Indian Polity and Governance | Constitutional Amendment

Indian Polity and Governance | Constitutional Amendment

Dec 16, 2024 - 12:07 Updated: Dec 16, 2024 - 13:04
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1. Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down the procedure for the amendment of the Constitution?

348
358
368
378

2. A bill for the amendment in Indian Constitution can be presented

Only in Lok Sabha
Only in Rajya Sabha
Either in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha
In the Supreme Court of India

3. The President's power to veto a Bill for amendment of the Constitution has been taken away by substituting the world 'shall give his assent' by which amendment?

44th Amendment
23rd Amendment
24th Amendment
42nd Amendment

4. Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately by the special majority?

Ordinary Bill
Money Bill
Finance Bill
Constitution Amendment Bill

5. When was the first Bill for the amendment of the Indian Constitution presented?

1950
1951
1955
1958

6. In the event of the Upper House rejecting a Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by the Lower House.

The Bill will have to be dropped
A joint sitting of the both Houses of Parliament may be convened to consider and pass the Bill
The Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses of the Parliament if the Lok Sabha passes it again by a two-third majority
The Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses of the Parliament despite the disapproval of the Bill by the Upper House

7. The First Constitution Amendment Bill passed in 1951 was related to

Security of the country
Security of the Prime Minister
Protection of agrarian reforms in certain States
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

8. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by

First Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Ninth Amendment
Forty Second Amendment

9. The 93rd Constitution Amendment Bill deals with the

Continuation of reservation for backward classes in government jobs
Free and compulsory education for all children between the age of 6 and 14 years
Reservation of 30% posts for women in government recruitments
Allocation of more number of Parliamentary seats for recently formed States

10. 'Right to Education' introduced through 86th Amendment came into force.

2002
2004
2008
2010

11. By which Constitutional Amendment OBCs have been given 27% reservation in the admission to educational institutions?

92nd
93rd
94th
96th

12. By which of the following amendments of the Indian Constitution, the term 'Co-operative Societies' was added in Article 19(1)(c)?

42nd Amendment Act, 1976
73rd Amendment Act, 1993
97th Amendment Act, 2011
36th Amendment Act, 1975

13. Which one of the following, Amendments of the Constitution of India converts the Union Territory of Delhi into the National Capital Region of Delhi?

69th Amendment
70th Amendment
73rd Amendment
74th Amendment

14. Which of the following has banned floor crossing by the member elected on a party ticket to the legislature?

52nd Constitutional Amendment Act
Representation of Public Law
42nd Constitutional Amendment
44th Constitutional Amendment

15. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments introduced the anti-defection provision in the Constitution for the first time?

54th Amendment
53rd Amendment
52nd Amendment
51st Amendment

16. 52nd Constitution Amendment is related to

Defection
Reservation
Election
Protection of minorities

17. The authoritative text of the Indian Constitution in Hindi was authorized to be published by which of the following Constitutional Amendments?

57th Amendment, 1987
58th Amendment, 1987
59th Amendment, 1988
60th Amendment, 1988

18. Which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution is related to the Lowering of the age of voters?

61st Amendment
44th Amendment
42nd Amendment
42nd Amendment

19. The 79th Amendment of the Indian Constitution is related to

Centre-State Relation
Establishment of two political parties
Fundamental Rights
Reservation of SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies

20. Which Constitutional Amendment makes provision for the reservation of seats for SC's and ST's in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies?

76th
77th
78th
79th

21. The basis structure theory of the Constitution of India implies that

Certain features of the Constitution are so essential to it that they cannot be abrogated
Fundamental rights cannot be abridged or taken away
The Constitution cannot be amended except in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 368
The Preamble of the Constitution cannot be amended for it is not a part of the Constitution and at the same time represents it real spirit

22. The Keshavanand Bharti Case is important because

It sets aside the orders of the executive
The Supreme Court interpreted the basic features of the Constitution
It brought the Union Government in the dock
None of the above

23. The Supreme Court of India enunciated the doctrine of 'Basic Structure of the Constitution' in

The Golaknath case in 1967
The Sajjan Singh case in 1965
The Shankari Prasad case in 1951
The Keshavanand Bharti case in 1973

24. In India, who is competent to amend Fundamental Rights of the citizens?

Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Parliament
Supreme Court

25. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court limited the power of Parliament to amend the Constitution for the first time?

A.K. Gopalan Vs. The State of Madras
Golaknath Vs. The State of Punjab
Keshavanand Bharti Vs. The State of Kerala
Minerva Mills Vs. The Union of India

26. Which of the following Constitutional Amedment Acts was termed as Mini Constitution?

42nd
44th
46th
50th

27. Which Amendment of the Constitution provides that no law passed to give effect to Directive Principles of State Policy contained in Articles 39(b) and (c) shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it abridges the rights conferred by Articles 14 and 19?

25th Amendment
28th Amendment
42nd Amendment
44th Amendment

28. Which of the following Constitutional Amendment is related to the Fundamental Duties?

42nd
44th
46th
50th

29. Which Constitutional Amendment bifurcated the Combined National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate bodies?

42nd Amendment
44th Amendment
89th Amendment
93rd Amendment

30. When were the Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Constitution?

At the time of framing of Constitution
On 26th January, 1950
In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment
In the 41st Constitutional Amendment

31. The Constitution (98th Amendment) Bill is related to

Empowering the centre to levy and appropriate service tax
Constitution of the National Judicial Commission
Readjustment of electoral constituencies on the basis of the population census 2001
The demarcation of new boundaries between States

32. 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2012 is concerned with

Free and compulsory education for children upto the age of 14 years
Organization and working of cooperative societies
Stringent measures to deal with terrorism
Provision of Lokpal to prevent corruption

33. By which Constitutional Amendment the number of Central Ministers has been limited to 15% of the total number of the members of the Lok Sabha?

91st Amendment
92nd Amendment
90th Amendment
None of the above

34. Which of the following Amendments of the Indian Constitution limits the size of the Union Ministry?

78th Amendment
91st Amendment
88th Amendment
90th Amendment

35. Sikkim became a new State by

30th Amendment of the Constitution
34th Amendment of the Constitution
35th Amendment of the Constitution
36th Amendment of the Constitution

36. Mizoram has been granted the status of a State by which of the following Constitutional Amendment?

53rd
54th
55th
52nd

37. Which Amendment to the Constitution inserted a new Article 21A in the Constitution providing Right to Education?

86th Amendment
87th Amendment
88th Amendment
89th Amendment