With reference to Home Guards, consider the following statements : 1. Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the Central Government. 2. The role of the Home Guards is to serve as an auxiliary force to the police in maintenance of internal security. 3. To prevent infiltration on the international border/coastal areas, the Border Wing Home Guards Battalions have been raised in some States. How many of the above statements are correct?

Describes the Delhi Special Police Establishment as 'supplementary' to state police, illustrating an established pattern of auxiliary/supplementary forces working with police.

A student could infer that other organised bodies (like Home Guards) might play a similar supplementary role and then check whether Home Guards are organised/mandated to assist police.

Notes historical local 'watch guards' and officials (kotwal, faujdars) helping to maintain law and order, giving an example pattern of non-police local forces aiding policing functions.

Using this pattern, a student could compare the Home Guards' duties/structure with historical auxiliary roles to judge plausibility that they assist police in internal security.

Describes the evolution of policing and the creation of auxiliary bodies like CID and central intelligence, indicating the police system often includes supplementary agencies for law-and-order functions.

A student could reason that contemporary Home Guards might fit into this broader pattern of supplementary agencies and seek statutory/administrative references showing their role vis-à-vis police.

Mentions village watchmen and ad hoc forces sent to control crime, an example of civilian/irregular forces used for internal security in times of need.

A student could analogise that modern Home Guards could be the institutionalised successor to such civilian watch forces and investigate official duties and deployment practices.

Explains that a central investigation agency works under the Home Ministry with state assistance, showing institutional cooperation between central bodies and state police for security tasks.

A student could use this example of inter-agency cooperation to justify checking whether Home Guards are similarly integrated with police chains of command for internal security duties.

Mentions Home Guards and legal/administrative framework (Home Guards Act and Central Rules), establishing that Home Guards are an organised, government-recognised force.

A student could infer that variants or specialised wings (e.g., 'Border Wing') could be created under this framework and check state orders or notifications for such battalions in border states.

Describes mass infiltration and security threats in border States like Assam and West Bengal, implying a need for local auxiliary/security units.

A student could use this to expect that these states might raise additional local forces (such as Border Wing Home Guards) and then look up state-level Home Guard deployments or press reports from those states.

Identifies insurgency and smuggling as main problems along borders of Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, indicating heightened local security requirements in specific states.

Combine this with knowledge of which states border other countries to target searches for 'border' or 'border wing' Home Guard units in these north-eastern states.

Notes special provisions for north-eastern states due to insurgency and distinct conditions, suggesting central/state responsiveness to security needs in those regions.

A student could infer that such responsiveness might include raising specialised Home Guard battalions (Border Wing) in those states and then verify via state government or police/Home Guard records.

Discusses clashes and casualties involving border forces (e.g., BSF) along international borders, highlighting persistent border security challenges.

Using this, a student might reason that states facing cross-border incidents could supplement central forces by deploying Border Wing Home Guard units and search local sources for such deployments.

Identifies 'infiltration from across the borders' as a distinct security problem linked with terrorism and cross-border crime.

A student could infer that security forces might be specially organized/expanded to counter infiltration and then check if 'Border Wing Home Guards' are one such organizational response.

Describes cross-border terrorism as a major internal-security concern, implying the need for dedicated border-oriented units.

Use this pattern to ask whether Home Guards have border-specific wings or battalions tasked with preventing such threats, by consulting organizational role descriptions or government orders.

Mentions Border Security Force (BSF) personnel casualties in a border dispute, showing that border guarding is handled by specific named units.

Compare the stated mandate of BSF (a border-specific force) with any roles assigned to Home Guards' 'border wing' to see if prevention of infiltration is explicitly their purpose.

Records an incident involving Bangladesh Rifles and BSF, illustrating that cross-border incursions and confrontations are a recurring issue requiring border forces.

A student could extend this by checking whether jurisdictions/roles of Home Guards' border units overlap with those of established border forces (BSF/BDR), suggesting a preventive role.

Points out smuggling and insurgency along the India–Myanmar border, highlighting non-military cross-border problems (smuggling, insurgency) that border units might be tasked to prevent.

From this, one could look for whether Home Guards' border formations are oriented toward anti-smuggling/infiltration duties in coastal or land-border areas.