Prologue
- Out of the 100 Questions in CSAT-2013, there were 18 questions from Indian Polity. In 2012 too, they had asked 18 questions from Polity.
- All questions were ‘static’ in nature. No question from Current affairs related with Polity e.g. various acts and bills passed in 2012-13, various committees and their reports, constitution of 14th Finance commission etc.
- Anyways, doesn’t mean your current affairs preparation has gone in vain because whatever you had prepared in current affairs, should help in mains/essay/interview (or atleast let’s hope so hahaha)
- Among the polity MCQs asked, the topicwise internal breakup looks like this
| Basics | History, FR, FD, DPSP, Amendment | 4 |
| Executive | PM, Ministers, Attorney general, governor | 4 |
| Legislature | Money bill, Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha etc. | 4 |
| Non-constitutional bodies | Planning comm, NDC | 3 |
| Rights issue |
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3 |
| Total | 18 |
Majority of these Polity questions can be solved with the help of
- Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth
- India 2013 (Yearbook): Chapters on Polity, Justice and Law, Welfare.
Constitution: Basics
1. With reference to Indian History, the Members of the Constituent Assembly from the Provinces were
- directly elected by the people of those Provinces
- nominated by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League
- elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies
- selected by the Government for their expertise in constitutional matters
Laxmikanth Page 2.1 seats (in constitutional assembly) allocated to each British province were to be decided among the three principal communities – Muslims, Sikh and General. The representatives of each community were to be elected by the members of that community in the provincial legislative assembly and voting was to be done by the method of proportional representation by the means of single transferable vote
Hence answer is (C) elected by the provincial legislative assembly.
2. ‘Economic Justice’ the objectives of Constitution has been as one of the Indian provided in
- the Preamble and Fundamental Rights
- the Preamble and the Directive Principles of State Policy
- the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy
- None of the above
Preamble: Justice…social, economic and political.
DPSP Art. 38: To promote welfare of people by securing a social order permeated by justice-Social, economic and political- and to minimize the inequalities of income, status, facilities and opportunities.
Hence answer is (B)
3. According to the Constitution of India, which of the following are fundamental for the governance of the country?
- Fundamental Rights
- Fundamental Duties
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
Directive principles of state policy because they guide executive on how to govern.
4. Consider the following statements
- An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a bill in the Lok Sabha only.
- If such an amendment seeks to make changes in the federal character of the Constitution, the amendment also requires to be ratified by the legislature of all the States of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Laxmikanth page 10.1
An amendment of the Constitution can be initiated by introduction of a bill in either house of the Parliament.=> 1st statement is wrong.
If the bill seeks to amends the Federal provisions of the Constitution, it must also be ratified by the legislatures of half of the states by a simple majority.=>2nd statement is also wrong.
Final answer (D) neither 1 nor 2.
Executive
1. In the context of India, which of the following principles is/are implied institutionally in the parliamentary government?
- Members of the Cabinet are Members of the Parliament.
- Ministers hold the office till they enjoy confidence in the Parliament.
- Cabinet is headed by the Head of the State.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 and 2 only
- 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Laxmikanth page 11.1: features of parliamentary government –>1) Nominal and real executives.
President is head of the state and PM is head of the government. Art. 74 provides for council of ministers headed by PM (=head of government)……
Hence Statement 3 is incorrect. Any option involving #3 is wrong.
- 1 and 2 only
- 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Thus we’re left with Answer (A) 1 and 2 only.
2. Consider the following statements:
- The Council of Ministers in the Centre shall be collectively responsible to the Parliament.
- The Union Ministers shall hold the office during the pleasure of the President of India.
- The Prime Minister shall communicate to the President about the proposals for Legislation.
- only 1
- only 2 and 3
- only 1 and 3
- 1, 2 and 3
Laxmikanth Page 21.3 Article 75 clearly states that the Council of Minister is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha => statement #1 is incorrect
Laxmikanth Page 21.3, Article 75 also contains principle of individual responsibility. It states that the ministers hold office during the pleasure of the president=> Statement #2 is correct.
Eliminate answer choices accordingly and thus we’re left with final answer (B) only 2 and 3.
By the way, Laxmikanth page 20.3: It is the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the president all decisions of councils of Minister relating to the administration of the affairs of union and proposal for legislation=> Statement #3 is also correct.
