Which of the following amendments requires ratification by the legislatures of at least half the States?
- A.An amendment adding a new language to the Eighth Schedule
- B.An amendment changing the manner of election of the President
- C.An amendment altering the name of a State
- D.An amendment changing the salaries of ministers
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Explanation
The correct answer is 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 the High Courts, the distribution of legislative powers between the Union and the States, the Seventh Schedule, the representation of States in Parliament and Article 368 itself. Option A, adding a language to the Eighth Schedule, needs only a special majority. Option C, altering the name of a State, is done by a simple majority under Article 3 and does not even count as an amendment under Article 368. Option D needs only an ordinary law of Parliament.
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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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