Which of the following pairs of Part of Indian Constitution and its subject is/are NOT correctly matched ? 1. Part IV A - Fundamental Duties 2. Part VI - The States 3. Part XI - The Municipalities Select the correct answer from the code given below : Code :
- (a)1 and 2
- (b)2 and 3
- (c)Only 3
- (d)Only 1
Correct — C, Only 3. The question asks which pairs are NOT correctly matched, so you have to find the mismatches and then pick the option that names exactly those and nothing else. Pair 1 is right: Part IVA of the Constitution is titled 'Fundamental Duties' and consists of a single article, Article 51A, inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee. Pair 2 is right: Part VI is titled 'The States' (Articles 152 to 237) and covers the Governor, the State executive, the State legislature, the High Courts and the subordinate courts. Pair 3 is the only mismatch: Part XI is 'Relations between the Union and the States' (Articles 245 to 263). The Municipalities are in Part IXA (Articles 243P to 243ZG), which was inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992. Only the third pair is wrong, so the answer is 'Only 3'.
- (a)1 and 2 — This says Part IVA-Fundamental Duties and Part VI-The States are both wrongly matched, when both are exactly as the Constitution has them. It also leaves out pair 3, which is the one genuine error. Every element of this option is the reverse of the truth.
- (b)2 and 3 — It gets pair 3 right — Part XI is not the Municipalities — but wrongly drags in pair 2. Part VI really is titled 'The States': Articles 152 to 237 cover the Governor, the State executive, the State legislature, the High Courts and the subordinate courts. This is the closest wrong option, because a candidate who has found the genuine mismatch still has to resist adding a second name to it.
- (d)Only 1 — The exact inversion of the answer. It indicts the one pair that is textbook-correct (Part IVA-Fundamental Duties) while clearing the pair that is actually wrong (Part XI-The Municipalities). This is the option a candidate marks when panic over the 'NOT' framing makes them stop reading after statement 1.
The Constitution of India is organised into Parts, each with a title that names its subject, and the Parts are numbered in Roman numerals. Some Parts were added later and carry letter suffixes: Part IVA (Fundamental Duties, 42nd Amendment, 1976), Part IXA (The Municipalities, 74th Amendment, 1992) and Part IXB (The Co-operative Societies, 97th Amendment, 2011). Local government occupies the IX block — Part IX for the Panchayats and Part IXA for the Municipalities — while Part XI is reserved for the vertical relationship between the Union and the States.
Two things decide this question. First, know that urban local bodies were constitutionalised in the same 1992 pair of amendments as the panchayats, and that they went into Part IXA, immediately after the panchayats' Part IX — never into Part XI. Second, handle the 'NOT correctly matched' wording carefully: once you have identified pair 3 as the single mismatch, the only option that names pair 3 alone is the answer, and every option that also names a correct pair must go. Candidates lose this question far more often to the negative framing than to the constitutional fact.
- Part IVA consists of the single Article 51A (Fundamental Duties), inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976; an eleventh duty, Article 51A(k), was added by the 86th Amendment Act, 2002
- Part VI (Articles 152-237) is titled 'The States' and covers the Governor, State executive, State legislature, High Courts and subordinate courts
- Local government sits in the IX block: Part IX 'The Panchayats' (Articles 243-243O, 73rd Amendment, 1992) and Part IXA 'The Municipalities' (Articles 243P-243ZG, 74th Amendment, 1992)
- Part XI 'Relations between the Union and the States' (Articles 245-263) has only two chapters — legislative relations and administrative relations
- Centre-State FINANCIAL relations are not in Part XI at all: they sit in Part XII, 'Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits' (Articles 264-300A), whose Centre-State financial provisions are conventionally cited as Articles 268-293 — which is why 'Part XI covers all Centre-State relations' is a false shortcut
Only the third pair is wrong: the Municipalities live in Part IXA, next to the Panchayats' Part IX, not in Part XI.
- The 'NOT correctly matched' framing: candidates spot the wrong pair but then tick an option that also condemns a correct pair
- Placing the Municipalities in Part XI because both feel like 'government structure' — they are in Part IXA, added with the Panchayats' Part IX in 1992
- Assuming Part XI covers all Centre-State relations; it covers only legislative and administrative relations, financial relations being in Part XII
UPPSC asks the Part-to-subject mapping straight — either as pairs to match or as 'which Part deals with X' — while UPSC prefers to wrap the same mapping inside a multi-statement question that also tests the amendment number and the relevant Schedule.
Consider the following statements: 1. Part IX of the Constitution of India contains provisions for Panchayats and was inserted by the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992. 2. Part IX A of the Constitution of India contains provisions for municipalities and Article 243Q envisages two types of municipalities – a Municipal Council and a Municipal Corporation – for every state. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer(a) 1 only
Exactly the same mapping skill, and it names the two Parts this question turns on: Part IX for the Panchayats and Part IXA for the Municipalities. It is the direct proof that urban local bodies are not in Part XI.
Which of the following statements are correct about the Constitution of India? 1. Powers of the Municipalities are given in Part IX A of the Constitution. 2. Emergency provisions are given in Part XVIII of the Constitution. 3. Provisions related to the amendment of the Constitution are given in Part XX of the Constitution. Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC's version of the identical Part-to-subject test, opening with 'Powers of the Municipalities are given in Part IX A of the Constitution' and treating it as correct — the very pairing that makes UPPSC's third pair a mismatch.
Which Part of the Constitution has the provisions for Panchayati Raj System ?
- (a) IX
- (b) VI
- (c) III
- (d) IV A
Answer(a) IX
The same question asked as a single blank: which Part carries the Panchayati Raj provisions. Note that Part VI and Part IVA appear there as distractors and here as correct pairs — UPPSC recycles the same short list of Parts across years.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which lists the subjects that may be devolved on urban local bodies, was inserted by which amendment?
- (a)The 73rd Amendment Act, 1992
- (b)The 74th Amendment Act, 1992
- (c)The 86th Amendment Act, 2002
- (d)The 97th Amendment Act, 2011
Answer(b) The 74th Amendment Act, 1992 — the same amendment added Part IXA (The Municipalities) and the Twelfth Schedule of 18 functional items; the 73rd Amendment added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule for panchayats.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Centre-State financial relations, including the distribution of tax revenues and grants-in-aid, are dealt with in which Part of the Constitution of India?
- (a)Part X
- (b)Part XI
- (c)Part XII
- (d)Part XIV
Answer(c) Part XII — Part XI covers only legislative and administrative relations between the Union and the States; financial relations begin at Article 268 in Part XII.