Question

___________ seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha.
A.43
B.40
C.47
D.45

Answer 1

Hint: The members of the lower house known as the Lok Sabha are elected directly by the people from constituencies around the country and two of its members are nominated by the President from among the Anglo-Indian community. The seats allocated to various states in the Lok Sabha are fixed based on their population in the 1971 census. Currently, the total number of members in the Lok Sabha is 545— 543 are directly elected from each constituency across India and 2 are nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian community in India. The constituencies for the Lok Sabha general elections are drawn by the Delimitation Commission of India. The members of the Lok Sabha serve for a term of 5 years and have the right to re-election.

Complete step by step solution:
Seats are reserved in the Lok Sabha for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in proportion to their percentage in the population. During the delimitation process, the representation from each state can not be changed but the constituencies are drawn based on the concentration of population. The number of reserved seats for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes can be changed according to their population in the most recent census conducted.
Options A and B: are incorrect. The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes earlier was 41 according to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.
Option C: is correct. Currently, according to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes is 47.
Option D: is incorrect.

Note: The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha can be up to 552 which would include 550 directly elected members and 2 nominated members from the Anglo-Indian community. Out of the 550, 530 should be elected from constituencies of states and 20 from constituencies of union territories.