The constitution provides that all members of Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels shall be elected directly by the people.
Further, the chairperson of Panchayats at the intermediate and district levels shall be elected indirectly-by and from amongst the elected members thereof.
However, the chairperson of a Panchayat at the village level shall be elected in such manner as the state legislature determines.

Statements 1 and 2 are Incorrect:
State Election Commission is appointed by the Governor.
Conditions of service and tenure of office of Election Commission are determined by the Governor.
He can be removed from the office only in the manner and grounds prescribed for the removal of a judge of the state high court.

Both Statements are Correct.
The construction and maintenance of water sources, roads, drainage, school buildings and other common property resources.
It can also levy and collect local taxes and execute government schemes related to generating employment in the village.

Statement 1 is Incorrect.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
The Commission’s Mandate is to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Commission takes up specifi c complaints that come up before it for redressal of grievances and also takes up suomoto cases, it summons the violators of child rights, gets them presented before the Commission and recommends to the Government or the Judiciary, and takes action based on an inquiry.

Statements 1 and 3 are Incorrect.
The Model Code of Conduct does not a have a statutory backing and it is more a consensus driven code arrived at after consultation with all political parties to ensure free and fair elections and to see that the ruling party does not misuse its dominant position. Thus it is voluntary in nature.
The Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately on announcement of the election schedule by the commission. Election Commission (EC) has announced that Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately in states where legislative assemblies have been dissolved prematurely.The Code remains in force till the end of the electoral process.
The repercussions of violation of the MCC have not been defined under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 or by the Election Commission. The EC issues warnings or in rare cases, it has also imposed a temporary ban on the election campaign of a politician violating the MCC. Rival parties often make appeals before the EC against actions of their opponents violating the MCC.

Both Statements are Correct.
The governor is empowered to organise and re-organise the autonomous districts. Thus, he can increase or decrease their areas or change their names or define their boundaries and so on.
The acts of Parliament or the state legislature do not apply to autonomous districts and autonomous regions or apply with specified modifications and exceptions.

Option D is Correct.
It is important to know practical aspects of certain provisions.
Scheduled Areas are present in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana.

Both Statements are Correct.
The functions of CBI are:
(i) Investigating cases of corruption, bribery and misconduct of Central government employees.
(ii) Investigating cases relating to infringement of fiscal and economic laws, that is, breach of laws concerning export and import control, customs and central excise, income tax, foreign exchange regulations and so on. However, such cases are taken up either in consultation with or at the request of the department concerned.
(iii) Investigating serious crimes, having national and international ramifications, committed by organised gangs of professional criminals.
(iv) Coordinating the activities of the anticorruption agencies and the various state police forces
(v) Taking up, on the request of a state government, any case of public importance for investigation.
(vi) Maintaining crime statistics and disseminating criminal information.

Statement 3 is Incorrect.
The CAT is a multi-member body consisting of a chairman and members. Earlier, the CAT consisted of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members. With the amendment in Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 in 2006, the members have been given the status of judges of High Courts. They are drawn from both judicial and administrative streams and are appointed by the president.
Originally, appeals against the orders of the CAT could be made only in the Supreme Court and not in the high courts. However, in the Chandra Kumar case 2 (1997), the Supreme Court declared this restriction on the jurisdiction of the high courts as unconstitutional, holding that judicial review is a part of the basic structure of the Constitution. It laid down that appeals against the orders of the CAT shall lie before the division bench of the concerned high court. Consequently, now it is not possible for an aggrieved public servant to approach the Supreme Court directly against an order of the CAT, without first going to the concerned high court.

Both Statements are Incorrect.
– While the UPSC and the SPSC are created directly by the Constitution, a JSPSC can be created by an act of Parliament on the request of the state legislatures concerned.
– JSPSC is a statutory and not a constitutional body.
-The two states of Punjab and Haryana had a JSPSC for a short period, after the creation of Haryana out of Punjab in 1966.
– The chairman and members of a JSPSC are appointed by the President.
– They hold office for a term of six years or until they attain the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier.

Statement 1 is Incorrect.
Originally, Article 338 of the Constitution provided for the appointment of a Special Officer for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to investigate all matters relating to the constitutional safeguards for the SCs and STs and to report to the President on their working.
He was designated as the Commissioner for SCs and STs and assigned the said duty.
In 1978, the Government (through a Resolution) set up a non-statutory multi-member Commission for SCs and STs; the Office of Commissioner for SCs and STs also continued to exist.
In 1987, the Government (through another Resolution) modified the functions of the Commission and renamed it as the National Commission for SCs and STs.
Later, the 65th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1990 provided for the establishment of a high level multi-member National Commission for SCs and STs in the place of a single Special Officer for SCs and STs.

