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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 53

Topic: Polity and governance

Q53

With reference to India, consider the following :

I. The Inter-State Council

II. The National Security Council

III. Zonal Councils

How many of the above were established as per the provisions of the Constitution of India?

  1. (a) Only oneCorrect answer
  2. (b) Only two
  3. (c) All the three
  4. (d) None

Solution.

Answer: (a) Only one

  1. Item I is correct: the Inter-State Council was established in 1990 by a Presidential Order under the explicit constitutional mandate of Article 263 of the Constitution of India.
  2. Items II and III are incorrect: the National Security Council (1998) is an executive body, and Zonal Councils were established as statutory bodies under Part III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (not under the Constitution).