Under which Provision, the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission has been constituted?
- (a)Section 118(2) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956
- (b)Section 118(3) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956
- (c)Section 118(1) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956
- (d)Section 116(4) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956
Correct — B, Section 118(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. When that Act created the new State of Madhya Pradesh (formed on 1 November 1956), Section 118 carried the provisions for the Public Service Commissions of the reorganised States, and sub-section (3) is the provision under which the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission was constituted.
- (a)Section 118(2) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 — A neighbouring sub-section of the same Act, but not the one under which the MP Public Service Commission was constituted per the commission's key.
- (c)Section 118(1) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 — Section 118(1) is not the constituting provision the commission's key cites for the MP Public Service Commission.
- (d)Section 116(4) of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 — Wrong section altogether — the key points to Section 118(3), not 116(4).
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 redrew India's internal map largely on linguistic lines and created the State of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956. For the newly reorganised States the Act itself provided for their Public Service Commissions; Section 118(3) is the statutory basis of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, which functions under Article 315 of the Constitution and is headquartered at Indore.
The trap is the near-identical sub-section labels — 118(1), 118(2), 118(3) and 116(4). Only 118(3) is correct per the key, so this rewards precise recall of the provision, not just the Act.
- The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956.
- Section 118(3) of that Act constituted the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission.
- The MP Public Service Commission is headquartered at Indore.
- Constitutionally, State Public Service Commissions rest on Article 315.
- States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- 1 Nov 1956: State of Madhya Pradesh formed
- Section 118(3): MP Public Service Commission constituted
The MP Public Service Commission's statutory root is Section 118(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
- Confusing the sub-sections 118(1), 118(2) and 118(3)
- Assuming the MP Public Service Commission was created by a State Act rather than the central Reorganisation Act
MPPSC asks the exact statutory provision (Section 118(3), States Reorganisation Act, 1956) — pair the Act with the body it created.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
- (a) States Reorganization Act : Andhra Pradesh
- (b) Treaty of Yandabu : Assam
- (c) State of Bilaspur : Himachal Pradesh
- (d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
Answer(d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
Tests state-formation history including the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (which formed Andhra Pradesh) — the same Act that created Madhya Pradesh and its Public Service Commission.
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission shall consist of maximum
- (a) four members
- (b) five members
- (c) six members
- (d) seven members
Answer(b) five members
Same institution — the composition of the very MP Public Service Commission that Section 118(3) constituted.
How many States and Union territories were created according to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956?
- (a) 11 States and 6 Union territories
- (b) 12 States and 7 Union territories
- (c) 13 States and 7 Union territories
- (d) 14 States and 6 Union territories
Answer(d) 14 States and 6 Union territories
Same statute — the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, whose Section 118(3) set up the MP Public Service Commission.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The State of Madhya Pradesh (in its 1956 form) was created by which Act?
- (a)Government of India Act, 1935
- (b)States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- (c)Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000
- (d)Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer(b) States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 reorganised Indian States primarily on the basis of:
- (a)religion
- (b)language
- (c)administrative convenience alone
- (d)river basins
Answer(b) language.