5.Indian Polity: Amendment
The word 'social, secular and the unity and intergrity of the nation have been added to the Indian Constitution by which ammendment ?(a) 38th
(b) 48th
(c) 40th
(d) 42nd
Answer: 42nd
Who is entitled to initiate a Bill for Constitutional ammendments ?
(a) Lok Sabha Only
(b) Rajya Sabha only
(c) Either House of Parliament
(d) State Legislative Assemblies
Answer: Either House of Parliament
For the creation of a new state in India, the ammendment of the Constitution will require
(a) Simple majority in Parliament
(b) Two-third majority in Parliament
(c) Simple majority in Parliament and approval of majority of states
(d) Two-third majority in each House of Parliament and approval of majority of states
Answer: Two-third majority in each House of Parliament and approval of majority of states
The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India was
(a) Added by the 1st amendment
(b) A part of the original Constitution
(c) Added by the 24th amendment
(d) Added by the 42nd amendment
Answer: Added by the 1st amendment
Which of the following words were added to the Indian Constitution by 42nd Amendment ?
(a) Federal
(b) Republic
(c) Democratic
(d) Socialist Secular
Answer: Socialist Secular
Recently, through an amendment Parliament has passed the bill allowing the banks to raise their equity from the capital market upto a maximum of which of the following percentages ?
(a) 49
(b) 51
(c) 45
(d) 47
Answer: 49
The Sixth Schedule to the constitution (Amendment) Bill, 1988 relates to
(a) The setting up of the Gorkha Hill Council
(b) Some discretionary powers of the governors of Mizoram and Tripura
(c) Lowering the voting age
(d) The power of the local bodies to levy professional tax
Answer: Some discretionary powers of the governors of Mizoram and Tripura
Which of the following were incorporated into the Constitution by an amendment ?
(a) None of these
(b) Fundamental Duties
(c) Directive Principles
(d) Fundamental Rights
Answer: Fundamental Duties
Which of the following Articles deals with the Amendment to Our Constitution ?
(a) 368
(b) 372
(c) 356
(d) 370
Answer: 368
The Amendment regarding the formation of a new state by seperating territory from any other state by seperating territory from any other state must be passed by
(a) Both the Houses of Parliament
(b) Both the houses of parliament and before that the opinion of that state is to be ascertained by the President
(c) Only Lok Sabha
(d) Only Rajya Sabha
Answer: Both the houses of parliament and before that the opinion of that state is to be ascertained by the President
By which amendment, the power to amend the Constitution was specificialy conferned upon the Parliament ?
(a) 52nd
(b) 42nd
(c) 24th
(d) 56th
Answer: 24th
If any act or amendment is included in the Ninth schedule of the Constitution, what will be the result ?
(a) It relates to official languages
(b) A new State or territory is created
(c) It become non-justiciable
(d) It become justiciable
Answer: It become non-justiciable
The 42nd amendment to the Indian Constitution is notable because it gives
(a) Primacy to Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights
(b) Special treatment to Sikkim
(c) Special treatment to Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Primacy to Fundamental Rights over Directive Principle
Answer: Primacy to Fundamental Rights over Directive Principle
44th amendment deals with
(a) Extention of reservation of seats in Parliament
(b) Abolition of Right to Property as a Fundamental Rights
(c) Curbing the Fundamental Rights
(d) Curbing the jurisdiction of High Courts
Answer: Abolition of Right to Property as a Fundamental Rights
By which amendment was the power of the lok Sabha to amend the Constitution affirmed ?
(a) 42nd
(b) 39th
(c) 43rd
(d) 24th
Answer: 24th
The Constitution 44th amendment (renumbered 43rd)
(a) Limits the power of the government to proclaim internal emergency
(b) Restored to the High Court and the Supreme Court their jurisdiction to consider the validity of any central or State Law
(c) Ensures the right to property
(d) Ensure the Press Freedom
Answer: Restored to the High Court and the Supreme Court their jurisdiction to consider the validity of any central or State Law
Which of the following amendments provided for the extention of reservation of SC's and ST's for another 10 years ?
(a) 44th
(b) 42nd
(c) 45th
(d) 43rd
Answer: 45th
Which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution cannot be amended by the Method of simple majority ?
(a) Qualification for Indian citizenship
(b) Creation or abolition of the second chambers in the states
(c) Creation of new state or changing the boundaries of the existing states
(d) Election of the President of India
Answer: Election of the President of India
As a result of a 42nd amendment, which of the following has emerged as a supreme in the Indian constitutional framework ?
(a) Judiciary
(b) Constitution
(c) Parliament
(d) Executive
Answer: Parliament
The 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill was passed in the year
(a) 1977
(b) 1980
(c) 1979
(d) 1976
Answer: 1976
Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in
(a) 1950
(b) 1953
(c) 1952
(d) 1951
Answer: 1951
The 44th Amendment modifies or nullifies a number of provision of which amendment ?
