With reference to the representation of Uttar Pradesh in Parliament, which of the following statement/s is/are correct? (1) Uttar Pradesh has 31 seats allotted for Rajya Sabha. (2) 80 members of Lok Sabha are elected from Uttar Pradesh. Select the correct answer using the code given below –
- (a)Both 1 and 2
- (b)Only 1
- (c)Only 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
Correct — A, Both 1 and 2. Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, sends the largest delegation to both Houses. It has 31 seats in the Rajya Sabha (the highest of any state, fixed under the Fourth Schedule) and 80 seats in the Lok Sabha (also the highest, allotted by population under Article 81). Both statements are factually correct, so the answer is 'Both 1 and 2'.
- (b)Only 1 — Statement 1 (31 Rajya Sabha seats) is correct, but so is Statement 2 — UP does elect 80 Lok Sabha members — so restricting the answer to 'Only 1' is incomplete.
- (c)Only 2 — Statement 2 (80 Lok Sabha seats) is correct, but Statement 1 is also correct — UP does hold 31 Rajya Sabha seats — so 'Only 2' wrongly rejects a true statement.
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2 — Both statements are true, so 'Neither' is the opposite of the correct position.
Seats in the two Houses are allotted differently. Lok Sabha seats are distributed among states in rough proportion to population under Article 81 (currently frozen by the 84th Amendment on 1971 census figures until the first census after 2026). Rajya Sabha seats are fixed state-by-state in the Fourth Schedule. Being India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh tops both counts — 80 in the Lok Sabha and 31 in the Rajya Sabha.
This is a two-statement verification question where both figures happen to be correct, so the trap is a candidate who remembers only one of the two numbers and picks a partial 'Only 1' / 'Only 2' code. Anchoring the memory as 'UP is No. 1 in both Houses — 80 and 31' resolves it cleanly.
- Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats — the most of any state.
- Uttar Pradesh has 31 Rajya Sabha seats — the most of any state.
- Rajya Sabha seat numbers per state are laid out in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution.
- Lok Sabha seat allocation to states follows population (Article 81), frozen on 1971 census data by the 84th Amendment.
- Recalling only one of the two numbers and choosing a partial 'Only 1' / 'Only 2' code
- Swapping the figures — mistakenly assigning 80 to Rajya Sabha or 31 to Lok Sabha
UPPSC/UPSC frame state-representation questions as paired statements on exact seat numbers, or ask which Schedule/Article governs the allocation.
Which one of the following statements correctly describes the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India?
- (a) It lists the distribution of power between the Union and the States
- (b) It contains the languages listed in the Constitution
- (c) It contains the provisions regarding the administration of tribal areas
- (d) It allocates seats in the Council of States
Answer(d) It allocates seats in the Council of States
Both concern how Rajya Sabha seats are apportioned among states — UP's 31 seats sit in exactly this Fourth-Schedule allocation.
Which one of the following statements correctly describes the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India?
- (a) It contains the scheme of the distribution of powers between the Union and the States
- (b) It contains the languages listed in the Constitution
- (c) It contains the provisions regarding the administration of tribal areas
- (d) It allocates seats in the Council of States
Answer(d) It allocates seats in the Council of States
A repeat UPSC framing that the Fourth Schedule fixes state-wise Rajya Sabha seats — the constitutional basis for UP's 31 seats in Statement 1.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The allocation of seats to each State in the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is specified in which Schedule of the Constitution?
- (a)Second Schedule
- (b)Fourth Schedule
- (c)Seventh Schedule
- (d)Tenth Schedule
Answer(b) Fourth Schedule — it lists the number of Rajya Sabha seats for every State and Union Territory.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Under Article 81, the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among the States is currently frozen on the census figures of which year?
- (a)1951
- (b)1971
- (c)1991
- (d)2011
Answer(b) 1971 — the 84th Amendment froze state-wise Lok Sabha seats on the 1971 census until the first census after 2026.