannot reject it. Lok Sabha need not accept those recommendations.

Italy, Japan and South Korea are widely cited for low birth rates, ageing and/or population decline. Nigeria and South Africa are not in the same category for this question.

Article 368 expressly permits amendment by addition, variation or repeal of constitutional provisions.