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Prelims questions 2

• 21 Oct 2026Indian SocietyArticles 341 and 342A — distinct routes of community identification

  Consider the following statements: 1. Parliament may, by law, include a community in or exclude it from a list of Scheduled Castes specified under Article 341. 2. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 restricts Scheduled Caste recognition to persons professing Hinduism alone. 3. The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021 clarified States’ power to maintain their own lists of socially and educationally backward classes for State purposes. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 17 Oct 2026Indian SocietyCensus legislative competence and record confidentiality

  With reference to the Census in India, consider the following statements: 1. Census is included in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule. 2. Every person has a general statutory right to inspect the individual schedules completed by Census officers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?