INDIAN CONSTITUTION MCQS SET 53

INDIAN CONSTITUTION MCQS SET 53

521) Of all the Amendments in the Indian Constitution, the most Comprehensive and
Controversial Amendment was:
A) 42nd
B) 43rd
C) 44th
D) 45th
Answer:  42nd
   
522) After which Constitutional Amendment, ever though decision of the Election Commission is issued from New Delhi, the order of the commission can be challenged by the aggrieved party in another state in the High Court of that State under Article 226:
A) 12th Amendment Act
B) 13th Amendment Act
C) 15th Amendment Act
D) 18th Amendment Act
Answer:  15th Amendment Act
   
523) By which Amendment, the power to amend the Constitution was specifically conferred
upon the Parliament?
A) 56th
B) 52nd
C) 42nd
D) 24 th
Answer:  24 th
   
524) How many States are required to ratify certain Amendments to the Constitution?
A) Not less than half the number
B) Three-fourths of the number
C) At least 10 States
D) All States in some cases
Answer:  Not less than half the number
   
525) Which of these Amendments and their subject matter is/are incorrectly matched?
I. 26th Amendment - Abolition of titles and privileges of former rulers of princely states
II. 21st Amendment - Curtailed the right to property
III. 51st Amendment - Curbed political defections
IV. 61st Amendment - Reduced voting age
A) I, II and IV
B) II, III and IV
C) I and IV
D) II and III
Answer:  II and III

526) Match the following:
Amendments      Implications
A. Fifty-eighth Amendment       1. Delhi to be called as National Capital Territory of Delhi
B. Sixty-first Amendment       2. Reduced voting age from 21 years to 18 years
C. Sixty-ninth Amendment       3. An authoritative text of the Constitution in Hindi
D. Seventy-first Amendment      4. Included Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule
Below codes are given in A B C D order
A) 3 2 1 4
B) 3 1 2 4
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 4 2 1 3
Answer:  3 2 1 4
   
527) What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Keshavanand Bharati case?
A) Parliament is supreme in the matters of legislation
B) In matters relating to compulsory acquisition of private property the court had the ultimate powers of determining what is public purpose under Article 31
C) The power under Article 368 to amend the Constitution cannot be so exercised as to alter the basic structure or the essential features of the Constitution
D) The Supreme Court has full authority to pronounce on the Constitutional Validity of any State law
Answer:  The power under Article 368 to amend the Constitution cannot be so exercised as to alter the basic structure or the essential features of the Constitution
   
528) In the Minerva Mills batch of cases the Supreme Court has further reaffirmed its decision in :
A) Golakh Nath Case
B) Keshavanand Bharati case
C) Sajjan Singh Case
D) None of the above
Answer:  Keshavanand Bharati case
   
529) The decision of the Supreme Court in the Golakh Nath Case was that:
A) Judiciary is independent of Parliament
B) Fundamental Rights could not be amended or abridged
C) the Constitution is supreme
D) the basic structure of the Constitution should not be changed
Answer:  Fundamental Rights could not be amended or abridged
   
530) Put in chronological order the following Amendments to the Constitution.
I. Addition of Ninth Schedule to the Constitution.
II. Abolition of privy purses and privileges of former princes.
III. Insertion of XI Schedule
IV. Removal of Right to Property from Constitutional Rights.
A) I, II, III, IV
B) II, I, IV, III
C) I, II, IV, III
D) IV, I, II, III
Answer:  I, II, IV, III