3. Consider the following statements:
Attorney General of India can
- take part in the proceedings of the Lok Sabha
- be a member of a committee of the Lok Sabha
- speak in the Lok Sabha
- vote in the Lok Sabha
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 and 4
- 1, 2 and 3
- 1 and 3 only
Laxmikanth Page 42.1
He has the right to speak and to take part in the proceedings of both the Houses of Parliament or their joint sittings and in any committee of the Parliament of which he may be named a member, but without the right to vote.
Thus, first three statements are correct, fouth is wrong.
Final answer (C) 1, 2 and 3 only.
4. Which one of the following statements is correct?
- In India, the same person cannot be appointed as Governor for two or more States at the same time
- The Judges of the High Court of the States in India are appointed by the Governor of the State just as the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President
- No procedure has been laid down in the Constitution of India for the removal of a Governor from his/her post
- In the case of a Union Territory having a legislative setup, the Chief Minister is appointed by the Lt. Governor on the basis of majority support
Laxmikanth Page number 24.5 The Constitution does not lay down any grounds upon which a governor may be removed by the president. Hence answer is (C)
Legislature
1. The Parliament can make any law for whole or any part of India for implementing international treaties
- with the consent of all the States
- with the consent of the majority of States
- with the consent of the States concerned
- without the consent of any State
Laxmikanth pg. 13.3, constitution empowers parliament to make laws on any matter in state list under five extra ordinary circumstances
- Rajya sabha passes resolution
- national emergency
- states make a request
- to implement international agreements
- during president’s rule.
Hence Answer is D.
2. Consider the following statements: The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC)
- consists of not more than 25 Members of the Lok Sabha
- scrutinizes appropriation and finance accounts of Government
- Examines the report of CAG.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct? `
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- It has 22 members (15 from LS, 7 from Rajya Sabha). Meaning #1 is false
- Function of the committee does include examination of appropriation account and finance account of Government. (ref Laxmikanth Page 22.35 or India 2013 yearbook page 32).=> Statement #2 is correct.
- Statement #3 is correct also correct (ref Laxmikanth Page 22.35 or India 2013 yearbook page 32
- Answer (B) only 2 and 3.
3. Consider the following statements:
- The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not the members of that House.
- While the nominated members of the two Houses of the Parliament have no voting right in the presidential election, they have the right to vote in the election of the Vice President.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Laxmikanth Page 22.11, Deputy chairman is elected by the Rajya Sabha itself, among its members=> Statement #1 is incorrect.
Laxmikanth Page 19.1, Vice President Subtopic: Election–>Bullet no.1 It (electoral college for VP) consists of both elected and nominated members of parliament (in case of president only elected members) =>Statement #2 is correct.
Hence final answer (B) only 2.
4. What will follow if a Money Bill is substantially amended by the Rajya Sabha?
- The Lok Sabha may still proceed with the Bill, accepting or not accepting the recommendations of the Rajya Sabha
- The Lok Sabha cannot consider the Bill further
- The Lok Sabha may send the Bill to the Rajya Sabha for reconsideration
- The President may call a joint sitting for passing the Bill
Laxmikanth page 22.33, Rajya Sabha cannot amend or reject a money bill. The Lok Sabha can either accept or reject all or any of recommendation of the Rajya Sabha. In both cases, the money bill is deemed to have passed by the two houses.
Hence answer is (A).
NDC, Planning commission
1. Consider the following statements:
- National Development Council is an organ of the Planning Commission.
- The Economic and Social Planning is kept in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.
- The Constitution of India prescribes that Panchayats should be assigned the task of preparation of plans for economic development and social justice.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 3
NDC is not an ‘organ’ of planning commission. It is an advisory body that approves the Five year plans=>statement 1 is false.
Laxmikanth appendix 4: Concurrent list, point #20: Economic and social planning =>#2 is correct.
Laxmikanth page 30.10: voluntary provisions: devolution of powers and responsibilities upon panchayats to prepare plans for economic development and social justice.=> #3 is correct.
Thus final answer (B) 2 and 3 only.
2. Who among the following constitute the National Development Council?
- The Prime Minister
- The Chairman, Finance Commission
- Ministers of the Union Cabinet
- Chief Ministers of the States
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1, 2 and 3 only
- 1, 3 and 4 only
- 2 and 4 only
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
Composition of NDC given on page 45.1 of Laxmikanth.
Chairman Finance commission is not a member of NDC. Hence any option involving #2 is wrong.
