UPSC Governance – Chapter 4: Civil Services – Evolution and Constitutional Framework (20 MCQs)

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UPSC Governance – Chapter 4: Civil Services – Evolution and Constitutional Framework (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Governance. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

Who is often called the father of the civil services in India?

Correct Answer: B [Lord Cornwallis]

Explanation:

Cornwallis (1786–93) separated revenue, judicial and commercial work, raised salaries and banned private trade by Company servants.

2.  

The competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service began to be held in India as well as in England from 1922. This followed the:

Correct Answer: B [Government of India Act, 1919]

Explanation:

after the Montford reforms embodied in the Government of India Act, 1919, simultaneous examinations in India and England began in 1922.

3.  

In England, from 1809 until 1858, the East India Company trained the young civil servants it sent to India at a college located at:

Correct Answer: B [Haileybury, Hertfordshire]

Explanation:

The East India College opened at Hertford Castle in 1806, moved to Haileybury in 1809 and closed in 1858.

4.  

Under the scheme laid down by the Macaulay Committee, the first open competitive examination for the Company's covenanted civil service was held in:

Correct Answer: B [London, in 1855]

Explanation:

the Macaulay Committee reported in 1854, and the first open competitive examination was held in London in 1855.

5.  

The Public Service Commission in British India was first set up in:

Correct Answer: A [1926]

Explanation:

The Public Service Commission was set up on 1 October 1926 on the Lee Commission's recommendation.

6.  

Civil Services Day is observed on 21 April because on that day in 1947:

Correct Answer: D [Sardar Patel addressed the first batch of probationers]

Explanation:

On 21 April 1947 Patel addressed the first batch of probationers at Metcalfe House, Delhi.

7.  

Which of the following is NOT an All India Service?

Correct Answer: A [Indian Foreign Service]

Explanation:

a Central service.

8.  

A new All India Service can be created only after a resolution of the:

Correct Answer: C [Rajya Sabha by two-thirds of members present and voting]

Explanation:

Article 312 requires a Rajya Sabha resolution by two-thirds of members present and voting before Parliament creates a new service.

9.  

The All-India Services (Amendment) Act, 1963 provided for three new All India Services. Which one of them has actually been constituted?

Correct Answer: C [Indian Forest Service]

Explanation:

Constituted in 1966, the Indian Forest Service is the third All India Service after the IAS and the IPS.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The Lee Commission recommended the setting up of a Public Service Commission.
2. The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for a Federal Public Service Commission.
3. The Islington Commission was set up after the Government of India Act, 1919.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Statements 1 and 2 are correct; the Islington Commission (1912–15) sat before, not after, the 1919 Act.

11.  

Assertion (A): Sardar Patel insisted on retaining an all-India civil service after Independence.

Reason (R): He believed such a service would help hold the newly independent country together.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true, and Patel's belief that the service would hold the country together is why he insisted on it.

12.  

The three-stage Civil Services Examination was introduced on the recommendation of the:

Correct Answer: C [Kothari Committee]

Explanation:

The D. S. Kothari Committee (report 1976) recommended the Preliminary–Main–Interview scheme, introduced from 1979.

13.  

The CSAT paper of the Preliminary examination was made qualifying in:

Correct Answer: D [2015]

Explanation:

From 2015 CSAT (Paper II) became qualifying at 33 per cent and stopped counting for merit.

14.  

The total marks for the final merit list of the Civil Services Examination are:

Correct Answer: D [2,025]

Explanation:

The final merit list counts the seven Main merit papers (1,750) and the personality test (275), totalling 2,025.

15.  

The College of Fort William was set up by:

Correct Answer: A [Lord Wellesley]

Explanation:

Lord Wellesley founded the College of Fort William at Calcutta in 1800 to train young civil servants.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Aitchison Commission
2. Lee Commission
3. Charter Act introducing open competition
4. Islington Commission

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [3-1-4-2]

Explanation:

1853, 1886, 1912, 1923.

17.  

Which one of the following correctly describes the All India Services?

Correct Answer: B [They are common to the Union and the States, and their rules are made by the Central Government after consulting the States.]

Explanation:

The All India Services Act, 1951 calls them common to the Union and the States; section 3 lets the Centre frame rules after consulting States.

18.  

After the Sixth Central Pay Commission, Group D posts of the Central Government were:

Correct Answer: D [merged into Group C]

Explanation:

After the Sixth Central Pay Commission, Group D posts were merged into Group C.

19.  

The phrase "steel frame" for the Indian civil services was first used by:

Correct Answer: C [Lloyd George]

Explanation:

British Prime Minister Lloyd George described the civil services as the steel frame in 1922.

20.  

The first provincial public service commission in India was set up in:

Correct Answer: D [Madras]

Explanation:

the Madras Service Commission, set up in 1929 under a provincial Act.

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