Previous Year Question
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
Public Health and Sanitation — State List
Census — Union List
Allocation of seats in the Council of States — Second Schedule
Anti-Defection — Tenth Schedule
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
Option (a) is correctly matched. Entry 6 of the State List (List II) in the Seventh Schedule includes “Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries.” Thus, public health and sanitation is primarily a State List subject.
Option (b) is correctly matched. Census is contained in Entry 69 of the Union List in the Seventh Schedule. Hence, Census is a Union List subject.
Option (c) is incorrectly matched. The Fourth Schedule, read with Articles 4(1) and 80(2), contains the allocation of seats to the States and Union Territories in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha). Therefore, it is not contained in the Second Schedule.
The Second Schedule principally contains provisions concerning emoluments, allowances and related matters of constitutional offices such as the President, Governors, Presiding Officers of Parliament and State Legislatures, Supreme Court/High Court Judges and the CAG. Thus, linking Rajya Sabha seat allocation with the Second Schedule is incorrect.
Option (d) is correctly matched. The Tenth Schedule contains provisions relating to disqualification on the ground of defection. It was inserted by the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985 and is linked with Articles 102(2) and 191(2).
Thus, the useful examination association is—Public Health → State List; Census → Union List; Rajya Sabha seats → Fourth Schedule; Anti-Defection → Tenth Schedule.