WBCS Mains Constitutional Amendments Questions 2023

Q. The 100th Amendment in Indian Constitution provides

(A) Protection of livelihood and regulation of street vending.
(B) Acquiring of territories by India and transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh.
(C) Emoluments, allowances and privileges to Governors.
(D) Reorganisation of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Correct Answer: (B) Acquiring of territories by India and transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh.

Q. Which Constitutional Amendment shifted subject like education from State List to Concurrent List?

(A) 40th
(B) 41st
(C) 42nd
(D) 46th

Correct Answer: (C) 42nd

Q. Which committee recommended Constitutional status to Panchayat?

(A) L. M. Singhvi Committee
(B) Santhanam Committee
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

Correct Answer: (A) L. M. Singhvi Committee

Q. Which of the following amendments to the Constitution of India is also referred to as the ‘Mini Constitution’?

(A) 38th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 35th Amendment
(D) 40th Amendment

Correct Answer: (B) 42nd Amendment

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Q. Under which Constitutional Amendment was the minimum age of 18 years for an Indian citizen to become eligible to vote provided?

(A) 59th Amendment Act, 1988
(B) 60th Amendment Act, 1988
(C) 61st Amendment Act, 1989
(D) 62nd Amendment Act, 1989

Correct Answer: (C) 61st Amendment Act, 1989

Q. Which of the following Articles was introduced by the Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act, 2005?

(A) 15(2)
(B) 15(3)
(C) 15(4)
(D) 15(5)

Correct Answer: (D) 15(5)

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Q. The 101st Amendment of the Indian Constitution is related to

(A) Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Maithili & Santhali were added in the Eighth Schedule.
(B) Extend the reservation of seats for the SC & STs till 2020.
(C) Constitutional status granted to National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
(D) G.S.T.

Correct Answer: (D) G.S.T.

Q. When was the First Amendment Bill passed?

(A) 1950
(B) 1952
(C) 1951
(D) 1954

Correct Answer: (C) 1951

Q. Which Amendment deleted the Right to Property?

(A) 45th Amendment, 1980
(B) 42nd Amendment, 1977
(C) 44th Amendment, 1978
(D) 43rd Amendment, 1978

Correct Answer: (C) 44th Amendment, 1978

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Q. Fill in the blank: According to Article ______ ‘Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may in exercise of its constituent power amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any provision of the Constitution in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article’.

(A) 365
(B) 366
(C) 367
(D) 368

Correct Answer: (D) 368

Q. Name the Constitutional Amendment Act that was passed to provide free and compulsory education of all children between 6 and 14 years of age.

(A) 86th Amendment Act.
(B) 84th Amendment Act.
(C) 83rd Amendment Act.
(D) 82nd Amendment Act.

Correct Answer: (A) 86th Amendment Act.

Q. The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, amended the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution so as to include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to

(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23

Correct Answer: (C) 22

Q. The Constitution 89th Amendment Act, 2003 established:

(A) Right to Education as the Fundamental Right to all the children under 14 years in India.
(B) The ‘National Commission for Scheduled Castes’ and the ‘National Commission for Scheduled Tribes’.
(C) Reservation of seats for women in local bodies.
(D) Three language policy.

Correct Answer: (B) The ‘National Commission for Scheduled Castes’ and the ‘National Commission for Scheduled Tribes’.

Q. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution by which Constitutional Amendment Act?

(A) 41st Amendment Act.
(B) 42nd Amendment Act.
(C) 43rd Amendment Act.
(D) 44th Amendment Act.

Correct Answer: (B) 42nd Amendment Act.

Q. The Preamble to the Indian Constitution has been amended and the terms ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and ‘Integrity’ have been added by which Amendment Act?

(A) 42nd Amendment Act
(B) 43rd Amendment Act
(C) 45th Amendment Act
(D) 46th Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (A) 42nd Amendment Act

Q. The sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India lowered the voting age for elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years in which year?