- 1, 2 and 3 only
- 1, 3 and 4 only
- 2 and 4 only
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
Thus we’re left with (B).
3. Which of the following bodies does not/do not find mention in the Constitution?
- National Development Council
- Planning Commission
- Zonal Councils
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
- Laxmikanth page 45.1 like it (National Development council) is neither a constitutional or statutory body.
- Laxmikanth page 14.4, Zonal councils are statutory (and not the constitutional) bodies.
- Hence answer is (D) 1,2 and 3 do not find mention in constitution.
Rights Issue
1. The Government enacted the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in 1996. Which one of the following is not identified as its objective?
- To provide self-governance
- To recognize traditional rights
- To create autonomous regions in tribal areas
- To free tribal people from exploitation
PESA doesn’t deal with creation of autonomous regions in tribal areas hence Answer (C).
2. Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?
- State Forest Department
- District Collector/Deputy Commissioner
- Tahsildar /Block Development Officer / Mandai Revenue Officer
- Gram Sabha
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=77574
Under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Gram Sabha has been assigned …..To initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both that may be given….
Answer is (D)
3. With reference to National Legal Services Authority, consider the following statements :
- Its objective is to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society on the basis of equal opportunity.
- It issues guidelines for the State Legal Services Authorities to implement the legal programs and schemes throughout the country.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Both statements are correct as per Page 628, India 2013 (Yearbook) hence answer (C).
Answerkeys for remaining topics, coming soon + thanks Mr. Palas Nuwal and Mr.Shiva Ram for providing inputs.
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3. Consider the following statements:
The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not the members of that House.
While the nominated members of the two Houses of the Parliament have no voting right in the presidential election, they have the right to vote in the election of the Vice President.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Most of them are saying it’s only 2.
But chairman of the rajya sabha which is Vice-president is actually not the member of that house, so how come first statement is not right? plz explain..
chairman is not member of rajyasabha but the deputy chairman is a member of the house
i know deputy chairman is the member but chairman is not the member of RS, then how can we say that statement is wrong only on the basis of dep. chairman. why cant we say that the statement is right on the basis of chairman…. i think this question is wrong…
if the statement is- “Donkey and Duck are birds”, will you say that the statement is right on the basis that Duck is a bird?
@nishat here and is used if it was Chairman (or) Deputy chairman ur scenario may be applicable. And means both the things has to satisfy the condition. I hope it clears ur doubt :)
this is a MCQ question. you cant expect the examiner to write an essay to explain the finer nuances. Its upto the examinee to interpret and identify the right answer
(Legislature) 2. Consider the following statements: The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC)
Statement 1 : It has not more than 25 members from lok Sabah .
But in real it has 22 members (15 from LS n 7 from RS) . So statement 1 is also true I think. Because 15 from LS is obviously not more 25 from LS. I applied some paper 2 reasoning here. Please look at this once, I might be right/wrong. For instance if the st 1 says : it has not more than 14 members from LS then the st 1 is definitely wrong. But in the given question it might be true.
+1
PAC cannot have members more than 22.So oblivosly the no of members from lok sabha will be less than 25. link http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/11.pdf
in the language of polity not more than 25 means that there could be 25 at some time. its not a reasoning question which is to be taken literally.
@Chakmak… but i thot Polity is based on reason only… :P
Chalo lets c wat will upsc Answer key give ans fa dis…
Their interpretation will be final…
Constitution of India is paradise of lawyers.There are so many ifs and buts in the COI. Even with so many clarifications/amendments… we rarely see similar cases ending with similar Judgement. Let see wat UPSC thinks abt it.
what can be the expected cut off this year for general,keeping in mind the nature of the both papers,especially now that we know that though the questions in paper 1 are easy,but tricky…n i found the second paper time consuming,as a result of which could do only 50 questions..probably much less than what others have done.mrunal sir u insight would be really helpful.
M getting only 197.
Have to prepare again :(
Mrunal, Mr.Nuwal and Mr.Ram , a big thanks to all three of you. What a genius way of sharing the answers subject-wise and that too with the page numbers and exact websites. You are saviours behind computer screens! Love your spirit. Best wishes for all your endeavours.
Thank you. At this point, I am reminded of the following quote. :)
“We only have what we give.”
