State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 116

Which community, categorised as Scheduled Caste by a 2015 Bihar government notification, had that notification quashed by the Supreme Court in July 2024 (states cannot alter the Article 341 list)?

  1. Lal Begi
  2. Tanti-Tantwa
  3. Pano
  4. Dabgar
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (B) Tanti-Tantwa

ব্যাখ্যা

The Supreme Court held that only Parliament can modify the presidential SC list under Article 341.

  • (A) ভুল

    Wrong: not the community in the case.

  • (B) সঠিক

    Correct: Bihar had merged Tanti-Tantwa (an EBC) with the SC 'Pan/Sawasi' group; the SC quashed it.

  • (C) ভুল

    Wrong: Pan is the existing SC entry, not the added community.

  • (D) ভুল

    Wrong: not the community in the case.