Under the constitutional provisions applicable at the time of the UPTET 2019…

Concept

Constitutional reservation means a mandatory share of elected seats fixed by the Constitution. For local self-government, Article 243D(3) requires not less than one-third of the seats filled by direct election in every Panchayat to be reserved for women, including seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Application

This UPTET item dates to 2019. Among the offered institutions, the constitutional women-reservation provision then in force applied to Panchayati Raj Institutions, so that is the intended answer.

Contrast

• Lok Sabha — no constitutional reservation for women applied to Lok Sabha seats in 2019.

• Cabinet — ministerial appointments were not governed by a constitutional reservation of elected seats for women.

• Vidhan Sabha — no constitutional reservation for women applied to State Legislative Assembly seats in 2019.

Cross-check

Article 243D expressly names Panchayats and prescribes the minimum one-third share. The later 106th Constitutional Amendment created provisions for Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, but those post-date the 2019 examination and do not change its answer.

Therefore, the answer for this 2019 question is Panchayati Raj Institutions.