Daily Current Affairs MCQ: 16 October 2026

Answer: (a) A-2, B-1, C-3. Under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960: Form 6 adds a new name, Form 7 objects to or deletes a name, and Form 8 corrects entries or records a change of address. Petitioners told the Court that deleted voters filing Form 6 must declare it is a first-time application, which is not true for them.

Answer: (b) RP Act, 1950. The 1950 Act deals with allocation of seats, delimitation orders and electoral rolls (Section 31 even punishes a false declaration with up to one year in jail). The RP Act, 1951 deals with the conduct of elections: qualifications, corrupt practices and election petitions. Easy trick: 1950 = who can vote, 1951 = how the vote is held.

Answer: (c) at least two hours before the remand hearing. The Court said grounds of arrest must be given in writing, in a language the person understands, in all offences under all laws. Grounds can be told orally first, but the written copy must come at least two hours before remand. Without it, arrest and remand are illegal (Article 22(1), Section 47 BNSS).

Answer: (b). Section 7 of the 2023 Act sets the Selection Committee: PM (chair), Leader of Opposition (or leader of the largest opposition party) in Lok Sabha, and a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM. The CJI, who was on the panel under the Anoop Baranwal judgment (2023), was left out. A Search Committee under the Law Minister shortlists names. Section 16 of the same Act gives the immunity now under challenge.

Answer: (d). The CEC can be removed only like a Supreme Court judge: proved misbehaviour or incapacity, by a special majority in both Houses of Parliament. Other Election Commissioners can be removed by the President only on the CEC's recommendation. This protection keeps the CEC independent of the government of the day.

Answer: (a) Article 361. It protects the President and Governors from court for acts done in office, bars criminal cases during the term, and allows civil cases only after two months' notice. The immunity ends with the term. Article 105 covers privileges of MPs, Article 311 protects civil servants and Article 124 sets up the Supreme Court.

Answer: (c). Article 14 allows classification but not class legislation. The group must be marked out by a clear difference (intelligible differentia), and that difference must have a reasonable link (rational nexus) to what the law wants to achieve. Example: a lower bus fare for senior citizens passes; a lower fare only for people named Sharma would fail.

Answer: (b) 1 and 3 only. Statement 2 is wrong: the reservation starts only after delimitation based on the first census taken after the Act began, and lasts 15 years (Article 334A). Article 330A is for Lok Sabha, 332A for State Assemblies, and Article 239AA was amended for Delhi. That link with delimitation is why the two issues travel together.

Answer: (d). This 'special majority' has two parts and both are needed. There is no joint sitting for amendment bills, so each House must pass it on its own. Amendments touching federal features (like representation of States) also need ratification by half the State legislatures. Kesavananda Bharati (1973) added that no amendment can destroy the basic structure.

Answer: (c) Article 85; six months. Article 85(1) says six months must not pass between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next. Article 85(2) lets the President prorogue either House and dissolve Lok Sabha. Prorogation ends a session; adjournment only pauses a sitting. Article 108 is the joint sitting.