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done Basic Structure of the Constitution Total Questions - 10

• question_answer1)

  Which of the following are considered as parts of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution?

  1. Republication and democratic form of Government

  2. Secular character of the Constitution

  3. Division between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy Federal character of the Constitution

  Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  A)
   1, 2 and 3 done clear
  B)
   2, 3 and 4 done clear
  C)
   1, 3 and 4 done clear
  D)
   1, 2 and 4 done clear
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• question_answer2)

  Statement I: The power of Amendment under Article 368 does not include the power to alter the basic structure of the Constitution.

  Statement II: The Right to Equality does not form a part of the basic structure of the Constitution.

  Codes:
  A)
   Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I. done clear
  B)
   Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I. done clear
  C)
   Statement I is true but Statement II is false. done clear
  D)
   Statement I is false but Statement II is true. done clear
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• question_answer3)
  Which one of the following is the correct statement? The power of Parliament to amend the Constitution of India as a constitutional power was laid down under Article 368 by:
  A)
   The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 done clear
  B)
   The Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1971 done clear
  C)
   The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971 done clear
  D)
   The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 done clear
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  In which case did the Supreme Court pronounce the judgement for the first time that the 'basic structure' of the Constitution cannot be amended by Parliament?
  A)
   Shankari Prasad case                 done clear
  B)
   Golaknath case done clear
  C)
   Kesavananda Bharati case                      done clear
  D)
   Minerva Mills case done clear
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• question_answer5)
  Which one of the following statements is correct?
  A)
   The Constitution clearly lays down what its basic structure is done clear
  B)
   The Supreme Court has elaborately defined the basic structure of me Constitution done clear
  C)
   The Law Commission of India with the help of Attorney-General of India has defined the basic structure of the Constitution done clear
  D)
   Neither the Supreme Court nor the Parliament have defined the basic structure of the a Constitution done clear
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• question_answer6)
  Which one of the following Amendments inserted provision saying that "Nothing in Article 13 shall apply to any amendments made under Article 368"?
  A)
   Forty-second Amendment Act done clear
  B)
   Forty-fourth Amendment Act done clear
  C)
   Twenty-fourth Amendment Act done clear
  D)
   Twenty-second Amendment Act done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Under Article 368, the Parliament has no power to repeal Fundamental Rights because these are:
  A)
   Enshrined in Part III of the Constitution done clear
  B)
   Human Rights done clear
  C)
   Transcendental Rights done clear
  D)
  Part of basic structure of the Constitution done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Which one of the following cases prompted the Parliament to enact 24th Constitutional Amendment Act?                                                                    
  A)
   Golaknath case                                                                         done clear
  B)
   Shankari Prasad case                                                                  done clear
  C)
   Kesavananda Bharati case                                                            done clear
  D)
   Minerva Mills case                                                                        done clear
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  Statement I: By amendment. Parliament cannot destroy the basic features of the Constitution.

  Statement II: The power to amend does not include the power to abrogate the Constitution.

  Codes:
  A)
   Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of I Statement I.                                                                          done clear
  B)
   Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I. done clear
  C)
   Statement I is true but Statement II is false. done clear
  D)
   Statement I is false but Statement II is true. done clear
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• question_answer10)
  The Supreme Court invalidated a provision of the Forty-Second Amendment Act, which enlarged: the scope of Article 368 to amend Fundamental Rights on the ground that the:
  A)
   Requisite number of States had not ratified the amendment done clear
  B)
   Amendment has been enacted during the emergency                                   done clear
  C)
   Amendment abrogated a basic feature of the Constitution                               done clear
  D)
   Rajya Sabha had not passed the amendment with the prescribed majority     done clear
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