(A) 1984
(B) 1987
(C) 1989
(D) 1990

Correct Answer: (C) 1989

Q. Which Amendment Act made Sikkim a full-fledged State of India?

(A) 34th Constitutional Amendment Act
(B) 35th Constitutional Amendment Act
(C) 36th Constitutional Amendment Act
(D) 37th Constitutional Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (C) 36th Constitutional Amendment Act

Q. Which Amendment introduced a national Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India from July, 2017?

(A) 100th Amendment Act
(B) 101st Amendment Act
(C) 102nd Amendment Act
(D) 103rd Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (B) 101st Amendment Act

Q. Which Constitutional Amendment Act discontinued the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State legislatures?

(A) 104th Amendment Act.
(B) 103rd Amendment Act.
(C) 102nd Amendment Act.
(D) 101st Amendment Act.

Correct Answer: (A) 104th Amendment Act.

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Q. A Constitutional Amendment shall also be ratified by Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolution if it is meant to make any change in

(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Directive Principles
(C) Fundamental Duties
(D) Special Provisions

Correct Answer: (D) Special Provisions

Q. According to the 86th Constitutional Amendment, 2002, the State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete

(A) Age of 3 years
(B) Age of 6 years
(C) Age of 7 years
(D) Age of 12 years

Correct Answer: (B) Age of 6 years

Q. For the first time, which Constitutional Amendment made it clear that ‘State’ in clauses (a) to (e) of Article 3 of the Constitution includes ‘Union Territories’?

(A) 17th
(B) 18th
(C) 19th
(D) 20th

Correct Answer: (B) 18th

Q. National Capital Territory of Delhi was constituted by

(A) Ordinance promulgated by the Lieutenant Governor.
(B) Ordinance promulgated by the President.
(C) 71st Amendment.
(D) 69th Amendment.

Correct Answer: (D) 69th Amendment

Q. On receipt of a Constitution Amendment Bill, having been passed by both Houses of the Parliament, the President

(A) May give his assent.
(B) May withhold his assent.
(C) May return the Bill for reconsideration.
(D) Shall give his assent.

Correct Answer: (D) Shall give his assent.

Q. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment did not

(A) Add the words ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and ‘Integrity’ to the Preamble.
(B) Add Fundamental Duties.
(C) Delete the right to property clause from Article 19.
(D) Amend Article 353 relating to Proclamation of Emergency.

Correct Answer: (C) Delete the right to property clause from Article 19.

Q. The Fundamental Rights under Articles 12-35

(A) Are absolutely flexible
(B) Can be amended
(C) Not justiciable
(D) Cannot be amended

Correct Answer: (B) Can be amended

Q. The right to property was dropped from the list of Fundamental Rights by the

(A) 24th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 44th Amendment
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) 44th Amendment

Q. Which of the following Amendments added anti-defection provisions in the Constitution?

(A) 41st Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 43rd Amendment
(D) 44th Amendment

Correct Answer: None of the above — 52nd Amendment

Q. Which of the following Amendments to the Constitution inserted the words ‘Nothing in Article 13 shall apply to any amendment made under this Article’ in Article 368?

(A) 22nd Amendment
(B) 24th Amendment
(C) 42nd Amendment
(D) 44th Amendment

Correct Answer: (B) 24th Amendment

Q. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments was enacted to deal with issues of national integration in the 1960s, enabling the State to impose by law reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the Fundamental Right to freedom guaranteed in Article 19 in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India?

(A) 15th Amendment
(B) 16th Amendment
(C) 17th Amendment
(D) State was never given such power

Correct Answer: (B) 16th Amendment

Q. Which of the following were not inserted in Part IV of the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment?

(A) Free legal aid to economically backward classes.
(B) Participation of workers in the management of organization engaged in any industry.
(C) Protection and improvement of environment.
(D) Organisation of Village Panchayats.

Correct Answer: (D) Organisation of Village Panchayats.

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Q. In 1971, a new Article 31C was inserted in the Constitution which provides that a law giving effect to the Directive Principles of State Policy specified in Article 39(b) and (c) will not be void on the ground of contravention of Articles 14, 19 or 31. The insertion was made by which of the following Amendments?

