MPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper-I · Question 15 of 100

This question was cancelled by MPPSC and marks were awarded to all candidates, so no option is treated as correct. It asked how many women were elected in the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election; none of the four figures offered (20, 22, 25 or 28) matched the number actually elected, which is the likely reason the commission voided it. Treat the item only as a prompt to revise women's representation in legislatures.

• (a)20 — Not accepted as correct — MPPSC cancelled this question and gave marks to all; no offered count matched the actual number of women elected.
• (b)22 — Not accepted as correct — the item was voided, so no option carries the answer.
• (c)25 — Not accepted as correct — MPPSC cancelled the question; none of the four figures was treated as right.
• (d)28 — Not accepted as correct — the commission awarded marks to all candidates instead of any single option.

The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) has 230 elected seats. Women's representation in Indian legislatures has historically been low — usually well under 15% of seats — which is the backdrop to the 2023 constitutional amendment that reserves one-third of seats for women.

Even a voided question can carry an examinable idea. Here the durable takeaways are the size of the MP Assembly and the persistently small share of women legislators — not the specific (unmatched) count the item demanded.

• The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha has 230 elected seats.
• Women have historically held a small share (under about 15%) of seats in most Indian assemblies.
• The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) reserves one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, to take effect after delimitation.
• MPPSC cancelled this 2018 item and awarded marks to all candidates.

• Guessing a plausible-looking figure for a question that was actually voided
• Confusing State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) figures with Parliament figures

MPPSC asks state-specific counts (total seats, women elected); UPSC asks the constitutional and legal framework for women's political reservation.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  How many elected seats does the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) have?

  • (a)200
  • (b)230
  • (c)250
  • (d)290

  Answer(b) 230 — the strength of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 reserves what share of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies?

  • (a)one-fourth
  • (b)one-third
  • (c)one-half
  • (d)one-fifth

  Answer(b) one-third — to take effect after a delimitation exercise.