All Statements are Correct.
Citizen’s Charter is a document which represents a systematic effort to focus on the commitment of the Organisation towards its Citizens in respects of Standard of Services, Information, Choice and Consultation, Non-discrimination and Accessibility, Grievance Redress, Courtesy and Value for Money. This also includes expectations of the Organisation from the Citizen for fulfilling the commitment of the Organisation.
The Citizen’s Charter is not legally enforceable and, therefore, is non-justiciable. However, it is a tool for facilitating the delivery of services to citizens with specified standards, quality and time frame etc. with commitments from the Organisation and its clients.
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, in its efforts to provide more responsive and citizen-friendly governance, coordinates the efforts to formulate and operationalise Citizen’s Charters in Central Government, State Governments and UT Administrations. It provides guidelines for formulation and implementation of the Charters as well as their evaluation.

Statement 2 is Incorrect
Under Article 71 of the constitution, the exclusive forum for adjudicating disputes relating to the election of the President and the Vice-President is the Supreme Court.
There is no special provision for the Prime Minister or the Speaker of the House, so that any dispute relating to election to these offices is to be determined only by an election petition before the High Court, according to Art.329 (b).

Statement 2 is Incorrect.
CAG submits 3 audit reports to the President –
1. Audit report on appropriation accounts.
2. Audit report on finance accounts.
3. Audit report on public undertakings.
The President lays these reports before both houses of Parliament. After this, the Public Accounts Committee examines them and reports its findings to the Parliament. The reports are not examined by Commitee on public undertaking.
CAG is an agent of the Parliament and conducts audit of expenditure on behalf of the Parliament.

Statement 3 is Incorrect.
You could have guessed that statement 3 was incorrect because had it been correct, the power would have been used by the central government to interfere in matters of states.
First two statements are correct regarding jurisdiction and superintendence over the CBI. Last statement is incorrect, according to section 2 of DPSE act central government has to take consent of the state in case of crimes under jurisdiction of the state government.

Statement 3 is Incorrect.
The Constitution does not specify the castes or tribes which are to be called the SCs or the STs. It leaves to the President the power to specify as to what castes or tribes in each state and union territory are to be treated as the SCs and STs. Thus, the lists of the SCs or STs vary from state to state and union territory to union territory. In case of the states, the President issues the notification after consulting the governor of the state concerned. But, any inclusion or exclusion of any caste or tribe from Presidential notification can be done only by the Parliament and not by a subsequent Presidential notification.
The 82nd Amendment Act of 2000 provides for making of any provision in favour of the SCs and STs for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters of promotion to the public services of the Centre and the states.
The Centre should pay grants-in-aid to the states for meeting the costs of schemes of welfare of STs(Article 275(1)) and for raising the level of administration in scheduled areas. There is no such mandatory provision for SCs.

Both Statements are Correct.
The Supreme Court of India in– Indira Sawhney & Ors. Vs. Union of India and Ors directed the Govt. of India, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to constitute a permanent body in the nature of a Commission or Tribunal for entertaining, examining and recommending upon requests for inclusion and complaints of over-inclusion and under-inclusion in the list of OBCs.
Pursuant to the direction of the Supreme Court, the Government of India enacted the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 (for setting up a Commission at National Level viz. “National Commission for Backward Classes” as a permanent body under Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
102nd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018 provides constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).

Both Statements are Correct.
The Commission consists of a State Chief Information Commissioner and not more than ten State Information Commissioners. They are appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Chief Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and a State Cabinet Minister nominated by the Chief Minister
They should be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration and governance. They should not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory. They should not hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession.

Statement 1 is Incorrect.
The CSB is headed by the Chief Secretary of a state and has senior most additional chief secretary or chairman, Board of Revenue, Financial Commissioner or an officer of equivalent rank and status as member.
The CSB provides for the state to follow Centre’s guidelines on giving a fixed tenure of at least two years for cadre officers.
If anyone recommends the transfer of the officers before the completion of tenure, then the board will examine and effect it. The final authority in this regard is the Chief Minister.

Option D is Correct.
President – Article 60 in the Part-V of the Indian Constitution.
Governors of states – Article 159 in the Part-VI of the Indian Constitution.
The Speaker is elected by the House and he/she is not administered an oath of office apart from the one for being elected as a Member of Parliament.
The third schedule of the constitution contains Forms of Oaths or affirmation for various constitutional offices like CAG, etc.,