Ten MCQs on current International and national events - 162

PRERNA FOR IAS

(ASSOCIATE OF SAMKALP)

A-Category MCQs -162

1. With reference to preventive detention in the context of the recent Allahabad High Court judgment, consider the following statements:

1. Preventive detention is an exceptional power and should rest on specific and credible evidence.
2. Ideological association by itself is sufficient to establish a threat to public security.
3. The Allahabad High Court quashed an NSA detention connected with the Noida workers' protest.
4. Participation in a protest cannot by itself substitute for proof of a threat to public security.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Correct Answer: (b)

Explanation: Statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct. The Allahabad High Court quashed the NSA detention of a protester after finding the detention case arbitrary and vague. The case underlined that preventive detention is an exceptional State power and requires specific, credible grounds. Statement 2 is incorrect because ideological association or participation in protest cannot by itself establish a threat to public security. Elimination clue: preventive detention operates before ordinary criminal conviction; therefore, procedural safeguards and evidentiary justification become especially important. Political belief cannot substitute for evidence of an actual security threat.

2. With reference to the proposed caste enumeration in Census 2027, consider the following statements:

1. The government proposes an open-ended question rather than a predetermined caste list.
2. Open-ended enumeration can generate difficulties involving spelling variations, sub-castes and regional identities.
3. The 2011 Socio-Economic and Caste Census generated 46.7 lakh distinct caste descriptions.
4. Self-reported caste information automatically produces standardised and directly comparable statistical categories.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 4 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Correct Answer: (b)