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done Constitutional Amendments Total Questions - 11

• question_answer1)

  The first Amendment to the Constitution (1951) made changes in relation to which of the following provisions?

  1. Special provisions for advancement of socially and educationally backward classes.

  2. Validation of certain Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule.

  3. Saving of certain laws giving effect to certain Directive Principles

  4. Saving of laws providing for acquisition of estates

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

  List-I (constitutional amendments Act)		List-II (Major subject)
  A.	19th Amendment	1.	Reservation of seats for SC / ST in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies in the states
  B.	25th Amendment	2.	Duties of the election commission
  C.	31th Amendment	3.	Compensation in the acquisition of property
  D.	45th Amendment	4.	Increase in elected seats in Lok Sabha

  Codes:
  A)
   A-4      B-1       C-2       D-3 done clear
  B)
   A-2      B-3       C-4       D-1 done clear
  C)
   A-4      B-3       C-2       D-1 done clear
  D)
   A-2      B-1       C-4       D-3 done clear
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• question_answer3)
  What does the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, deal with?
  A)
   Creation of a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes done clear
  B)
   Cyber crimes done clear
  C)
   Inclusion of Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages in the Eighth Schedule done clear
  D)
   Making right to free and compulsory education a Fundamental Right done clear
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• question_answer4)
  Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

  List-I (Amendment)		List-II (Nature of Amendment)
  A.	42nd Amendment Act, 1976	1.	Disqualification for defection
  B.	52nd Amendment Act, 1985	2.	It amended schedule VIII to the constiturion and added Sindhi as recognized language.
  C.	62nd Amendment Act, 1989	3.	This Amendment inserted three new words ?secular? and ?integrity? in the preamble
  D.	21st Amendment Act, 1966	4.	This amendment has extended the reservation of state for SCs and STs in the House of the people and state legislative Assemblies.

  Codes:
  A)
  A-3       B-1       C-2       D-4 done clear
  B)
  A-1       B-3       C-4       D-2 done clear
  C)
  A-3       B-1       C-4       D-2 done clear
  D)
  A-1       B-3       C-2       D-4 done clear
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• question_answer5)
  86th Amendment to the Constitution of India has:
  A)
   Made free and compulsory primary education a fundamental right done clear
  B)
   Incorporated provision of right to inheritance in the Directive Principles of State Policy done clear
  C)
   Enhanced the scope of reservation for backward communities in educational institutions done clear
  D)
   Brought minority educational institutions under strict control of the Central Government done clear
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• question_answer6)
  Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1.	24th Amendment	Asserted the right of me Parliament to amend any part of the Constitution including Part III
  2.	39th Amendment	Election of President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker is beyond the purview of the Judiciary
  3.	42nd Amendment	Political defections made illegal and reservations for SC/ST extended for another 10 years.
  4.	70th Amendment	Granting of statehood to the Union Territory of Delhi.

  Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  A)
   1 and 4            done clear
  B)
   1 and 2 done clear
  C)
   2 and 3            done clear
  D)
   3 and 4 done clear
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• question_answer7)
  The Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act deals with:
  A)
   Local self-government done clear
  B)
   Extension of reservation in educational institutions done clear
  C)
   Basic structure of the Constitution of India done clear
  D)
   Appointment of judges in the Supreme Court of India done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

  List-I (constitutional Amendment)		List-II ( Eiffects)
  A.	37th Amendment	1.	Tripura in the Sixth Schedule
  B.	49th Amendment	2.	Legislature to a UT
  C.	58th Amendment	3.	Publication of the Constitution in Hindi
  D.	77th Amendment	4.	National Capital status to Delhi
  		5.	Reservation in promotions to SCs and STs

  Codes:
  A)
  A-2       B-1       C-3       D-5 done clear
  B)
  A-3       B-4       C-2       D-1 done clear
  C)
  A-2       B-4       C-3       D-1 done clear
  D)
  A-3       B-1       C-2       D-5 done clear
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• question_answer9)
  Part IV-A was added to the Constitution of India by the:
  A)
   Twenty-fifth Amendment Act           done clear
  B)
   Forty-second Amendment Act done clear
  C)
   Forty-fourth Amendment Act           done clear
  D)
   Fifty-second Amendment Act done clear
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• question_answer10)

  Select the correct sequence of the following constitutional amendments:

  1. Voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years

  2. Right to property deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights

  3. Sikkim became a State of the Indian Union

  4. Hindi version of the Constitution was accepted officially

  Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  A)
   3-1-4-2             done clear
  B)
   4-2-3-1 done clear
  C)
   3-2-4-1 done clear
  D)
   4-1-3-2 done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

  List-I (Amendment of the constitution)		List-II (Purpose of the Amendment)
  A.	53rd Amendment	1.	Extension of reservation for SCs and STs and Anglo-Indians in the House of People and in the State Assemblies for a period of ten years
  B.	61st Amendment	2.	Special provisions for Mizoram
  C.	74th Amendment	3.	Lowering of voting age from 21 to 18
  D.	79th Amendment	4.	Constitution of three types of Municipalities

  Codes:
  A)
  A-2       B-4       C-3       D-1 done clear
  B)
  A-1       B-3       C-4       D-2 done clear
  C)
  A-2       B-3       C-4       D-1 done clear
  D)
  A-1       B-4       C-3       D-2 done clear
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