The correct answer is Option 4. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • To supervise the functioning of the State Public Service Commissions is not a statutory function of UPSC. Related Concepts: • The Union Public Service Commission commonly abbreviated as UPSC is India's premier central recruiting agency. • It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. • While the Department of Personnel and Training is the central personnel agency in India. • Articles 315 to 323 of Part XIV of the constitution, titled as Services Under the Union and the States, provide for a Public Service Commission for the Union and for each state. • Accordingly, as per Art. 315, at Union level, Union Public Service Commission is envisaged by it. • UPSC is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary and lately the Election Commission. • As per Art. 316, the Chairman and other members of the Union Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the President. • The agency's charter is granted by Part XIV of the Constitution of India, titled as Services Under the Union and the States. • The commission is mandated by the Constitution for appointments to the services of the Union and All India Services. • It is also required to be consulted by the Government in matters relating to the appointment, transfer, promotion, and disciplinary matters. • The commission reports directly to the President and can advise the Government through him. • Although, such advice is not binding on the Government. • Being a constitutional authority, UPSC is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary and lately the Election Commission. • The commission is headquartered at Dholpur House, in New Delhi and functions through its own secretariat. • Preeti Sudan is the Current Chairman of UPSC. • Established on 1 October 1926 as Public Service Commission, it was later reconstituted as Federal Public Service Commission by the Government of India Act 1935; only to be renamed as today's Union Public Service Commission after the independence.