― Isabel Allende
hello sir ,
Which of the following is mentioned in constitution .. means it doesnt imply constitutional bodies … just mentioning in constitution and interstate-councils is mentioned in constitution saying that president may form interstate-council ….
Can you please clarify .
@ Satish
you are right dude..as per art 263(a) president can establish Inter-state council and so its a constitutional body. But what exactly is your query related to? there was no option for ISC in the UPSC qn, if thats what you are referring to. It had NDC, PC and Zonal council. Zonal council is different from ISC. If this was a general question, I hope my reply was of some assistance.
Zonal council formed due to state re-organisation act 1956 its a statutory body and not constitutional mrunal sir already touched this topic
great job as usual mrunal. ….
m getting 16/18 correctly
cut off this year surely:230+ for general
1.easier general studies perhaps upsc tried to increase its weightage in overall score
2. Quant oriented paper 2,straight forward rc unlike 2011,12 when rc attempts usually led to negative marking in paper 2
3.Still some seniors have left exam that will ensure cut off dont beyond 240-245 as articulated by some aspirants in other forums
4. Trend of increasing cut offs 2011-198,2012 -209 ,2013-? still not the saturation mark reached
Remove the word “surely” i hate it every time
u know nothing abt cutoffs..easier paper does not linearly transform into higher cutoffs. some people have done exceptionally well this year courtesy –
reasons mentioned by u . so what will happen is that top 6000 people qualifying will have marks above say 260. but as we reach the cutoff stage they will decline and will not be more than 220 at any cost.
Cut off is a factor of (1) number of people who appeared in the exam and their overall performance + (2) total seats + (3) level of question paper. Taking (1) and (2) as constants (since there is not much change in both from last year), cut off will be decided by (3) ie level of question asked.
So if in 2012, cut off was 209, in 2013, the question paper was much easier. The thumb rule to apply is to give 0.5 marks to every easy question over previous year. So if there were 30 easier questions than previous year, then cut off goes up by 15 marks and so on. Even though “easy question” is quite subjective, but it can be made out by number of questions from the static/ conventional part as that is same for everyone to study from common source. As this year, current affairs was almost negligible, questions were asked from common source which makes the paper much easier and hence tough to qualify.
In my view, Paper-I (General Studies)was a much much easier than last year and hence will prove to be the game changer. Even though in GSAT there were 30 odd reasoning questions, rest was quite easy. Coaching class samples are quite handy as they represent the well prepared candidates and can provide a mean of the average performance of the class. From my friends, i have gathered that in Vajiram, the average score is 250 marks, although someone claims to have even scored as high as 340. Most have scored between 260-170 marks.
In Vision Ias,average score is around 240 marks, same for some other coaching factories in Mukherjee Nagar. I feel there are many other serious players across India and since paper was “basic and fundamental” in approach without current affairs, cut off is predicted in the range of 245-250 marks (an increase of around 40 marks from 2012)
Every year self appointed apostles of cutoffs predict the cutoff to go beyond 230.
In 2011 also owing to the easy nature of the exam people claimed the cutoff will rocket towards 250.
You have not figured in the extremely low attendance this year which will definitely have a bearing on the cutoff.
Mrunal Sir, if I could answer all questions (minus one)successfully in economics, d credit goes to you singularly. but, in polity, I hav a doubt regarding d question on parliament n international treaty. page no 16.3 (point no 10) says d parliament needs d consent f J&K, though in a particular case. but at d end f d day, it comes under int treaty/agreement, no matter whether particular or general. wud b grateful if u could clarify a bit.
Regars!
Amit
*in Laxmikanth*
@vivek
bacho ko mat darao….
cut off will not b more than 215 by any chance….4 general, 200 for obc, 190 for sc, 186 for st..n so on
btw its my personal analysis
whoever think their score as X on 26th evening will reduce to X-2 in d very next day, n X-4 in the succeeding days n so on….
ultimately CUT OFF < or = 215 for GENERAL CATEGORY
Yes, the cutoff shall not exceed 215 (General) in any case considering the following factors-
1. Most of the senior aspirants preferred to skip the exam (only 47% attendance)
2. Most of the art student; whose representation on internet is low compared to science/engineering students would not be of same view. The paper-II seems to be easy (given the individual scores on internet) but its actually not.
3. Paper-I is becoming more and more conceptual rather than factual.
4. Average intelligentsia of people active on Mrunal or similar forums is higher than average intelligentsia of candidates in general.
