Which one of the following pairs (Schedule - Subjects) is not correctly matched?
- (a)Third Schedule – Forms of Oaths or Affirmations
- (b)Ninth Schedule – Allocation of seats in the Council of States
- (c)Eight Schedule – Languages
- (d)Tenth Schedule – Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection
Correct — B. The pair 'Ninth Schedule – Allocation of seats in the Council of States' is NOT correctly matched. Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) to States and Union Territories is contained in the FOURTH Schedule. The Ninth Schedule — added by the 1st Constitutional Amendment, 1951 — is a list of laws (mainly land-reform Acts) placed beyond judicial review under Article 31B. Since the question asks for the pair that is NOT correctly matched, (b) is the answer.
- (a)Third Schedule – Forms of Oaths or Affirmations — Correctly matched — the Third Schedule prescribes the forms of oaths and affirmations for constitutional office-holders — so it is not the odd pair.
- (c)Eight Schedule – Languages — Correctly matched — the Eighth Schedule lists the official languages (currently 22) — so it is not the answer.
- (d)Tenth Schedule – Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection — Correctly matched — the Tenth Schedule (52nd Amendment, 1985) contains the anti-defection provisions — so it is not the odd pair.
The Constitution of India has 12 Schedules, each attached to specific Articles. Frequently tested pairs: First (States & territories), Second (salaries), Third (oaths/affirmations), Fourth (Rajya Sabha seat allocation), Seventh (Union/State/Concurrent Lists), Eighth (22 languages), Ninth (laws immune from judicial review, Art 31B), Tenth (anti-defection). The trap here swaps the Fourth Schedule's job onto the Ninth.
Three pairs are textbook-correct; only one is deliberately mismatched. The Ninth Schedule is famous for judicial-review immunity of land-reform laws, NOT for Rajya Sabha seats — that is the Fourth Schedule. Recognising this single swap yields (b).
- Fourth Schedule — allocation of seats in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to States and UTs.
- Ninth Schedule — added by 1st Amendment (1951); laws placed beyond judicial review under Article 31B.
- Third Schedule — forms of oaths and affirmations; Eighth Schedule — 22 official languages.
- Tenth Schedule — anti-defection provisions, added by the 52nd Amendment (1985).
The mismatched pair is the Ninth Schedule; seat allocation in the Rajya Sabha belongs to the Fourth Schedule.
- Swapping the Fourth Schedule (Rajya Sabha seats) with the Ninth (judicial-review immunity).
- Forgetting that the Ninth Schedule laws are still open to judicial review if they violate the basic structure (I.R. Coelho, 2007).
UPPSC/UPSC test Schedule-subject matching by mis-pairing one Schedule — memorise each Schedule with its exact subject, especially the easily confused Fourth vs Ninth.
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
Directly exposes the trap in this question: allocation of Council of States seats belongs to the FOURTH Schedule, not the Ninth.
Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection?
- (a) Second Schedule
- (b) Fifth Schedule
- (c) Eighth Schedule
- (d) Tenth Schedule
Answer(d) Tenth Schedule
Confirms option (d) of this question — anti-defection provisions are in the Tenth Schedule (52nd Amendment, 1985).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the States and Union Territories is contained in which Schedule of the Constitution?
- (a)Third Schedule
- (b)Fourth Schedule
- (c)Ninth Schedule
- (d)Tenth Schedule
Answer(b) Fourth Schedule — it allots seats in the Council of States.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India primarily provides for:
- (a)Languages recognised by the Constitution
- (b)Protection of certain laws (mainly land reforms) from judicial review
- (c)Forms of oaths and affirmations
- (d)Anti-defection disqualification
Answer(b) Protection of certain laws from judicial review under Article 31B, added by the 1st Amendment (1951).