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Q581.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

When a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the right to move a Court for the enforcement of all Fundamental Rights remains suspended, except

  1. A.Article 20 and Article 21
  2. B.Article 21 and Article 22
  3. C.Article 19 and Article 20
  4. D.Article 15 and Article 16
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Correct answer: A. Article 20 and Article 21

Since the 44th Amendment, the President cannot suspend the right to move a court for enforcing Articles 20 and 21, even during a national emergency.

Q582.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKHard

Consider the following statements regarding the delimitation exercise carried out in Assam in 2023 : 1. The delimitation of constituencies was done on the basis of 2001 census. 2. No increase was made in the number of ST Assembly seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

The 2023 delimitation in Assam used the 2001 Census figures, but it raised the number of Assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

Q583.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2023, GS Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements best reflects the Chief purpose of the 'Constitution' of a country?

  1. A.It determines the objective for the making of necessary laws.
  2. B.It enables the creation of political offices and a government.
  3. C.It defines and limits the powers of government.
  4. D.It secures social justice, social equality and social security.
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Correct answer: C. It defines and limits the powers of government.

The core idea of a constitution is constitutionalism: power is granted to the government, but only within set limits. A constitution sets up the organs of the State and divides power among them, but its chief purpose is to stop that power from becoming arbitrary.

Q584.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following amendments requires ratification by the legislatures of at least half the States?

  1. A.An amendment adding a new language to the Eighth Schedule
  2. B.An amendment changing the manner of election of the President
  3. C.An amendment altering the name of a State
  4. D.An amendment changing the salaries of ministers
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Correct answer: B. An amendment changing the manner of election of the President

Article 368(2) lists the provisions whose amendment needs a special majority in each House and, in addition, ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States: the election of the President, the extent of the executive power of the Union and the States, the Supreme Court and…

Q585.Indian PolityHard

Which amendment limited the size of the Council of Ministers to fifteen per cent of the strength of the House?

  1. A.The 88th Amendment Act
  2. B.The 91st Amendment Act
  3. C.The 97th Amendment Act
  4. D.The 104th Amendment Act
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Correct answer: B. The 91st Amendment Act

It added clauses to Articles 75 and 164 so that the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister, cannot exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha or of the State Legislative Assembly, with a floor of twelve ministers…

Q586.Indian PolityHard

The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, which protects certain laws from judicial review, was added by which amendment?

  1. A.The First Amendment Act, 1951
  2. B.The Fourth Amendment Act, 1955
  3. C.The Seventh Amendment Act, 1956
  4. D.The Seventeenth Amendment Act, 1964
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Correct answer: A. The First Amendment Act, 1951

It added Article 31B and the Ninth Schedule so that the zamindari abolition and land reform laws of the States could not be struck down for violating the Fundamental Rights, and it also added reasonable restrictions on the freedom of speech in Article 19(2) and Article 15(4) for the advancement…

Q588.Indian PolityMedium

The right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by which amendment?

  1. A.The 24th Amendment Act, 1971
  2. B.The 25th Amendment Act, 1971
  3. C.The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
  4. D.The 44th Amendment Act, 1978
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Correct answer: D. The 44th Amendment Act, 1978

It repealed Article 19(1)(f) and Article 31 and put the right to property in a new Article 300A in Part XII, so that no person may be deprived of his property except by authority of law.

Q589.Indian PolityMedium

The Goods and Services Tax was introduced in India by which Constitution Amendment Act?

  1. A.The 100th Amendment Act, 2015
  2. B.The 101st Amendment Act, 2016
  3. C.The 102nd Amendment Act, 2018
  4. D.The 103rd Amendment Act, 2019
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Correct answer: B. The 101st Amendment Act, 2016

It inserted Article 246A, which gives both Parliament and the State legislatures the power to make laws on goods and services tax, Article 269A for the levy and collection of integrated GST on inter-State supply, and Article 279A, under which the President constituted the GST Council with the Union Finance…

Q590.Indian PolityMedium

Article 21A, which makes free and compulsory education a fundamental right, was inserted by which amendment?

  1. A.The 85th Amendment Act
  2. B.The 86th Amendment Act
  3. C.The 93rd Amendment Act
  4. D.The 101st Amendment Act
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Correct answer: B. The 86th Amendment Act

It inserted Article 21A, which gives every child of the age of six to fourteen years the right to free and compulsory education in such manner as the State may determine by law; the law that followed was the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

Q592.Indian PolityEasy

The anti-defection law was added to the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule by which amendment?

  1. A.The 44th Amendment Act, 1978
  2. B.The 52nd Amendment Act, 1985
  3. C.The 61st Amendment Act, 1989
  4. D.The 91st Amendment Act, 2003
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Correct answer: B. The 52nd Amendment Act, 1985

It inserted the Tenth Schedule, which disqualifies a member of Parliament or of a State legislature who voluntarily gives up the membership of the party on whose ticket he was elected, or who votes against the party whip.

Q594.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following statements about the Inter-State Council is correct?

  1. A.Its recommendations are binding on the States
  2. B.It is chaired by the Union Home Minister
  3. C.Its Standing Committee was constituted in 1996 and is chaired by the Union Home Minister
  4. D.Only the Chief Ministers of States are its members
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Correct answer: C. Its Standing Committee was constituted in 1996 and is chaired by the Union Home Minister

A Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council was constituted in 1996 for continuous consultation between the Centre and the States, and it is chaired by the Union Home Minister while the Council itself is chaired by the Prime Minister.

Q596.Indian PolityMedium

Which article of the Constitution empowers Parliament to provide for the adjudication of disputes relating to the waters of inter-State rivers?

  1. A.Article 262
  2. B.Article 263
  3. C.Article 252
  4. D.Article 249
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Correct answer: A. Article 262

It allows Parliament to provide by law for the adjudication of disputes over the waters of inter-State rivers and river valleys, and its second clause allows Parliament to bar the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and of every other court in such a dispute.

Q597.Indian PolityHard

Under which Act was the North Eastern Council constituted?

  1. A.The States Reorganisation Act, 1956
  2. B.The North Eastern Council Act, 1971
  3. C.The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1985
  4. D.The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963
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Correct answer: B. The North Eastern Council Act, 1971

The north-eastern States were not placed in any of the five Zonal Councils, so Parliament gave them their own body by this Act, with headquarters at Shillong; Sikkim was added as a member in 2002.

Q598.Indian PolityHard

The Inter-State Council set up in 1990 followed the recommendation of which commission?

  1. A.The Punchhi Commission
  2. B.The Sarkaria Commission
  3. C.The Rajamannar Committee
  4. D.The Dhar Commission
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Correct answer: B. The Sarkaria Commission

Appointed in 1983 under Justice R. S. Sarkaria to review Centre-State relations, it submitted its report in 1988 and pressed for a permanent Inter-State Council under Article 263; the Council was created by a presidential order in 1990.

Q599.Indian PolityMedium

Full faith and credit is to be given throughout the territory of India to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the Union and the States under which article?

  1. A.Article 256
  2. B.Article 261
  3. C.Article 301
  4. D.Article 131
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Correct answer: B. Article 261

This article makes the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the Union and of every State valid and provable everywhere in India, and it declares that the final judgments and orders of civil courts in any part of India may be executed anywhere in the country.