Any ways, I am scoring in between 215-237, ST category, I think its a safe score.
Pl dont give stress on Seniors. I believe after introducing CSAT, freshers are on par with Seniors (who are preparing from last 2-3 years).
I am working for a S/W firm and let me tell you the fact: In my firm alone in Hyderabad more than 50 ppl are scoring above 230 just bcoz of GS Paper-2. Same is the case I am getting to know from friends in other companies. This year’s GS paper-1 was tricky but if common sense was applied along with Science knowledge gained till 12th , all these guys were able to score good marks. If all these guys who had taken up preparation only after filling UPSC forms can score like that , then definitely there would be huge set of people also scoring alike,who had been preparing from June-2012 if not earlier than that.
My guess Cut off would be 225 for General category.
So i really dont consider Seniors as a threat anymore. Rather its the seniors who are scared and hence didnt appear due to pattern change.
Both of you are living in fool’s paradise. Paper was so simple, even without preparation one can achieve 220 marks, with preparation easily cross 250 marks…
Many have scored even more than 300 marks…Most people fallin in range of 240-260
@Baldev
I really don’t understand what are you doing here when you yourself hava exhausted all your attempts. Better go and search for your career alternatives. If you are try to be next Mrunal, then let me tell you –you are living in utopia. You can’t be Mrunal in 1000 lives. Rather than helping Mrunal like Mr. Palas Nuwal and Mr. Shiva Ram are doing you are just spreading useless crap ideas of yours, the only thing which you have developed in your 4 year tryst with UPSC. Grow up man. Have a life. Stop spreading your bullshit rumors about cutoffs.
What gave you the impression that Im trying to be a replica of Mrunal? He is a genius and noone can come close to him when it comes to knowledge, teaching and counselling, but im only reflecting on my opinion and information… You have your own opinions and have the right to stick to that…just like me…
But all of this cannot stop the cutoff from going much higher this time…Im very sure of that..rest you can continue to remain in utopia…But you will remember me after one year when UPSC discloses the cut off
@Baldev
Yes, we will remember you as by your new name: durbal-asur the funniest guy on the forum.
@Baldev
Well…may be your predictions are correct. And sorry for being little harsh in my previous comment.
see baldev bhai- you may be a genius to score very easily without any preparation 220– but most of the candidates are not. so find some other higher place/platform. This is not your place to debate.
bhai tumhare kitne ban rahe hain?
please for god shake stop all these thing…
Attorney Gneral can never be a member of a committee
ram bihari u r wrong
He can be a member but cannot vote (Check Laxmi)
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC)
consists of not more than 25 Members of the Lok Sabha.
I dont know why everybdy is telling this wrong… yaar jab 15 se jyada nai hain LS ke then 25 se bi jyada nai hain…
I have marked 1,2,3… all correct.
Sir please look into it…
Naveen,
When the option says “Not more than 25 members”, it implies that 24, 23, 22, etc. members are allowed, however only 15 members from Lok Sabha are allowed. Hence the statement is incorrect.
I agree with Naveen. Statement one is correct as it cannot exceed 25 members, even though its strength right now is less than that
in my opinion there wnt be a huge rise in cut off bt there will be a huge rise in the 1st mark of the csat xam.i mean the topper of this particular exam wud have amassed humongous mark nt necessarily the cut off rise exponentially
3. According to the Constitution of India, which of the following are fundamental for the governance of the country?
In Lakshmikant, on page 7.1 introduction itself it is given that FR is the fundamental law of the land. Also “they are fundamental also in the sense that they are most essential for the allround development of the individuals” So is the ans FR?
To be very honest guys I thought not to write anything abt cut-offs n all but every other post since the exam is coming and discussing abt it so just want to convey few things:-
1. There is no benefit abt this discussion. Those who “think they have scored well” should surely start preparing for mains and those who haven’t they too should start preparing coz one day or the other you will have to prepare for mains so why not from this time itself.
2. Those who are making speculations abt cut-offs whether high or low, my question to them “are you guys from the xam taking organisation?” if not then plz dont spread your analytical skills here. Better save it for the betterment of society.
3. Finally, have a heart and respect for the owner of this website. Respect what he has said in bits and pieces in different articles. You have an angel guardian with you who is enlightening ur path so his thoughts should be given the place they deserve.
