Which amendment limited the size of the Council of Ministers to fifteen per cent of the strength of the House?
- A.The 88th Amendment Act
- B.The 91st Amendment Act
- C.The 97th Amendment Act
- D.The 104th Amendment Act
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the 91st Amendment Act of 2003. 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 for a State. The same amendment deleted the provision in the Tenth Schedule that had protected a split of one-third of a party, and barred a member disqualified for defection from holding a ministerial post. Option A, the 88th Amendment, dealt with service tax. Option C, the 97th Amendment, concerned co-operative societies. Option D, the 104th Amendment of 2020, extended reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and ended the nomination of Anglo-Indians.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich Constitution Amendment Act is popularly called the Mini-Constitution?
- A.The 24th Amendment Act, 1971
- B.The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
- C.The 44th Amendment Act, 1978
- D.The 52nd Amendment Act, 1985
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It is called the Mini-Constitution because no other single amendment has changed so much of the Constitution at once.
Read the full explanation →The anti-defection law was added to the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule by which amendment?
- A.The 44th Amendment Act, 1978
- B.The 52nd Amendment Act, 1985
- C.The 61st Amendment Act, 1989
- D.The 91st Amendment Act, 2003
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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.
Read the full explanation →By which amendment was the voting age in India lowered from 21 years to 18 years?
- A.The 42nd Amendment Act
- B.The 52nd Amendment Act
- C.The 61st Amendment Act
- D.The 73rd Amendment Act
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The first general election held on the new franchise was that of 1989.
Read the full explanation →Article 21A, which makes free and compulsory education a fundamental right, was inserted by which amendment?
- A.The 85th Amendment Act
- B.The 86th Amendment Act
- C.The 93rd Amendment Act
- D.The 101st Amendment Act
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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.
Read the full explanation →The Goods and Services Tax was introduced in India by which Constitution Amendment Act?
- A.The 100th Amendment Act, 2015
- B.The 101st Amendment Act, 2016
- C.The 102nd Amendment Act, 2018
- D.The 103rd Amendment Act, 2019
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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…
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