UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 20

**Concept and analysis:** The Committee on Subordinate Legislation examines whether the powers delegated by Parliament or conferred by the Constitution to the executive to make rules, regulations, bye-laws and other subordinate legislation are being properly exercised and remain within the scope of the delegation. The Committee on Government Assurances, Rules Committee and Business Advisory Committee have different parliamentary functions. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Incorrect. Committee on Government Assurances is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option B:** Correct. Committee on Subordinate Legislation directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **Option C:** Incorrect. Rules Committee is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option D:** Incorrect. Business Advisory Committee is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.