Q50. The Sixth Schedule deals with the administration of tribal areas in which region?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-I 2025, 24 June, Shift 1]
(A) North-East India
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(D) Central India
Answer: (A) North-East India
Explanation: The Sixth Schedule establishes a special tribal-area administration in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Its autonomous district and regional councils exercise locally defined powers. The listed states all lie in northeastern India, not in the other regions.
Q49. Which of the following are NOT among Fifth Schedule States covered by PESA:
(i) Rajasthan,
(ii) Madhya Pradesh,
(iii) Assam,
(iv) Tamil Nadu
[Punjab Police Constable 2025, 4 June, Shift 1]
(A) Both i and ii
(B) Both iii and iv
(C) Both i and iv
(D) Both ii and iv
Answer: (B) Both iii and iv
Explanation: Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have Fifth Schedule areas to which PESA extends. Assam’s constitutionally specified tribal areas are governed by the Sixth Schedule, and Tamil Nadu has no Fifth Schedule area. Accordingly, the excluded pair is iii and iv.
Q48. What does the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deal with?
[RPF Constable 2024 recruitment, held 7 March 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Powers of Panchayats
(B) Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
(C) Disqualification on grounds of defection
(D) Provisions concerning languages
Answer: (B) Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
Explanation: The Fifth Schedule, read with Article 244(1), concerns Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes outside the four Sixth Schedule states. It sets out the Governor’s role, Tribes Advisory Councils, and safeguards for administration in specified tribal regions.
Q47. The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India concerns which subject?
[OSSC CGL Mains 2024, 1 September]
(A) Languages
(B) Rajya Sabha seat allocation
(C) Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
(D) Disqualification for defection
Answer: (C) Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
Explanation: The Fifth Schedule protects Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes through special administrative safeguards. The Eighth Schedule lists languages, the Fourth allocates Rajya Sabha seats, and the Tenth contains anti-defection provisions. This distinction is frequently tested in polity papers.
Q46. Who may create or dissolve Union Territories in India under the Union’s constitutional framework?
[SSC GD Constable 2024, 1 March, Shift 3]
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) President acting alone
(C) Union Government through the parliamentary process
(D) State Government
Answer: (C) Union Government through the parliamentary process
Explanation: Creation and reorganisation of territories are effected by parliamentary legislation within the Constitution’s framework, principally Articles 3 and 4. The Union Government may initiate proposals, but an executive decision alone does not replace the necessary law enacted by Parliament.
Q45. Consider:
(1) Scheduled Areas are notified by the President.
(2) A State with Scheduled Areas must constitute a Tribes Advisory Council.
Which is correct?
[UPPSC RO/ARO General Studies 2024, 11 February]
(A) Neither 1 nor 2
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Only 1
Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Explanation: Paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule authorises presidential notification of Scheduled Areas. Paragraph 4 requires a Tribes Advisory Council in every state containing such areas. Both constitutional safeguards operate together, so each statement in the question is correct.
Q44. The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution relates to tribal administration in which group of states?
[UPPSC RO/ARO General Studies 2024, 11 February]
(A) Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram
(B) Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram
(C) Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram
(D) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
Answer: (D) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
Explanation: Article 244(2) makes the Sixth Schedule applicable to specified tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Neither Arunachal Pradesh nor Nagaland belongs to that four-state Sixth Schedule group, despite having distinctive tribal governance arrangements.
Q43. The Fifth Schedule governs and protects the interests of which community?
[69th BPSC Prelims 2023, 30 September]
(A) Scheduled Castes
(B) Religious minorities
(C) Scheduled Tribes
(D) Linguistic minorities
Answer: (C) Scheduled Tribes
Explanation: The Fifth Schedule provides for administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. Its protections include a special gubernatorial regulatory role and Tribes Advisory Councils. Scheduled Castes and religious or linguistic minorities are protected under other constitutional provisions.
Q42. For the administration of which state does the Sixth Schedule NOT provide special arrangements?
[WBCS Mains 2023, Polity and Economy]
(A) Assam
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Tripura
(D) Manipur
Answer: (D) Manipur
Explanation: The Sixth Schedule names Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Manipur has its own arrangements for hill areas but is not one of the four states administered under this Schedule. The distinction avoids confusing northeastern tribal protections.
Q41. Which declarations of entire districts as Scheduled Areas in Chhattisgarh are correct: (i) Surguja, (ii) Korba, (iii) Raigarh, (iv) Jashpur?
[CGPSC Prelims General Studies 2023]
(A) i, ii, iii and iv
(B) Only i and ii
(C) Only i, ii and iii
(D) Only i, ii and iv
Answer: (D) Only i, ii and iv
Explanation: The Scheduled Areas Order identifies Surguja, Korba and Jashpur as whole Scheduled Area districts in the relevant territorial specification. Only selected development blocks within Raigarh were included, not its entire district; therefore iii is incorrect.
