Sikkim was given the status of a full-fledged state of the Indian Union by which Constitutional Amendment?
- A.35th Amendment
- B.36th Amendment
- C.42nd Amendment
- D.44th Amendment
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the 36th Amendment. Sikkim became the twenty-second state of the Indian Union on 16 May 1975 through the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, which placed it in the First Schedule as a state and added Article 371F for special provisions relating to it.
Option A, the 35th Amendment of 1974, is the near miss: it gave Sikkim the intermediate status of an associate state of the Union, a status no other unit has ever held, and that arrangement lasted less than a year. Option C, the 42nd Amendment of 1976, is the wide-ranging amendment that added the words socialist, secular and integrity to the Preamble and the Fundamental Duties. Option D, the 44th Amendment of 1978, undid much of the 42nd and moved the right to property out of the Fundamental Rights.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year was a separate Andhra state formed after the linguistic reorganisation of the then Madras province?
- A.1950
- B.1947
- C.1956
- D.1953
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Andhra State came into being on 1 October 1953 from the Telugu-speaking districts of the Madras province. The immediate cause was the death of Potti Sriramulu on 15 December 1952 after a fast unto death for a Telugu state, and the agitation that followed forced the Government's hand.
Read the full explanation →Which state was formed first on the basis of language in independent India?
- A.Karnataka
- B.West Bengal
- C.Punjab
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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The Telugu-speaking Andhra State was carved out of the Madras province on 1 October 1953, the first time independent India accepted language as the ground for a new state, and in 1956 it was enlarged and renamed Andhra Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Haryana State was formed on 1st November, 1966 on the recommendation of which Committee?
- A.Lal Bahadur Shastri
- B.Indira Gandhi
- C.Sardar Hukam Singh
- D.Sir Chhotu Ram
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The Parliamentary Committee headed by Sardar Hukam Singh, then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, examined the demand for a Punjabi-speaking state and recommended the division of Punjab.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Indian Constitution empowers Parliament to form a new state by separating territory from an existing state?
- A.Article 1
- B.Article 2
- C.Article 3
- D.Article 5
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It allows Parliament to form a new state by separation of territory, to unite two or more states, to increase or diminish the area of a state and to alter its boundaries or its name.
Read the full explanation →Who was the chairman of the States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953?
- A.S. K. Dhar
- B.Fazl Ali
- C.K. M. Panikkar
- D.H. N. Kunzru
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The States Reorganisation Commission was appointed in December 1953 with Fazl Ali as chairman, and it submitted its report in 1955.
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