Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 2000 GS-I
Question

There is no reservation for SC and ST for Lok Sabha in:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Arunachal Pradesh

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Arunachal Pradesh”.

The Eighty-Third (83rd) Amendment Act of 2000 specifically exempts Arunachal Pradesh from the mandatory reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Panchayats. This is due to the unique demographic composition of the state, where the entire population belongs to tribal communities and there is no SC population.

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