Test: Electoral Reforms - UPSC MCQ

On the basis of landmark judgments passed by the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India came up with the following mandates:

1. Every candidate has to make a legal declaration, giving full details of serious criminal cases pending against the candidate.

2. Details of the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his/her family.

3. Education qualifications were not mandatory.

4. The information furnished by the candidates has to be confidential. 5. The above mandates are in the spirit of Article 19.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

The order/direction of making mandatory for every candidate (contesting elections) to file an affidavit giving details of his property and criminal cases pending against him was given by?

Which of the following are legally mandatory for political parties in or political candidates fighting elections in India?

1. Giving a certain percentage of election tickets to women candidates

2. A record of the adherence of a political party to its own Constitution

3. Submit an affidavit giving details of his property and criminal cases pending against him to the concerned authority

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Consider the following about Election Commission of India - Electronic Voting Machines (ECl-EVMs).

1. ECI procures most Completely Built Units (CBUs) of EVMs from abroad to reduce security exposure to domestic clients.

2. The EVMs use ‘date and time stamping of each and every keypress’ making them tamper-proof.

3. Most EVMs are re-programmable allowing much-needed flexibility to incorporate new features without incurring new production expenditures.

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Consider the following statements regarding Electronic Voting machine (EVM)

1. EVMs were first used in Paravur Assembly Constituency of Kerala in the year 1982.

2. An EVM being used by ECI can record a maximum of 20,000 votes.

3. It completely eliminates the possibility of casting Invalid Votes, which during the paper ballot regime was noticed in large numbers during each election.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to ‘None of the above’ (NOTA) option on electronic voting machines consider the following statements:

1. Citizens have the right to a negative vote by exercising the NOTA option in EVMs.

2. In an election if NOTA gets the highest votes then the election will be conducted again.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘M3’- type electronic voting machines (EVMs).

1. It is ‘tamper-detect’ meaning that it will stop functioning if someone tries to open it or tinker with it.

2. These machines are being imported from Canada, which has a reputation for producing such machines and their use in general elections.

3. The machine can automatically detect any fault with the software or system and will show it in the display.

4. The Control Unit and Ballot Unit of the EVM cannot communicate with each other making it less vulnerable to hacking.

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