Multiple choice

Which of the following commissions are constitutional bodies?

  1. National Commission for Minorities
  2. National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  3. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  4. National Human Rights Commission

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only

  2. 2 and 3 only

  3. 2, 3 and 4 only

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option 1 is wrong because National Commission for Minorities is a statutory body enacted by the Parliament by an Act, National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Option 2 is correct because National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is a constitutional body which has been constituted under Article 338 of the Constitution of India as amended by the Constitution (Eighty-ninth Amendment) Act, 2003.  Option 3 is incorrect because National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous statutory body established on 12 October, 1993 under the provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Option 4 is incorrect because National Commission for Minorities and National Human Rights Commission are the statutory bodies.

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