Question : The constitution provides for reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies for the _________.
Option 1: Scheduled Tribes
Option 2: other backward classes
Option 3: differently abled
Option 4: women
Correct Answer: Scheduled Tribes
Solution : The correct option is Scheduled Tribes.
The Constitution of India provides for the reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) and State Legislative Assemblies for Scheduled Tribes (STs), along with Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Anglo-Indians (though the latter was abolished in 2019). This reservation aims to address the historical disadvantages faced by these communities and ensure their equitable representation in legislative bodies. Out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, 84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, constituting approximately 15.5% of the total seats.
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Question : Which of the following was included by the Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002?
Option 1: Readjustment of seats of the Lok Sabha
Option 2: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Option 3: Readjustment of territorial constituencies
Option 4: Elementary education as a fundamental right
Question : If the Union Parliament is to assume legislative power over any subject included in the state list resolution to the effect has to be passed by which of the following?
Option 1: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislatures of the concerned states
Option 2: Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Option 3: Rajya Sabha
Option 4: Lok Sabha
Question : Which of the following statements is correct?
Option 1: The first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952.
Option 2: The first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1947.
Option 3: The first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1950
Option 4: The first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1948
Question : Money bills can be introduced first in which house of Parliament?
Option 1: Only in Lok Sabha
Option 2: Only in Rajya Sabha
Option 3: Both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Option 4: Either in Lok Sabha or in Rajya Sabha
Question : Reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the service has been provided in the Indian Constitution under which of the following articles?
Option 1: Article 375
Option 2: Article 315
Option 3: Article 335
Option 4: Article 365
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