Match List-I (Schedules) with List-II (Provisions/Functionaries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-…

Question

Match List-I (Schedules) with List-II (Provisions/Functionaries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I (Schedule) List-II (Specific Provisions/Functionaries) A. Second Schedule 1. Forms of Oaths for Union Ministers and Judges of SC/HC B. Third Schedule 2. Emoluments and Privileges of the President and Governors C. Fourth Schedule 3. Allocation of seats in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) D. Seventh Schedule 4. Division of legislative powers between the Union and State governments

1. A. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 (Correct answer)
2. B. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
3. C. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
4. D. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

Correct Answer

Option A — A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4.

Key Points

• Match each Schedule to what it actually contains:
  • Second Schedule — emoluments, allowances and privileges of the President, Governors, Speaker, judges and the CAG
  • Third Schedule — the forms of oath or affirmation taken by ministers, legislators, judges and the CAG
• Since the Third Schedule is the one carrying the oaths, the Second Schedule cannot be matched to that entry — which fixes the pairing and identifies the correct code.

Additional Information

• The Schedules most often examined: First (States and Union Territories), Second (emoluments), Third (oaths), Fourth (Rajya Sabha seat allocation), Fifth (Scheduled Areas), Sixth (tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram), Seventh (the three legislative lists).
• Later additions: Eighth (22 languages), Ninth (laws immune from judicial review, added by the 1st Amendment, 1951), Tenth (anti-defection, 52nd Amendment), Eleventh (panchayats, 73rd) and Twelfth (municipalities, 74th).
• The Constitution originally had 8 Schedules; there are now 12.
• In matching questions, settle the pairing you are surest of first — one confirmed match usually eliminates two or three codes at once.