Polity (Constitutional Amendment) MCQ

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Subject — Indian Polity
Topic — Constitutional Amendment
Total Question in This Set — 45

Indian Polity (Constitutional Amendment) MCQ 

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

2. Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down the procedure for the amendment of the Constitution?
(A) 348
(B) 358
(C) 368
(D) 378

3. Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately by the special majority?
(A) Ordinary Bill
(B) Money Bill
(C) Finance Bill
(D) Constitution Amendment Bill

4. 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?
(A) 44th Amendment
(B) 23rd Amendment
(C) 24th Amendment
(D) 42nd Amendment

5. In the event of the Upper House rejecting a Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by the Lower House.
(A) The Bill will have to be dropped
(B) A joint sitting of the both Houses of Parliament may be convened to consider and pass the Bill
(C) 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
(D) 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

6. When was the first Bill for the amendment of the Indian Constitution presented?
(A) 1950
(B) 1951
(C) 1955
(D) 1958

7. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by
(A) First Amendment
(B) Eighth Amendment
(C) Ninth Amendment
(D) Forty Second Amendment

8. The First Constitution Amendment Bill passed in 1951 was related to
(A) Security of the country
(B) Security of the Prime Minister
(C) Protection of agrarian reforms in certain States
(D) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

9. ‘Right to Education’ introduced through 86th Amendment came into force.
(A) 2002
(B) 2004
(C) 2008
(D) 2010

10. The 93rd Constitution Amendment Bill deals with the
(A) Continuation of reservation for backward classes in government jobs
(B) Free and compulsory education for all children between the age of 6 and 14 years
(C) Reservation of 30% posts for women in government recruitments
(D) Allocation of more number of Parliamentary seats for recently formed States

11. By which of the following amendments of the Indian Constitution, the term ‘Co-operative Societies’ was added in Article 19(1)(c)?
(A) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
(B) 73rd Amendment Act, 1993
(C) 97th Amendment Act, 2011
(D) 36th Amendment Act, 1975

12. By which Constitutional Amendment OBCs have been given 27% reservation in the admission to educational institutions?
(A) 92nd
(B) 93rd
(C) 94th
(D) 96th

13. Which of the following has banned floor crossing by the member elected on a party ticket to the legislature?
(A) 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act
(B) Representation of Public Law
(C) 42nd Constitutional Amendment
(D) 44th Constitutional Amendment

14. Which one of the following, Amendments of the Constitution of India converts the Union Territory of Delhi into the National Capital Region of Delhi?
(A) 69th Amendment
(B) 70th Amendment
(C) 73rd Amendment
(D) 74th Amendment

15. 52nd Constitution Amendment is related to
(A) Defection
(B) Reservation
(C) Election
(D) Protection of minorities

16. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments introduced the anti-defection provision in the Constitution for the first time?
(A) 54th Amendment
(B) 53rd Amendment
(C) 52nd Amendment
(D) 51st Amendment

17. Which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution is related to the Lowering of the age of voters?
(A) 61st Amendment
(B) 44th Amendment
(C) 42nd Amendment
(D) 24th Amendment

18. The authoritative text of the Indian Constitution in Hindi was authorized to be published by which of the following Constitutional Amendments?
(A) 57th Amendment, 1987
(B) 58th Amendment, 1987
(C) 59th Amendment, 1988
(D) 60th Amendment, 1988

19. Which Constitutional Amendment makes provision for the reservation of seats for SC’s and ST’s in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies?
(A) 76th
(B) 77th
(C) 78th
(D) 79th

20. The 79th Amendment of the Indian Constitution is related to
(A) Centre-State Relation
(B) Establishment of two political parties
(C) Fundamental Rights
(D) Reservation of SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies

21. The Keshavanand Bharti Case is important because
(A) It sets aside the orders of the executive
(B) The Supreme Court interpreted the basic features of the Constitution
(C) It brought the Union Government in the dock
(D) None of the above

22. The basis structure theory of the Constitution of India implies that
(A) Certain features of the Constitution are so essential to it that they cannot be abrogated
(B) Fundamental rights cannot be abridged or taken away
(C) The Constitution cannot be amended except in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 368
(D) 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