Question

Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?

• A. Election Commission
• B. Planning Commission
• C. Public Service Commission
• D. Finance Commission

Hint:

Match each body to its Article; the one with no Article behind it was only formed by a government resolution.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question checks which of these four bodies is a constitutional body, that is, created directly by the Constitution of India, and which one is not.

1. Election Commission: Created under Article 324 of the Constitution to conduct free and fair elections, so it is a constitutional body.
2. Planning Commission: Never mentioned in the Constitution. It was formed in 1950 through a Cabinet resolution and worked as an advisory planning body until it was replaced by the NITI Aayog in 2015.
3. Public Service Commission: The Union and State Public Service Commissions are set up under Articles 315 to 323, making them constitutional bodies.
4. Finance Commission: Set up under Article 280 to recommend how tax revenue is shared between the Centre and the States, so it too is a constitutional body.

Since the Election Commission, Public Service Commission and Finance Commission each trace back to a specific Article, while the Planning Commission does not appear in the Constitution at all, option (B) is the odd one out.

Let's summarize:

• Constitutional bodies here are the Election Commission, Public Service Commission, and Finance Commission.
• The Planning Commission was only an executive creation, never a constitutional one.

So the body not provided in the Constitution is the Planning Commission.