(A) 21st Amendment
(B) 24th Amendment
(C) 25th Amendment
(D) 26th Amendment

Correct Answer: (C) 25th Amendment

Q. The 86th Constitutional Amendment in 2002 inserted the provision for the right to education which provides for the obligation of the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children in such manner as the State may, by law, determine. The age of such children should be

(A) 0 to 12 years
(B) 6 to 14 years
(C) 7 to 12 years
(D) 12 to 18 years

Correct Answer: (B) 6 to 14 years

Q. The right to property was dropped from the list of Fundamental Rights by

(A) 24th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 44th Amendment
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) 44th Amendment

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Q. After the judgment of Minerva Mills v. UOI, the provision of Article 31C means:

(A) All Directive Principles supersede fundamental rights.
(B) No Directive Principles can supersede the fundamental rights.
(C) The Directive Principles contained in Article 39(a) supersede the fundamental rights.
(D) The Directive Principles contained in Article 39(b), (c) supersede the fundamental rights.

Correct Answer: (D) The Directive Principles contained in Article 39(b), (c) supersede the fundamental rights.

Q. Amendment of the Constitution of India are made by exercise of

(A) Constitutional power of the Parliament.
(B) Inherent power of the Parliament.
(C) Legislative power of the Parliament.
(D) Constituent power of the Parliament.

Correct Answer: (D) Constituent power of the Parliament.

Q. By which Amendment Act ‘Unity of the Nation’ was substituted by ‘Unity and integrity of the Nation’ in the Preamble of the Constitution?

(A) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
(B) 45th Amendment Act, 1980
(C) 44th Amendment Act, 1979
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976

Q. How many amendments of the Constitution have been made till date?

(A) 99
(B) 100
(C) 101
(D) 102

Correct Answer: (D) 102

Q. In the Preamble of the Constitution of India the word ‘Secular’ was incorporated by

(A) 1st Amendment of the Constitution of India.
(B) 15th Amendment of the Constitution of India.
(C) 27th Amendment of the Constitution of India.
(D) 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India.

Correct Answer: (D) 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India.

Q. National Capital Territory of Delhi has been constituted by

(A) 69th Amendment
(B) 75th Amendment
(C) 81st Amendment
(D) 52nd Amendment

Correct Answer: (A) 69th Amendment

Q. Nothing in Article 13 shall apply to any amendment made in this Article was inserted in Article 368 by

(A) Constitution Act (25th Amendment)
(B) Constitution Act (24th Amendment)
(C) Constitution Act (45th Amendment)
(D) Constitution Act (42nd Amendment)

Correct Answer: (B) Constitution Act (24th Amendment)

Q. The 1st Amendment to the Constitution of India inserted

(A) Article 31A, 31B and 9th Schedule
(B) Article 32 and 226
(C) Amended Article 246
(D) Abolished the jurisdiction of Privy Council

Correct Answer: (A) Article 31A, 31B and 9th Schedule

Q. The Constitution 96th Amendment Act, 2011 altered the language of Oriya in 8th Schedule as

(A) Oriyan
(B) Orea
(C) Orriya
(D) Odia

Correct Answer: (D) Odia

Q. The first Constitutional Amendment was challenged in the case

(A) Sankari Prasad v. UOI
(B) Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan
(C) A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras
(D) Golaknath v. State of Punjab

Correct Answer: (A) Sankari Prasad v. UOI

Q. The provision of Article 368 of the Constitution of India as it stands today deals with

(A) Power as well as procedure for amendment of the Constitution.
(B) Authority of Parliament to amend the Constitution of India.
(C) Procedure for Amendment of the Constitution to be followed by the Parliament.
(D) Passing and Ratification of Amendment Bills by State Legislature.

Correct Answer: (A) Power as well as procedure for amendment of the Constitution.

Q. Xth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with

(A) The Finance Commission.
(B) The Election Commission.
(C) Defections.
(D) Other Backward Classes.

