1997 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 1997 · General Studies
Question 96: Polity and Governance
The Dinesh Goswami Committee recommended
athe constitution of state level election commissions
bList System of election to the Lok Sabha
cgovernmental funding of parliamentary elections
da ban on the candidature of independent candidates in the parliamentary elections
AnswerThe answer is (c).
The Dinesh Goswami Committee on electoral reforms (1990) recommended state funding of elections, in kind rather than in cash. The other options are not what the key credits to this committee: State election commissions came with the 73rd and 74th Amendments (1992) for local-body elections, and the list system is a method of proportional representation.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) State election commissions came with the 73rd and 74th Amendments in 1992, for local bodies.
- (b) The list system is a proportional-representation method and is not the key's choice for this committee.
- (c) Right: the committee recommended government funding of elections.
- (d) A ban on independents is not the recommendation the key attributes to this committee.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1997, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.