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Recent Amendments/Bills: 11 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 11 questions on Recent Amendments/Bills between 1999 and 2026: CAPF 4 · CDS 4 · CISF (LDCE) 1 · NDA 1 · CSE 1. 8 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 1 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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CAPF2026Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

Consider the following statements with reference to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025: 1. The Central Government shall take necessary steps to recognize and register e-sports with the agency and authority, as the case may be, as a legitimate form of competitive sports in India. 2. The Central Government shall facilitate the development and availability of online social games for recreational and educational purposes. 3. This Act prohibits ‗online money game‘ and ‗online money gaming services‘. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Online Gaming Act 2025 → recognises e-sports as competitive sport | promotes online social games | prohibits online money games and services
CAPF2026Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, 2025 allows private sector participation, under a licence from the Central Government, to undertake which of the following? 1. Plant operations 2. Power generation 3. Equipment manufacturing Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Answer A (official UPSC key)SHANTI Act 2025 → licensed private participation in plant operations, power generation and equipment manufacturing
CAPF2026Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

Which of the following statements about the Viksit Bharat-GRAM G Act, 2025 is/are correct? 1. It links wage employment with durable rural infrastructure across four priority areas. 2. All assets created are aggregated into the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act 2025 → links wage employment with durable rural infrastructure in four priority areas | assets aggregated in the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack
CDS2025 · 1Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 6·5

Which of the following Constitution Amendment Acts introduced GST (Goods and Services Tax) in course of inter-state trade or commerce ?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)GST on inter-State trade introduced by → the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act
NDA2022 · 1Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

Who among the following is the Head of the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India to enquire into the circumstances that led to the Prime Minister of India’s convoy being stuck for several minutes on a flyover in Punjab recently?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)SC committee on the PM's convoy stuck in Punjab → headed by Justice Indu Malhotra
CDS2021 · 2Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 6·5

Following the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, the Parliament of India enacted quite a few GST Acts in the year 2017. Which one of the following does not fall in this category ?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)NOT a Parliament-enacted GST Act of 2017 → the State Goods and Services Tax Act
CDS2013 · 1Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

Consider the following statements regarding e-courts, launched recently in India 1. They will facilitate hearing of cases via video conferencing. 2. They will follow the same procedures that are laid out for the bench for hearing appeals in an open court. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)e-courts → hearings by video conferencing | same procedures as an open-court appeal bench
CAPF2011Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 13·1

Which of the following is the objective of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2010 passed by the Lok Sabha in March 2011 ?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill 2010 → IIT status to eight new institutions
CSE1999Recent Amendments/BillsOn card POL 10·2

Consider the following statements about the recent amendments to the elections law by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1996: 1 Any conviction for the offence of insulting the Indian National flag or the Constitution of Indian shall entail disqualification for contesting elections to Parliament and State Legislatures for six year from the date of conviction 2 There is an increase in the security deposit which a candidate has to make to contest the election to the Lok Sabha 3 A candidate cannot now stand for election from more than one Parliament Constituency 4 No election will now be countermanded on the death of a contesting candidate Which of the above statements are correct?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)RPA (Amendment) Act 1996 → conviction for insulting the Flag/Constitution bars contesting for 6 years | higher security deposit | no countermanding on a candidate's death | NOT: candidacy limited to one constituency

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