Correct Answer: (C) Defections.

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Q. The 59th Constitutional Amendment Act was intended to

(A) Curb political defection
(B) Impose emergency in Punjab
(C) Prevent the practice of Sati
(D) Prevent communal disturbance

Correct Answer: (B) Impose emergency in Punjab

Q. The Constitution was amended for the first time in:

(A) 1961
(B) 1971
(C) 1951
(D) 1981

Correct Answer: (C) 1951

Q. The First Amendment to the Constitution carried out in 1951 sought to provide socio-economic justice to the citizens

(A) By securing constitutional validity of thirteen Zamindari Abolition Laws in the 9th Schedule.
(B) By laying the ceiling on immovable property which a citizen could hold.
(C) By reserving seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Parliament and State Legislatures.
(D) By making provision for compulsory acquisition of property in public interest, with minimum compensation.

Correct Answer: (A) By securing constitutional validity of thirteen Zamindari Abolition Laws in the 9th Schedule.

Q. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes was created by:

(A) 87th Amendment
(B) 88th Amendment
(C) 89th Amendment
(D) 92nd Amendment

Correct Answer: (C) 89th Amendment

Q. The concept of the basic structure of the Constitution propounded in the Keshavanand Bharati case was further elaborated and strengthened in

(A) Indira Gandhi Vs Raj Narain case
(B) Minerva Mills case
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Both (A) and (B)

Q. Which amendment accorded statutory status to the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

(A) 64th
(B) 65th
(C) 68th
(D) 70th

Correct Answer: (B) 65th

Q. Which amendment authorised the Government to fill the backlog of vacancies for the Scheduled Castes (15%) and Scheduled Tribes (7½%) as these two vacancies are to be treated as a separate class of vacancies to be filled in any succeeding year or years?

(A) 81st
(B) 85th
(C) 86th
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) 81st

Q. Which amendment empowered the State to make provisions for reservation in promotion in government jobs in favour of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

(A) 74th Amendment
(B) 75th Amendment
(C) 77th Amendment
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) 77th Amendment

Q. Which of the following Article was omitted from the Indian Constitution by the 80th Amendment Act?

(A) Article 268
(B) Article 269
(C) Article 270
(D) Article 272

Correct Answer: (D) Article 272

Q. Which of the following Parts of the Indian Constitution has only one Article?

(A) Part XVII
(B) Part XVIII
(C) Part XIX
(D) Part XX

Correct Answer: (D) Part XX

Q. Which one of the following amendments of the Constitution did away with the privileges and concessions enjoyed by the I.C.S. Officers?

(A) 24th Amendment
(B) 28th Amendment
(C) 29th Amendment
(D) 42nd Amendment

Correct Answer: (B) 28th Amendment

Q. Which one of the following amendments of the Constitution abolished the Privy Purses and privileges of the Indian princes?

(A) 26th Amendment
(B) 28th Amendment
(C) 30th Amendment
(D) 32nd Amendment

Correct Answer: (A) 26th Amendment

Q. Which one of the following amendments of the Constitution is related with the right to private property?

(A) First Amendment
(B) Fourth Amendment
(C) Seventeenth Amendment
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

Q. Which one of the following amendments sought to overcome the restrictions on the powers of the Parliament to amend the Fundamental Rights (as per the decision of the Supreme Court in the Golak Nath case)?

(A) 23rd Amendment
(B) 24th Amendment
(C) 25th Amendment
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) 24th Amendment

Q. Which one of the following amendments was concerned with the extension of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes?

(A) Eighth Amendment
(B) 23rd Amendment
(C) 45th Amendment
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

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Q. Article 368 very clearly lays down situations in which State Legislatures have to ratify a piece of Legislation before the Bill can receive the assent of the President. Choose the provision/provisions from the following that requires ratification by 1/2 of State Legislatures

(A) Women’s reservation
(B) Amendment of provisions regarding Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(C) Fundamental Rights
(D) Supreme Court and High Court

Correct Answer: (D) Supreme Court and High Court

Q. Choose the Article in the Constitution of India that envisages free and compulsory education for children upto the age of 14 years.

