UPSC Prelims 2014 · Question 89 of 100
UPSC Prelims 2014 question on Tenth Schedule Anti Defection
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2014
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicParliament
- DifficultyEasy
- TypeDirect
Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection?
Show answer
Answer: D. Tenth Schedule
Verdict
The answer is the Tenth Schedule. It contains the anti defection provisions.
Analysis
The Tenth Schedule was inserted by the Fifty Second Amendment Act of 1985 and lays down the grounds on which a legislator may be disqualified for defection, with the presiding officer deciding such questions. The Second Schedule deals with emoluments of high offices. The Fifth Schedule covers administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. The Eighth Schedule lists the recognised languages, which is a frequent confusion because it too is a well known numbered list.
Source
M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity.
How to crack it
The twelve schedules are near guaranteed marks if you fix them once, and the four that recur most are the Fifth for Scheduled Areas, the Sixth for tribal areas in the North-East, the Eighth for languages and the Tenth for anti defection. Attach the amendment to the schedule where one exists, since the Tenth came with the Fifty Second Amendment and the Eleventh and Twelfth came with the panchayat and municipality amendments. Schedule, subject and amendment learned as a triplet answers every variant of this question.