Questions for: Constitutional Amendment

• Q: 2. The appointment was approved by Parliament.
  
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  D)
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: 3. It is presided over by Chief Justice M.N. Venkatchaliah.
  
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  Answer:
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• Q: 4. It will focus on socio-economic needs of the country.
  
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  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is to be headed by a person who has been a former Chief Justice of India.
  
  A) (A) is true, but (R) is false

  B) (A) is false, but (R) is true

  C) Both (A) and (R) are true

  D) Both (A) and (R) are false
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Reason (R): The Chairperson of NHRC holds office for a term of 5 years or till he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
  
  A)

  B)

  C)

  D)
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down the procedure for the amendment of the Constitution? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010, UPPCS (Mains) 2008]
  
  A) Article 348

  B) Article 358

  C) Article 368

  D) Article 378
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: A bill for the amendment in Indian Constitution can be presented [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013, 39th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
  
  A) Only in Lok Sabha

  B) Only in Rajya Sabha

  C) Either in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha

  D) In the Supreme Court of India
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The President’s power to veto a Bill for amendment of the Constitution has been taken away by substituting the words ‘shall give his assent’ by which amendment? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2018, RAS/RTS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2013]
  
  A) 44th Amendment

  B) 23rd Amendment

  C) 24th Amendment

  D) 42nd Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately by the special majority? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007, IAS (Pre) 2003]
  
  A) Ordinary Bill

  B) Money Bill

  C) Finance Bill

  D) Constitution Amendment Bill
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: When was the first Bill for the amendment of the Indian Constitution presented? [38th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
  
  A) 1950

  B) 1951

  C) 1955

  D) 1958
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: In the event of the Upper House rejecting a Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by the Lower House. [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2015, UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
  
  A) The Bill will have to be dropped

  B) A joint sitting of both Houses may be convened

  C) Lok Sabha passes it again by two-third majority

  D) Deemed to be passed despite disapproval
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The First Constitution Amendment Bill passed in 1951 was related to [Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2018, UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
  
  A) Security of the country

  B) Security of the Prime Minister

  C) Protection of agrarian reforms

  D) SCs and STs
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by [IAS (Pre) 2003]
  
  A) First Amendment

  B) Eighth Amendment

  C) Ninth Amendment

  D) Forty Second Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The 93rd Constitution Amendment Bill deals with the [IAS (Pre) 2002]
  
  A) Reservation in govt jobs

  B) Free and compulsory education

  C) 30% women reservation

  D) More Parliamentary seats
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: ‘Right to Education’ introduced through 86th Amendment came into force. [Goa PSC (Pre) 2018, Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
  
  A) 2002

  B) 2004

  C) 2008

  D) 2010
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: By which Constitutional Amendment OBCs have been given 27% reservation in admission to educational institutions? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
  
  A) 92nd

  B) 93rd

  C) 94th

  D) 96th
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: By which amendment was ‘Co-operative Societies’ added in Article 19(1)(c)? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
  
  A) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976

  B) 73rd Amendment Act, 1993

  C) 97th Amendment Act, 2011

  D) 36th Amendment Act, 1975
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Amendment converts Delhi into National Capital Region? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015, UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
  
  A) 69th Amendment

  B) 70th Amendment

  C) 73rd Amendment

  D) 74th Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which has banned floor crossing by elected party members? [UPPCS (Pre) 1996, 1992]
  
  A) 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act

  B) Representation of Public Law

  C) 42nd Amendment

  D) 44th Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Amendment introduced anti-defection provision? [UPPCS (Mains) 2008, MPPCS (Pre) 2015]
  
  A) 54th Amendment

  B) 53rd Amendment

  C) 52nd Amendment

  D) 51st Amendment
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: 52nd Constitution Amendment is related to [Orissa PSC (Pre) 2014, UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
  
  A) Defection

  B) Reservation

  C) Election

  D) Protection of minorities
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Hindi version of Constitution authorized by which Amendment? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
  
  A) 57th Amendment, 1987

  B) 58th Amendment, 1987

  C) 59th Amendment, 1988

  D) 60th Amendment, 1988
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Amendment lowered the voting age? [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
  
  A) 61st Amendment

  B) 44th Amendment

  C) 42nd Amendment

  D) 24th Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: 79th Amendment is related to [UPPCS (Mains) 2008]
  
  A) Centre-State Relation

  B) Two political parties

  C) Fundamental Rights

  D) SC/ST reservation in legislatures
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Amendment reserves seats for SCs/STs in Lok Sabha and Assemblies? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]
  
  A) 76th

  B) 77th

  C) 78th

  D) 79th
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Basic structure theory implies that [IAS (Pre) 1994]
  
  A) Some features can’t be abrogated

  B) Fundamental rights can’t be abridged

  C) Amendment only via Article 368

  D) Preamble can’t be amended
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Keshavanand Bharti Case is important because [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
  
  A) It sets aside executive orders

  B) Interpreted basic features

  C) Union Govt in the dock

  D) None of the above
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court of India enunciated the doctrine of ‘Basic Structure of the Constitution’ in
  
  A) The Golaknath case in 1967

  B) The Sajjan Singh case in 1965

  C) The Shankari Prasad case in 1951

  D) The Keshavanand Bharti case in 1973
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: In India, who is competent to amend Fundamental Rights of the citizens?
  
