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Q84·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2026

Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of SC and ST

PolityParliament & LegislatureStatement-basedHardStatic

Question

Consider the following statements about the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Parliament of India:

1Although members of this Committee are elected from both Houses of Parliament, the Chairperson of this Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
2Twenty members are elected by the Rajya Sabha and ten members by the Lok Sabha.
3No Minister, except for the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, is eligible to be a member of this Committee.
4Members are elected for a fixed term of two years from the date they enter their office .

Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct? (a) There are four correct statements . (b) There is only one correct statement, that is statement 2 . (c) There are two correct statements, that include statement 1 . (d) There is no correct statement.

Options

a

There are four correct statements.

b

There is only one correct statement, that is statement 2.

c

There are two correct statements, that include statement 1.

d

There is no correct statement.

Answer

Explanation

The correct answer is (d), as all four statements are technically false. The committee consists of 30 members, but the ratio is 20 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha, reversing the numbers in statement 2. The Chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from among its members, making statement 1 false. Statement 3 is incorrect because ministers are barred from joining parliamentary investigative committees to preserve separation of executive oversight. Statement 4 is incorrect because members serve a standard one-year term rather than a two-year assignment.

The SC/ST welfare committee draws 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha for a one-year term, its chair is selected by the Speaker, and ministers are barred from joining.

Question details

Year

2026

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q84

Subject

Polity

Sub-topic

Parliament & Legislature

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

M. Laxmikanth Indian Polity Ch.23 Parliamentary Committees

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