Which one of the following Acts is correctly paired with the year of its enactment?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Correctly paired → Forest Rights Act : 2006 | NOT: Consumer Protection 2012 | NOT: RTI 2004 | NOT: POCSO 2010
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Special Acts: 31 previous year questions
UPSC has asked 31 questions on Special Acts between 2010 and 2026: CDS 11 · CISF (LDCE) 11 · CAPF 4 · CSE 4 · EPFO (AO/EO) 1. 23 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 4 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.
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Which of the following acts/behaviour shall amount to „sexual harassment‟ as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013? 1. Verbal remarks of sexual nature 2. Non-verbal conduct of sexual nature 3. Physical conduct of sexual nature Select the answer using the codes given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Sexual harassment under the POSH Act 2013 → verbal, non-verbal and physical conduct of a sexual nature
The Committee to recommend the appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner consists of whom of the following ? 1. Prime Minister of India 2. Chief Justice of India 3. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha 4. A Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister 5. Cabinet Secretary Select the answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Committee recommending the CIC → Prime Minister | Leader of Opposition | a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM | NOT: Chief Justice of India | NOT: Cabinet Secretary
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1. The abolition of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 was recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission 2. The Right to Information Act was enacted in 2005 Select the answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)2nd ARC recommended abolishing the Official Secrets Act 1923 | RTI Act enacted in 2005
Consider the following statements : 1. In India, the Special Marriage Act protects an individual if one enters into an interreligious marriage. 2. Right to marry a person of one‘s choice is an integral aspect of one‘s Fundamental Rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. 3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights also resonates marital rights of every adult consenting individuals. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Special Marriage Act protects inter-religious marriage | marrying by choice is part of Art 21 | the UDHR echoes marital rights of consenting adults
Which of the following statements, as per the Information Technology Act, 2000, is/are correct ? 1. This Act provides that electronic signature is legally valid in the same manner as the handwritten signature. 2. Both the Central Government and State Governments have been given the power to make rules with respect to electronic signature. Select the answer using the code given below :
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Answer A (official UPSC key)IT Act 2000 → electronic signature legally valid like a handwritten one | NOT: both Centre and States make e-signature rules
The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India 2004 is related to which of the following ?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)PUCL v. Union of India (2004) → Right to Information
With reference to India, consider the following pairs: Action The Act under which it is covered 1. Unauthorized wearing of police or military The Official Secrets Act, 1923 uniforms 2. Knowingly misleading or otherwise interfering The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 with a police officer or military officer when engaged in their duties 3. Celebratory gunfire which can endanger the The Arms (Amendment) Act, 2019 personal safety of others How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Correctly matched → only two: unauthorised uniform – Official Secrets Act; celebratory gunfire – Arms (Amendment) Act 2019 | NOT: interfering with police/military officers – Evidence Act
The Act to make daughters an equal co-heir with the sons was enacted in :
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Act making daughters equal co-heirs with sons → 1956
With reference to India, consider the following statements: 1. Government law officers and legal firms are recognized as advocates, but corporate lawyers and patent attorneys are excluded from recognition as advocates. 2. Bar Councils have the power to lay down the rules relating to legal education and recognition of law colleges. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Bar Councils → power to lay down rules on legal education + recognition of law colleges | NOT: govt law officers & legal firms recognised as advocates while corporate lawyers & patent attorneys excluded
Which one of the following Committees/Commissions has given the recommendation on removing corruption in public offices ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Recommendations on removing corruption in public offices → Santhanam Committee
Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 “Gratification” means
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Answer D (official UPSC key)'Gratification' (Prevention of Corruption Act) → not restricted to pecuniary or money-estimable gratification
According to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, who among the following can be held liable ? 1. Any person who induces a public servant to perform improperly a public duty by giving or promising to give any undue advantage 2. Any public servant who obtains or accepts or attempts to obtain from any person any undue advantage 3. A person who is compelled to give undue advantage and has reported the same to the concerned authority 4. A commercial organisation offering undue advantage to any public servant Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Liable under PC (Amendment) Act 2018 → a person inducing a public servant with undue advantage | a public servant taking undue advantage | a commercial organisation offering it | NOT: a person compelled who reported it
Rule making power to carry out the purpose of the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 is given to the Central Government under which one of the following Sections of the Act ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Rule-making power under the CISF Act 1968 → Section 22
Dismissal, removal, etc. of enrolled members of CISF under Section 8 of the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 is subject to
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Dismissal of enrolled CISF members (S. 8) → subject to Article 311 and Central Government rules
Which one of the following is not punishable under the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 ?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)NOT punishable under the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act → commission of sati
For the purpose of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, a „child‟ means a person who has not completed the age of
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Answer B (official UPSC key)'Child' under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act → a person under 16
Under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which one of the following is not permitted ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)NOT permitted under the SC/ST (PoA) Act 1989 → anticipatory bail
Which one of the following statements is not correct ? ―Industrial Undertaking in Public Sector‖ means an industrial undertaking owned, controlled or managed by
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Public-sector industrial undertaking → NOT correct: a company set up by members of the public
Which one of the following is not a feature of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Aadhaar Act 2016 → NOT a feature: only citizens may enrol
Which of the following statements relating to the Scheduled Tribe and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 are correct ? 1. The Act recognizes forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been occupying the forest land before October 25,1980 2. The onus of implementation of the Act lies at the level ofthe State /UT Governments 3. The Act seeks to recognize and vest certain forest rights in the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Forest Rights Act 2006 → recognises forest rights of STs in occupation before 25 Oct 1980 (per key) | implementation by State/UT Governments | vests rights in forest-dwelling STs and traditional forest dwellers
'Which one of the following statements is not true of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Domestic Violence Act 2005 → NOT true: relief only against the husband or male live-in partner
Which of the following are constitutional provisions and laws for the protection of the rights of the Scheduled Castes in India? 1. Article 17 of the Constitution of India 2. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 3. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer C (official UPSC key)SC protections → Article 17 | Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 | SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989
Consider the following statements 1. Forming a cooperative society is a Fundamental Right in India. 2. Cooperative societies do not fall within the ambit of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Forming a cooperative society is a Fundamental Right | NOT: cooperatives are outside the RTI Act
Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Initiates determination of forest rights under the FRA 2006 → the Gram Sabha
Consider the following statements : According to Hindu Law, marriage is defined as 1. a contract 2. a sacrament 3. mutual understanding 4. indissoluble Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Hindu marriage → a sacrament | indissoluble | NOT: a contract | NOT: mutual understanding
The Right to Information means and includes 1. inspection of documents 2. taking out files from office to any place desired by the applicant 3. taking photograph of files 4. obtaining information in tapes Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Right to Information includes → inspecting documents, photographing files, obtaining information on tapes | NOT: taking files out of the office
Right to Information is
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Right to Information → both a fundamental right and a legal right
The digital divide refers to the :
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Digital divide → the gap between those with and without access to technology
The Civil Liability of Nuclear Damage Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha on August 2010, does not make provision for [2011-I]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Nuclear Liability Bill (2010) did NOT provide → a ₹1,500 crore liability cap on the Government of India
With reference to the Consumer Disputes Redressal at district level in India, which one of the following statements is not correct ? [2010]
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Consumer District Forum → NOT correct: handles complaints only up to ₹50 lakh
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