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UPSC 1996: If the number of seats allocated to a state in the Lok Sabha is 42, then the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in that state will be
(a)21
(b)14
(c)7
(d)6
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Article 330 mandates that SC seats in a state’s Lok Sabha delegation be proportional to that state’s SC population, not a fixed fraction. For the state with 42 seats referenced in 1996 (undivided Andhra Pradesh/West Bengal), the Delimitation Commission had reserved 6 seats for SCs, hence option (d). The higher numbers (21, 14, 7) would greatly over-represent the SC share in that state’s 1991 census population. ([licchavilyceum.com](https://licchavilyceum.com/upsc-civil-services-prelims-1996-solved-question-paper/))
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