Q10. What is the term of a Central Vigilance Commissioner, subject to the prescribed maximum age?
[UPSSSC Lower Subordinate Services, 26 Jun 2016]
(A) Five years or 62 years
(B) Five years or 65 years
(C) Four years or 62 years
(D) Four years or 65 years
Answer: (D) Four years or 65 years
Explanation: The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 provides a four-year term or service until the age of 65, whichever is earlier. The rule is intended to regulate tenure of both the Central Vigilance Commissioner and Vigilance Commissioners.
Q9. On which date did the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 come into effect?
[MPPSC State Service Preliminary, 2016]
(A) 28 September 1993
(B) 25 October 1993
(C) 17 November 1993
(D) 31 December 1993
Answer: (A) 28 September 1993
Explanation: The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 was deemed to have come into force on 28 September 1993. The enactment supplies the legal foundation for NHRC, State Human Rights Commissions and designated Human Rights Courts.
Q8. What was the purpose of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993?
[MPPSC State Service Preliminary, 2015]
(A) Better protection of human rights
(B) Constitution of a National Human Rights Commission
(C) Establishment of State Human Rights Commissions
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
Explanation: The Act provides for improved protection of human rights by constituting a national commission, enabling state commissions and establishing the framework for Human Rights Courts. All of the listed objectives are covered by its statutory design.
Q7. Which officeholder does not fall within the Lokpal’s investigative jurisdiction?
[UPRVUNL Assistant Engineer, 2014]
(A) Members of Parliament
(B) Union Ministers
(C) President of India
(D) Prime Minister of India
Answer: (C) President of India
Explanation: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 includes the Prime Minister subject to safeguards, Union Ministers and members of Parliament within prescribed jurisdiction. It does not confer jurisdiction over the President of India in the same manner.
Q6. Consider statements:
(1) National Development Council is an organ of Planning Commission.
(2) Economic and social planning is on the Concurrent List.
(3) The Constitution envisages Panchayats preparing development and social justice plans.
Which are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Preliminary, 2013]
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (B) 2 and 3 only
Explanation: The NDC was a separate executive forum rather than a subordinate organ of the Planning Commission. Economic and social planning is Entry 20 of the Concurrent List, while Article 243G enables state laws assigning development planning functions to Panchayats.
Q5. The Lokpal institution in India most closely follows which international idea?
[MPSC State Service Preliminary, 2013]
(A) India’s parliamentary ombudsman
(B) Ombudsman institution of Scandinavia
(C) Russian procurator system
(D) French council system
Answer: (B) Ombudsman institution of Scandinavia
Explanation: The ombudsman originated in Sweden and spread to other Scandinavian countries before informing India’s Lokpal and Lokayukta model. These bodies aim to improve public accountability by examining specified grievances and corruption allegations against officials.
Q4. What does CBI stand for?
[Chhattisgarh Police Sub-Inspector, 2012]
(A) Central Bureau of Intelligence
(B) Central Bureau of Investigation
(C) Central Bureau of Investment
(D) Central Bureau of Infrastructure
Answer: (B) Central Bureau of Investigation
Explanation: CBI means Central Bureau of Investigation. The agency came into being in 1963 by executive resolution, inheriting investigative powers under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 and handling selected corruption, economic and serious crime cases.
Q3. In which month and year was India’s Planning Commission established?
[TNUSRB Sub-Inspector, 4 Jul 2010]
(A) March 1948
(B) March 1950
(C) March 1951
(D) March 1955
Answer: (B) March 1950
Explanation: The Planning Commission was constituted by a government resolution on 15 March 1950. Chaired by the Prime Minister, it formulated Five-Year Plans and advised on national development priorities until its replacement by NITI Aayog in 2015.
Q2. Under the original human rights commission law, who could be appointed Chairperson of the NHRC?
[UPSC Civil Services Preliminary, 2004]
(A) Any serving Supreme Court judge
(B) Any serving High Court judge
(C) Only a retired Chief Justice of India
(D) Only a retired Chief Justice of a High Court
Answer: (C) Only a retired Chief Justice of India
Explanation: Under the law applicable in the 2004 examination, the NHRC Chairperson had to have been Chief Justice of India. The 2019 amendment subsequently broadened eligibility to include former judges of the Supreme Court, making the original answer historically specific.
Q1. Five-Year Plans in India were finally approved by which body?
[UPSC Civil Services Preliminary, 2002]
(A) Union Cabinet
(B) President on the advice of Prime Minister
(C) Planning Commission
(D) National Development Council
Answer: (D) National Development Council
Explanation: The Planning Commission prepared the Five-Year Plans, but their final endorsement was given by the National Development Council, comprising Union and state leadership. The NDC functioned as a national forum for coordination of development priorities in the pre-NITI Aayog period.