  A) Lok Sabha

  B) Rajya Sabha

  C) Parliament

  D) Supreme Court
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: In which of the following cases the Supreme Court limited the power of Parliament to amend the Constitution for the first time?
  
  A) A.K. Gopalan Vs. The State of Madras

  B) Golaknath Vs. The State of Punjab

  C) Keshavanand Bharti Vs. The State of Kerala

  D) Minerva Mills Vs. The Union of India
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts was termed as Mini Constitution?
  
  A) 42nd

  B) 44th

  C) 46th

  D) 50th
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: 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?
  
  A) 25th Amendment

  B) 28th Amendment

  C) 42nd Amendment

  D) 44th Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following Constitutional Amendment is related to the Fundamental Duties?
  
  A) 42nd

  B) 44th

  C) 46th

  D) 50th
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Constitutional Amendment bifurcated the Combined National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes into two separate bodies?
  
  A) 42nd Amendment

  B) 44th Amendment

  C) 89th Amendment

  D) 93rd Amendment
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: When were the Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Constitution?
  
  A) At the time of framing of Constitution

  B) On 26th January, 1950

  C) In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment

  D) In the 41st Constitutional Amendment
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The Constitution (98th Amendment) Bill is related to
  
  A) Empowering the centre to levy and appropriate service tax

  B) Constitution of the National Judicial Commission

  C) Readjustment of electoral constituencies on the basis of the population census 2001

  D) The demarcation of new boundaries between States
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2012 is concerned with
  
  A) Free and compulsory education for children upto the age of 14 years

  B) Organization and working of co-operative societies

  C) Stringent measures to deal with terrorism

  D) Provision of Lokpal to prevent corruption
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: 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?
  
  A) 91st Amendment

  B) 92nd Amendment

  C) 90th Amendment

  D) None of the above
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following Amendments of the Indian Constitution limits the size of the Union Ministry?
  
  A) 78th Amendment

  B) 91st Amendment

  C) 88th Amendment

  D) 90th Amendment
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Sikkim became a new State by
  
  A) 30th Amendment of the Constitution

  B) 34th Amendment of the Constitution

  C) 35th Amendment of the Constitution

  D) 36th Amendment of the Constitution
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Mizoram has been granted the status of a State by which of the following Constitutional Amendment?
  
  A) 53rd

  B) 54th

  C) 55th

  D) 52nd
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Amendment to the Constitution inserted a new Article 21A in the Constitution providing Right to Education?
  
  A) 86th Amendment

  B) 87th Amendment

  C) 88th Amendment

  D) 89th Amendment
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements. I. Through 44th Constitutional Amendment, 1978 all the Directive Principles of State Policy have been given preference over Fundamental Rights mentioned in Articles 14 and 19. II. Supreme Court has laid down in its verdict in Minerva Mills Case, 1980 that the preference given only to Directive Principles of State Policy mentioned in Article 39(b) and (c) over Fundamental Rights mentioned in Articles 14 and 19 is constitutional.
  
  A) Neither I nor II is correct

  B) Only I is correct

  C) Only II is correct

  D) Both I and II are correct
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by the 1. Lok Sabha 2. Rajya Sabha 3. State Legislatures 4. President
  
  A) 1 alone

  B) 1, 2 and 3

  C) 2, 3 and 4

  D) 1 and 2
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: According to the Indian Constitution, the Constitutional amendment of the following topics requires consent of at least half of State legislatures. Code:
  
  A) 1, 2 and 3

  B) 1, 2 and 4

  C) 1, 3 and 4

  D) 2, 3 and 4
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following are the matters on which a constitutional amendment is possible only with the ratification of the legislatures of not less than one-half of the states? Code:
  
  A) 1, 2 and 3

  B) 1, 2 and 4

  C) 1, 3 and 4

  D) 2, 3 and 4
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements: 1. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by introduction of a Bill in the Lok Sabha only. 2. If such an amendment seeks to make changes in the federal character of the Constitution, the amendment also requires to be ratified by the legislatures of all the States of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 2

  C) Both 1 and 2

  D) Neither 1 nor 2
  Answer: D
  Explanation: