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Constitutional and statutory bodies

Which bodies the Constitution creates, and which come from an Act or a resolution.

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Example 1 · level 1

What is the basis of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes?

  1. Constitutional body, Article 338B
  2. Constitutional body, Article 315
  3. Constitutional body, Article 280
  4. Constitutional body, Article 338
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  1. National Commission for Scheduled Castes: Constitutional body, Article 338.
  2. National Commission for Backward Classes: Constitutional body, Article 338B (since the 102nd Amendment, 2018).
  3. Finance Commission: Constitutional body, Article 280.
  4. Union Public Service Commission: Constitutional body, Article 315.
  5. Source: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/

Answer: Constitutional body, Article 338

Example 2 · level 2

Which of these is a constitutional body, Article 315?

  1. Election Commission of India
  2. Finance Commission
  3. Comptroller and Auditor-General
  4. Union Public Service Commission
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  1. Union Public Service Commission: Constitutional body, Article 315.
  2. Election Commission of India: Constitutional body, Article 324.
  3. Finance Commission: Constitutional body, Article 280.
  4. Comptroller and Auditor-General: Constitutional office, Article 148.
  5. Source: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/

Answer: Union Public Service Commission

Example 3 · level 3

Consider the following pairs (Body : Basis): 1. National Commission for Backward Classes : Constitutional body, Article 338B 2. Union Public Service Commission : Constitutional body, Article 280 3. Central Bureau of Investigation : Statutory body, Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. All three pairs
  4. None of the pairs
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  1. Pair 1 is correct: National Commission for Backward Classes: Constitutional body, Article 338B (since the 102nd Amendment, 2018).
  2. Pair 2 is wrong: Union Public Service Commission is not Constitutional body, Article 280. Union Public Service Commission: Constitutional body, Article 315.
  3. Pair 3 is wrong: Central Bureau of Investigation is not Statutory body, Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003. Central Bureau of Investigation: Set up by a Home Ministry resolution in 1963; powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
  4. So 1 of the 3 pairs is correctly matched.
  5. Source: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/

Answer: Only one pair

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