DEFENCE CT 11: Important Amendments and Acts

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Question No. 1

By which amendment in the constitution of India, ‘Right to Property’ has been removed from the category of fundamental rights?

A. 77^th

B. 40^th

C. 44^th

D. 42^nd

Question No. 2

Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts of the Indian Constitution provided for an official text of the Constitution in the Hindi language and gave equal legal validity to the Hindi version of the Constitution?

A. The Constitution (Sixty-Fifth Amendment) Act, 1990

B. The Constitution (Seventy-First Amendment) Act, 1992

C. The Constitution (Fifty-Eighth Amendment) Act, 1987

D. The Constitution (Sixty-Ninth Amendment) Act, 1991

Question No. 3

Which of the following statements is/are correct concerning Constitutional Amendment?

1. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a bill in any house of the Parliament.

2. State Legislature cannot initiate an amendment to the Constitution.

3. Article 368 of the Indian Constitution provides for three types of Amendment.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 2 and 3 only

C. 3 only

D. 1, 2 and 3

Question No. 4

Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Food Security Act is correct?

A. There is no provision of a food security allowance to the beneficiaries in the event of non-supply of food grains.

B. The act legally entitled entire the rural population to receive subsidized foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).

C. The act is in line with goal two of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations General Assembly.

D. The state-wise coverage was determined based on the National Family Health Survey-5 (2015-16).

Question No. 5

Consider the following statements with respect to the 42^nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976:

1. It inserted new words 'socialist, secular, and integrity' in the preamble of the Indian constitution.

2. It added Fundamental rights to the constitution.

3. It added Fundamental duties in Part VIA.

4. It was also an attempt to override the ruling of the Supreme Court given in the Kesavananda case.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A. 1 and 2

B. 2 and 3

C. 3 and 4

D. 1 and 4

Question No. 6

Which of the following parts of the Constitution of India gives details of the procedures for its amendments?

A. Part XIII

B. Part XX

C. Part XV

D. Part XI

Question No. 7

Which of the following statements related to the Wildlife Protection Act is incorrect?

A. The Wildlife Protection Act came into force in 1972.

B. The Act contains seven schedules which provide various degrees of protection to flora and fauna.

C. National Tiger Conservation Authority was set up under this Act.

D. It provided for the constitution of a statutory body called National Board for Wildlife.

Question No. 8

8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List I	List II
A. Curtailment of the power of judicial review	1. 61^st Amendment
B. Abolition of Right to property as a fundamental right	2. 42^nd Amendment
C. Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18	3. 38^th Amendment
D. Addition of the word secular in the preamble	4. 44^th Amendment

A. (A) - (1), (B) - (2), (C) - (4), (D) - (3)

B. (A) - (2), (B) - (4), (C) - (1), (D) - (3)

C. (A) - (3), (B) - (4), (C) - (1), (D) - (2)

Question No. 9

Which of the following act empowered the Local Governments in India to impose taxes on persons and to punish those who did not pay them?

A. the Charter Act of 1813

B. the Charter Act of 1793

C. the Charter Act of 1853

D. the GOI Act 1858

Question No. 10

Which among the following Constitutional Amendment Acts made changes in 'Article 45' of Indian Constitution?

A. 97th Amendment

B. 42nd Amendment

C. 86th Amendment

D. 44th Amendment

DEFENCE CT 11: Important Amendments and Acts

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