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Topic Oaths and affirmations
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)
Across exams
CSE · 1GEO · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2024
Which of the following statements as per the Third Schedule of the Constitution of India is/are correct ?
- A Member of Parliament is free to take the oath or affirmation by 'swearing in the name of God'
- Judge of the Supreme Court has to take the oath or affirmation by 'swearing in the name of the Constitution of India'. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only ✓
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
CSE
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer: List-I (Functionaries) List-II (Oaths or affirmations) A. President of India
- Secrecy of information B. Judges of Supreme
- Faithful Discharge of Court duties C. Members of Parliament to the Constitution of India
- Faith and Allegiance D. Minister for the Union
- Upholding the Constitution and the law Codes
- A A-3, B-4- C-1 D-2
- B A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
- C A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 ✓
- D A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
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