Recently Cabinet has approved restructuring of Incometax Dept. around 1200+ new post at IRS level. Are they gona consider filling some of the posts through CSE 13, then cut off may come down further considering anticipated vacancies in the IRS. Regards to all!
2010-2015 very safe scoe as gs paper which seems to be easy was not 45 in gs is enough and 50 in csat
Dear Mrunal Sir
what is expected cutoff for IFS as it is added from this year by new notification………..so no one has any idea about this……..could you please provide some idea on this.
Thanks in advance
Remembering SALSA made me smile in the exam….Thanks Mrunal
Bhaiya,Yeh National Legal Service Authority wale question me second option me Legal Programme metioned hai(Par act me Legal Service programme hai),I think only 1 should be correct because Legal programme contains lot of other programme as well.Please comment
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@vik Well said bro.
Chill out Pals,
Last year in paper 1 i got 84 marks and 5 of my friends who qualified mains got 75 or less marks in paper 1 ,
And this year i was expecting 110 but ending up in 88-90 marks in paper 1.
Those extraordinary marks holders will wind up in mains so My dear friend chill out and follow your heart and start preparing for the mains :)
so how much are u getting in paper 2
In paper 2 i am getting not less than 140 and not more than 150
Attorney Gneral can never be a member of a committee
Read Article 88 of Indian Const.
He can be member of house committees.It is mentioned in Laxmikanth clearly.I also thought like you friend but laxmikath polity clarified my doubt
@Mrunal
Laksmikanth says that NDC is an organ of Planning Commission. Plz check.
PAC Consists of not more than 25 members from Loksabha . okay
Not More= Less
PAC consists of LESS than 25 members from Loksabha …..Ofcourse LOKSABHA consists of less than 25 Members
How can this statemnt would be INCORRECT ????
this statement means PAC consists “either 25 or less than 25”. this is the correct interpretation which is wrong as PAC consists only 22 members.even i had the same doubt in the examination while reading the statement but in the considered it as wrong.
even i am having the same doubt..and not satisfied with explanation given below as reply….
not more than 25 could also mean 23 and 24. thus in my this statement is wrong. i think this explaination could satisfy u.
The PAC is formed every year with a strength of not more than 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament, and 7 from Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament…
see this on wikipedia in details:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(India)
I have scored around 220-225 ( Paper-I 48 wright 25 wrong total-73, Paper- II 61 wright 09 wrong Total- 70). Please say me is it safe score or not.
Thanks
u can never be safe unless u score xtremely high score coz none of answer keys re 100% correct..so better start preparing and leave the result to god.peace
“consists of not more than 25 Members of the Lok Sabha”
22 is not more than 25 ..
hence this statement is definitely true !!
there you go…. thanks karthikeyan. I was talking abt same thing. Lets wait for 1 yr to c wats da UPSC stand on this.
“not more than” means “less than or equal to” , people are making unnecessary assumptions…
I agree….Statement 1 is correct as it is not factually incorrect…
not more than 25 could also mean 23 and 24. thus in my view, this statement is wrong. i think this explaination could satisfy u.
Please take a look at the statement properly, it says Lok Sabha and not Parliament! For Lok Sabha it is not more than ’15’ members! Please do keep in mind that even 24 is not more than 25, so that means you can have 24 members which is incorrect!
dear Kartik,
yes, “not more than 15 members” is a subset of “not more than 25” …. according to this “wording” used in the Q paper, the statement is true.. absolutely no doubt about that.. but if UPSC says this statement is wrong, then it is poorly worded, and they need to raise their language standards..
By your logic the statements such as
“PAC consists of not more than 500 Members of the Lok Sabha” or
“PAC consists of not less than 300 Members of the Lok Sabha” etc would be correct..
Why cant you people think in a straight forward manner and stop thinking about the nuances in the question? Only because you have answered differently doesnt mean that the UPSC has poor question setting standards..peace..
according to you if that is the correct statement then 24 members should also be right as it is less than 25 but that is wrong because number of members is 22. So option A is right for some examples but not for all examples hence option A is wrong..
As far as the question regarding participation of nominated members in the election of Pres. and V-Pres. Wont we also consider the two Anglo Indians who may also be nominated. Because the question clearly states “both houses”. Please reply . . . . thanks
14 Correct 04 Incorrect
please spare this page from unnecessary talking about probable cutoffs. This is not a forum to discuss these kind of rubbish thing at this very crucial time. Start preparing for mains.
thanks a lot… for info…