2004 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies
Question 34: Polity and Governance
With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
aForests : Concurrent List
bStock Exchanges : Concurrent List
cPost Office Savings Bank : Union List
dPublic Health : State List
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Stock exchanges and futures markets are in the Union List (Entry 48), not the Concurrent List, so (b) is the wrongly matched pair. Forests were moved from the State List to the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment (1976). The Post Office Savings Bank is a Union subject, and public health and sanitation is a State subject.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Correctly matched: forests are in the Concurrent List since 1976.
- (b) Not correctly matched: stock exchanges are in the Union List.
- (c) Correctly matched: Post Office Savings Bank is in the Union List.
- (d) Correctly matched: public health is in the State List.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.