Which of the following subjects is NOT included in the State List?
(A) Post and Telegraph
(B) Banking
(C) Education
(D) Trade and Commerce
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only
The question asks for the subjects that are NOT in the State List. The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution divides law-making powers into three lists: the Union List (Parliament alone), the State List (state legislatures) and the Concurrent List (both).
(A) Post and Telegraph Not in the State List (Correct). Posts and telegraphs, like railways and defence, are a Union List subject, run by the Centre for the whole country.
(B) Banking Not in the State List (Correct). Banking is a Union List subject, so that one Reserve Bank and one set of banking laws serve the whole country.
(C) Education Not in the State List (Correct). Education was a State subject until the 42nd Amendment (1976) moved it to the Concurrent List.
(D) Trade and Commerce In the State List (Incorrect). Trade and commerce within the State is a State List subject; trade between states and with other countries is in the Union List.