(a) 43rd
(b) 40th
(c) 41st
(d) 42nd
Answer: 42nd
Of all the amendment in the Indian Constitution the most comprehensive and controversial amendment was
(a) 43rd
(b) 45th
(c) 44th
(d) 42nd
Answer: 42nd
In India decides to have a Presidential form of government, the first and foremost amendment has to be made affecting the
(a) System of judiciary
(b) Provision pertaining to Fundamental Rights
(c) Composition of Parliament
(d) Executive-legislature relationship
Answer: Executive-legislature relationship
When the procedure of an amendment is complicated, the Constitution is said to be
(a) Federal
(b) Unitary
(c) Flexible
(d) Rigid
Answer: Rigid
Which amendment restored the power of judicial review to the Supreme Court and High Courts after it was curtailed by the 42nd amendment ?
(a) 42nd
(b) 56th
(c) 44th
(d) 43rd
Answer: 43rd
Which amendment of Constitution of India affirmed the power of the Parliament to amend any part of the Constitution relating to Fundamental Rights ?
(a) 23rd
(b) 26th
(c) 25th
(d) 24th
Answer: 24th
Which amendment Bill proposed to grant statehood to Delhi ?
(a) 77th
(b) 72nd
(c) 44th
(d) 70th
Answer: 72nd
By which amendment Bill did the Parliament lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years?
(a) 42nd
(b) 73rd
(c) 44th
(d) 62nd
Answer: 62nd
Who gave that No person shall be a President for more than two terms, and that no amendment of the Constitution is necessary to enjoy this ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) J.B. Kripalani
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
The 73rd amendment to the Indian Constitution pertains to which of the following ?
(a) Inclusion of Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali in the English schedule
(b) Panchayati Raj
(c) Statehood of Delhi
(d) Land Reforms Law
Answer: Panchayati Raj
The Right to Property ceased to be a Fundamental Rights from
(a) 1976
(b) 1978
(c) 1979
(d) 1975
Answer: 1979
For amendment of the Constitution a Bill may be introduced in
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Either chamber of state Legislature or Union Parliament
(c) Either House of Parliament
(d) Rajya Sabha
Answer: Either House of Parliament
An Amendment to which of the following would not require the bill to be ratified by not less than one half of the State Legislature ?
(a) The representation of states in the Parliament
(b) Provision relating to amendment
(c) Alteration of the salaries of the MP's
(d) Any of the lists in the seventh schedule
Answer:
Which of the following is the subject matter of the Constitution 77th Amendment Act, 1993 ?
(a) Land lord tenant tribunals
(b) Delinking religion from politics
(c) Panchayati Raj
(d) Municipalities
Answer: Land lord tenant tribunals
Which Constitutional Amendment gave the Parliament an absolute right to amend the Constitution including the provisions contained in part III thereof ?
(a) 24th
(b) 44th
(c) 43rd
(d) 42nd
Answer; 42nd
The Indian Institute of Technolgy Act, 1961 has recently been amended in the Parliament
(a) To set up a coordinating institute for all the IIT's
(b) None of these
(c) To set up a Technolgy park
(d) To set up an IIT institute at Guwahati
Answer: To set up an IIT institute at Guwahati
Which of the following constitution amendment restore the Legislative Assembly and a Cabinet headed by the Chief Minister in Delhi ?
(a) 68th
(b) 72nd
(c) 74th
(d) 62nd
Answer: 74th
The Constitutional Bill regarding delinking of religion from politics was
(a) 79th
(b) 80th
(c) 77th
(d) 78th
Answer: 80th
Which of the following services has been included the Consumer Protection (amendment) Bill, 1993 ?
(a) Transport
(b) Power
(c) Telephone
(d) Health
Answer: Health
Which of the folowing dose not figure in the 64th Constitution Amendment Bill regarding Panchayati Raj ?
(a) Village Panchayat
(b) District level body
(c) Nyaya Panchayat
(d) Block level body
Answer: Block level body
The Indian Constitution Provide how many methods of amendment ?
(a) Two
(b) More Than 3
(c) One
(d) Three
Answer: Three
For all purpose, an amendment Bill has to be passed by
(a) Only Lok Sabha
(b) Both the Houses of Parliament as well as the State Legislature
(c) Only Rajya Sabha
(d) Both the houses of parliament and before that the opinion of that state is to be ascertained by the President
Answer: Both the houses of parliament and before that the opinion of that state is to be ascertained by the President
Which of the following is not true about an amendment bill ?
(a) The State Legislature cannot intiate any Bill for amendment
(b) A deadlock between two houses or an amendment bill can be resolved by a joint session of the Parliament
(c) There is no limitation to the power of Parliament to amend the constitution
(d) No amendment made can be called in question in any court
Answer: A deadlock between two houses or an amendment bill can be resolved by a joint session of the Parliament
The Parliament can amend the Constitution by way of
(a) All of these
(b) Repeal
(c) Addition
(d) Variation
Answer: All of these
Which of the following cannot be altered by the Parliament by ordinary legislative procedure ?
(a) Acquisition and termination of citizenship
(b) Composition of State Legislative Councils
(c) Privileges of the Parliament
(d) Representation of states in the parliament
Answer: Representation of states in the parliament
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