Correct Answer : Option (D) - States to identify and specify the Socially and Educationally Backward Class

Note : The President of India recently granted assent to the Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, 2021, which empowers states to identify and specify the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC).The Constitution (105th) Bill 2021 was passed by the Parliament on August 11, 2021.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 61st

Note : Statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the Constitution (Sixty-second Amendment) Bill, 1988 (Bill No. 129 of 1988) which was enacted as THE CONSTITUTION (61st Amendment) Act, 1988

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 93rd in 2005

Note : The 93rd Constitutional Amendment allows the government to make special provisions for the "advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens", including their admission in aided or unaided private educational institutions.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Article 15

Note : Article 15 restricts discrimination on the ground of : Religion – It means that no person should be discriminated on the basis of religion from accessing any public place or policy by the state or any group. Race – Ethnic origin should not form a basis of discrimination.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Head of the Union Council of Ministers

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 108

Note : The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President of India (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or, in their absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, or in their absence, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - The Supreme Court of India

Note : The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of India along with 30 other judges. The SC has extensive power in the form of appellate, original, and advisory jurisdictions. Hence, the Supreme Court acts as a custodian of our Constitution and protects our Fundamental Rights.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Article 315

Note : Articles 315 to 323 of Part XIV of the constitution, titled as Services Under the Union and the States, provide for a Public Service Commission for the Union and for each state. Accordingly, as per Art. 315, at Union level, Union Public Service Commission is envisaged by it.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Article 370

Note : Article 370 of the Constitution of India is described as a “temporary provision” that grants the state of Jammu and Kashmir a special autonomous status within the Indian union.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Tenth pass

Note : The Article 58(1) of the Constitution of India has enumerated the qualifications for the election of President of India. These are: He should be a citizen of India, he should have completed 35 years of age, he should be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha and he should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority.