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Important Amendments | Indian Constitution


  • 1- Inserted 9th schedule (1951)
  • 7- Reorganisation of states on  basis of language
  • 10- Incorporation of Dadra, Nagar and Haveli as a Union Territory
  • 15- Increased retirement age
    of high court judges from
    60 to 62 years
  • 19 - Abolished Election Tribunals (1966)
  • 24 - Affirmed the Right of Parliament to amend any part of constitution (in 1971)
  • 26 - Abolished titles & special
    privileges of former rulers
    of princely states
  • 31 - Raised the number of
    Lok Sabha seats from
    525 to 545
  • 41 - Raised the age of retirement of the Chairman and members of the State PSC from 60 to 62 years
  • 42 - Added Socialist, Secular
    & integrity in Preamble,
    Added Fundamental duties
    (Part IV A) ,
     Raised the tenure of Lok Sabha from 5 to 6 years , Given precedence to Directive Principles of State Policy over Fundamental Rights . 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 is known as Mini Constitution.
  • 44 - Deleted right to property from
    Fundamental rights
  • 52 -Known as Anti defection law. Added 10th schedule
    regarding disqualification
    on the grounds of defection
  • 61 - Reduced voting age from
    21 to 18 years 
    (1989)
  • 66 - Place Lands Reform Act
  • 69 - Special status to Delhi by
    designing as National Capital
    Territory of Delhi
  • 73 - Introduction of Panchayati Raj, addition of Part IX to the Constitution.
  • 74 - 12th schedule relating to municipalities had been added
  • 86 - Insertion of Article 21 A in Fundamental Rights(in 2002)
  • 91 - Limited the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States not to exceed 15% of the number of members in the Lok Sabha. 
  • 93 - added clause (5) in Article 15 to reserve seats for socially & educationally backwards classes in educational institutions including private institutions
  • 96 - Substituted Odia for Oriya
  • 98 - To empower the Governor of Karnataka to take steps to develop the Hyderabad-Karnataka Region
  • 99 - Formation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission
  • 101 - Introduction of GST



Questions
1.Which among the following amendments of Indian constitution added the fundamental duties of citizens - 42nd amendment (Live Stock Inspector Gr. II 2019)

2.Fundamental duties were added to Indian Constitution in the year - 1976 (Probation Officer Gr II 2019)

2018
1.The 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Indian Constitution were related with - Creation of Local Government Institutions (Staff Nurse Grade II 2018)

2.State the amendment that added the word ‘secular’ in the preamble to the Constitution - 42nd amendment act, 1976 (HSST HINDI 2018)

3.Which of the following are correctly matched ?
(a) Tenth Schedule - Added by 52nd Amendment Act
(b) Nineth Schedule - Added by 1st Amendment Act
(c) Art : 15(5) - Added by 93rd Amendment Act
(d) Twelfth Schedule - Added by 74th Amendment Act
Answer : All are correctly matched
(HSST - Chemistry 2018)

4.The Constitutional Amendment deals with the anti defection law - 52 (Assistant Professor in Surgical Gasteroenterology 2018)

5.The Right to Education was added to the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India through the - 86th Constitution Amendment Act 2002 (Women Civil Excise Officer 2018)

6.The term 'Secular' is added to the Preamble of the Indian constitution by the - 42nd Amendment (Assistant Professor in Transfusion Medicine Blood Bank 2018)

7.24th Amendment Act of Indian Constitution passed in which year - 1971  (HSST Junior Commerce 2018)

8.The words Socialist and Secular were added to the Preamble by - 42nd amendment (SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT 2018)

9.In which year fundamental duties are inserted in our Constitution - 1976 (HSST Junior Commerce 2018)

10.By which Constitutional Amendment Act the word 'secularism' was incorporated in the Preamble of the Constitution of India  - The Constitution (Forty-Second Amendment) Act (HSST JUNIOR MATHEMATICS 2018)

11.Which Amendment of the Constitution raised the term of Lok sabha from the original 5 years term to 6 years - 42nd Amendment  (HSST SANSKRIT 2018)

12.101st amendment of Indian Constitution is related with - GST  (Pharmacist Gr II Homoeo 2018)


13.Which constitutional amendment deleted Article 31 dealing with Right to property from our constitution - 44th Amendment (Technical Superintendent Dairy 2018)

14.Which of the following constitution amendment act is related with the disqualification of a member of either House of Parliament on the grounds of defection from his party - The Constitution 52nd Amendment Act  (LECTURER IN MICROBIOLOGY  2018)

15.Which of the following Amendment Act of the Constitution added Fundamental Duties to the Constitution -42(nd) Amendment Act 1976 (Sr Lecturer in Dermatology and Venerology 2018)

16.The size of the council of ministers was determined by which Amendment - 91st (HSST Junior Commerce 2018)

17.Which Amendment Act is known as Mini Constitution - 42nd (Lecturer in Computer Science 2018)

18.69th Amendment of Indian Constitution gives - Power of National capital territory to Delhi (Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases 2018)

19.Indian Constitution was amended for the first time in - 1951(Radiographer Gr.II-Govt Homoeopathic 2018)

20.Consider the following and which of the below was made through the 10(th) amendment Indian Constitution - Incorporation of Dadra, Nagar and Haveli as a Union Territory (Vocational Teacher Dairying 2018)

21.Which of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India made the Right to Education a part of Fundamental Rights - 86th (HSST Arabic 2018)

22.The term ‘integrity’ in the preamble of Indian Constitution was inserted by the - 42nd Amendment Act (HSST English 2018)

23.By which amendment the word 'Secularism' was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution - 42 Amendment (Assistant Professor in ENT 2018)

24.The Right to Education was added as a Fundamental Right by which amendment - 86th (Assistant Crane Driver Electrical 2018)

25.Which amendment added the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution - The First Amendment (Junior Assistant KSFE /KSEB/KSRTC 2018)

26.Which of the following amendment of Indian Constitution abolished Election Tribunals - 19(th) Amendment of 1966  (Vocational Teacher Dairying 2018)

27.Which Constitutional Amendment gave precedence to the Directive Principles of State Policy over Fundamental Rights - 42(nd) (Laboratory Technical Assistant Textile Weaving 2018)

28.The first amendment of Indian Constitution deals about - Land reforms  (Lecturer in Architecture 2018)

29.The 99th amendment of Indian constitution is related with - The composition of the national judicial appointments commission (Drawing Teacher High School 2018)

30.Which of the following Constitution Amendment Act raised the age of retirement of the members of State Public
Service Commission from 60 to 62 - The Constitution 41(st) Amendment Act  (HSST Mathematics Junior NCA 2018)

31.Which amendment of the Constitution of India deleted the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights - 44(th) (Lecturer in Educational Psychology 2018)

32.By which Constitutional Amendment Act was the voting age lowered from 21 years to 18 years - 61st Amendment 1989  (Assistant/Auditor-Govt Secretariat 2018)

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