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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 62 of 200

Q62
Indian PolityConstitutional, Statutory & Election Bodies
Who among the following has the Constitutional authority to make rules and regulations fixing the number of members of the UPSC?
  1. a.Vice-President
  2. b.President
  3. c.Home Ministry
  4. d.Cabinet Secretary

Answer: (B) President

Article 318 empowers the President to make regulations determining the number of members of the UPSC and their conditions of service. The Home Ministry and Cabinet Secretary have no constitutional power here, and the Vice-President has no role.