Indian Polity and Constitution Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 21)

The answer is the advocate’s own State Bar Council. Section 6 says a State Bar Council admits persons as advocates on its roll. The BCI does not enrol directly. The Supreme Court Registry and the Law Ministry do not keep the roll. Hook: State first, BCI above.

The answer is that the BCI is a statutory regulator with disciplinary power, while the Supreme Court Bar Association is a voluntary membership body. The Advocates Act gives the BCI its powers. The option on criminal and civil cases is wrong because the BCI is not split that way. The options on public election and on no legal existence are wrong because the Act creates the BCI. Hook: BCI is the one with the statute.

The answer is the Advocates Act, 1961. Section 4 of that Act sets up the Bar Council of India. The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 is an older law. Article 145 deals with Supreme Court rules, not Bar Councils. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 deals with free legal aid. Hook: Bar Council, Advocates Act, 1961.

The Act received presidential assent on 12 February 2024, and came into force on 21 June 2024, covering SSC exams alongside UPSC, RRB, IBPS, and NTA exams.

CHSL, the Combined Higher Secondary Level exam, recruits 12th-pass candidates for posts including LDC, Postal Assistant, and Data Entry Operator.

Unlike UPSC, SSC is not a statutory body — it is an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training, created by a government resolution. A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended granting it statutory status.

SSC began as the Subordinate Services Commission on 4 November 1975, and was renamed the Staff Selection Commission on 26 September 1977.

The Defence Planning Committee coordinates long-term strategy across the three armed services and key ministries, a gap no single existing body owned before 2018.

The NSAB has no serving officials. It is made up only of retired officers, diplomats, and outside experts, appointed for fixed two-year terms.

Until 2018, the Cabinet Secretary chaired the SPG. Since October 2018, the National Security Advisor chairs it instead — a change many older prep sources still miss.

The NSC was set up after the May 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests exposed the lack of a formal body for long-term strategic planning.

The 2019 Amendment gave the NIA extraterritorial jurisdiction. It can now investigate a Scheduled Offence committed outside India, if it involves an Indian citizen, Indian interests, or an India-registered ship or aircraft.

Under Section 6, the NIA does not need a state’s consent. If the Central Government decides a Scheduled Offence occurred, it can direct the NIA to investigate on its own.

The NIA was created under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008. Parliament passed it after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks exposed the lack of a federal agency for cross-border terror cases.

Fundamental Duties sit in Part IV-A, Article 51A, added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.

Article 51A(f) requires citizens “to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture” — protecting monuments and places of public importance specifically is not how this duty is worded, making it the odd one out among these near-duties.

The Swaran Singh Committee (1976), constituted during the Emergency, recommended adding a chapter on Fundamental Duties to the Constitution.

The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 empowers the Election Commission to register parties and allot symbols, and to settle disputes under its Paragraph 15.

CAT’s principal bench sits in New Delhi, with around 19 regional benches across the country.