CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SCs AND STs, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OBCs SET 2

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SCs AND STs, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OBCs  SET 2

 

1. Who are considered to be the vulnerable group?    

         Women and Children
 

2. Under the Provisions of which Article of the Constitution, the Government abolished the practice of untouchability?    17
 

3. The reservation for members of SCs and STs has been extended up to?    2010
 

4. Extension of reservation to SCs and STs for another 10 years is provided by way of ______ Constitutional Amendment?    45th
 

5. Reservation for the SCs and STs in the Parliament and State Assemblies was extended up to 2010 by the Amendment?    79th
 

6. Concept of ‘creamy layer’, propounded by Supreme Court with regard to reservations, refers to?     economically better-off people
 

7. What is the maximum percentage of jobs that can be reserved by a State for backward class people in the government jobs?    50%
 

8. The Tamil Nadu Reservation Act, which provides for 69% reservation in the jobs and educational institutional in the State, was placed in the Ninth Schedule by the Amendment?     76th
 

9. Which Article provides for the National Commission of SCs / STs?    

               338 / 338A
 

10. The National Commission for SCs and STs has to submit an Annual report to the?           President