SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 15 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 25 of 100

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Consider the following statements: 1. Parliament can create All India Services with approval of Rajya Sabha. 2. Article 312 mentions 'Security Services' as part of All India Services. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a)Only 1
(b)Only 2
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Why

Correct — A. Statement 1 holds: under Article 312, Parliament may create a new All India Service after the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution, backed by two-thirds of members present and voting, that it is needed in the national interest.

Statement 2 fails: Article 312 names the IAS and IPS and provides for an All-India Judicial Service, but no 'Security Services' → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Only 2 — Statement 2 is the false one. Article 312 speaks of the IAS, the IPS and an All-India Judicial Service, not of 'Security Services'.
(c)
Both 1 and 2 — 'Both' fails on Statement 2: Article 312 has no 'Security Services' category, even though Statement 1 is right.
(d)
Neither 1 nor 2 — Statement 1 is correct. The Rajya Sabha resolution in Article 312 is the route by which Parliament creates a new All India Service.

Concept

All India Services are recruited by the Centre but staff posts under both the Union and the States. Article 312, in Part XIV, lets Parliament create new ones after the Rajya Sabha, the house of the States, agrees by a two-thirds resolution.

The IAS and IPS existed at the Constitution's commencement and are deemed created under Article 312. The Indian Forest Service was added in 1966.

The All-India Judicial Service clause in Article 312 was inserted by the 42nd Amendment, 1976.

Key facts

Article 312 lets Parliament create a new All India Service after a Rajya Sabha resolution backed by two-thirds of members present and voting.
The IAS and IPS are deemed to be services created by Parliament under Article 312(2).
The Indian Forest Service, constituted in 1966, is the third All India Service.
The 42nd Amendment, 1976 added provision for an All-India Judicial Service to Article 312.

Study next

Rajya Sabha's special powers: Article 249 (State List) and Article 312 (All India Services)The All India Services Act, 1951Articles 315–323: the Union and State Public Service Commissions

Common traps

Accepting Statement 2 because the IPS sounds like a security service. The Article names services, and 'Security Services' is not among them.
Rejecting Statement 1 because Parliament, not the Rajya Sabha alone, makes the law. The Rajya Sabha resolution is the precondition, and Parliament then legislates.

Part XIV on services is also asked at 26 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q.4 (Article 320, under which the UPSC conducts examinations for the Union's services).

The 42nd Amendment, which widened Article 312 to allow an All-India Judicial Service, is asked at 15 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.16.

Related PYQs

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