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Indian Polity Quiz: Important Constitutional Amendments

  • 10 questions
  • 10 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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This Indian Polity quiz on Important Constitutional Amendments puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.

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10 questions with answers and explanations

Q2.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.

Q4.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.

Q5.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…

Q6.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.

Q8.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…

Q9.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…

Q10.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…

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