(A) Art 19
(B) Art 31
(C) Art 44
(D) Art 21 A

Correct Answer: (D) Art 21 A

Q. Choose the amendment to the Constitution of India that increased the elective strength of the Lok Sabha from 525 to 545

(A) 31st Amendment Act
(B) 30th Amendment Act
(C) 25th Amendment Act
(D) 21st Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (A) 31st Amendment Act

Q. Defection to another party after election was made illegal by the:

(A) 52nd Amendment Act
(B) 53rd Amendment Act
(C) 54th Amendment Act
(D) 55th Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (A) 52nd Amendment Act

Q. In which case did the Supreme Court of India hold in a majority judgement that the Fundamental Rights could not by their very nature be subject to amendment by Parliament?

(A) Minerva Mills Case 1980
(B) Golaknath Case 1967
(C) Keshavananda Bharati Case 1973
(D) Champakam Dorairajan Case 1951

Correct Answer: (B) Golaknath Case 1967

Q. The 53rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution in 1986 inserted a new Article conferring full statehood on:

(A) Mizoram
(B) Tripura
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Nagaland

Correct Answer: (A) Mizoram

Q. The Eighty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India altered a Directive Principle of the Constitution to provide for:

(A) Early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years
(B) The State to provide free legal aid
(C) Encouraging village panchayats
(D) Prohibiting intoxicating drinks and drugs injurious to health

Correct Answer: (A) Early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years

Q. The emoluments, allowances, privileges of a Governor can be altered by:

(A) A Constitutional amendment passed by a simple majority in Parliament
(B) A constitutional amendment passed by a special majority in Parliament
(C) A constitutional amendment passed by a special majority in Parliament and ratified by one half of the State Legislatures
(D) By an ordinary legislative process that does not require constitutional Amendment

Correct Answer: (D) By an ordinary legislative process that does not require constitutional Amendment

Q. The Preamble to the Indian Constitution was amended in which year?

(A) 1974
(B) 1975
(C) 1976
(D) 1977

Correct Answer: (C) 1976

Q. The voting age in India was reduced from 21 years to 18 years by the:

(A) 61st Amendment Act
(B) 63rd Amendment Act
(C) 64th Amendment Act
(D) 69th Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (A) 61st Amendment Act

Q. Which Amendment to the Indian Constitution added that the President can send the advice of the Council of Ministers back for reconsideration once and if the Council of Ministers sends the same advice again to the President then the President must accept it?

(A) 44th Amendment
(B) 43rd Amendment
(C) 42nd Amendment
(D) 41st Amendment

Correct Answer: (A) 44th Amendment

Q. Which Constitutional Amendment Act provided reservation in admissions in private un-aided educational institutions for students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Tribes and other Backward Classes?

(A) 92nd Amendment Act
(B) 93rd Amendment Act
(C) 94th Amendment Act
(D) 95th Amendment Act

Correct Answer: (B) 93rd Amendment Act

Q. Which one of the following must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately by special majority?

(A) Ordinary Bill
(B) Money Bill
(C) Finance Bill
(D) Constitution Amendment Bill

Correct Answer: (D) Constitution Amendment Bill

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Q. Arrange the following in chronological order and use the codes given below: (i) Keshavananda Bharati case (ii) Golaknath case (iii) Minerva Mills case (iv) Sajjan Singh case

(A) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(B) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)

Correct Answer: (D) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

Q. Arrange the following landmark judgements by the Supreme Court in correct chronological order: (i) Minerva Mills case (ii) Golak Nath case (iii) A. K. Gopalan case (iv) Ninth Schedule of the Constitution case

(A) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(B) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(C) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

Correct Answer: (D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

Q. Nagarpalika Bill was first introduced in the Parliament during the Prime Ministership of:

(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Narashimha Rao
(C) V. P. Singh
(D) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: (A) Rajiv Gandhi

Q. The first Finance Commission was constituted in:

(A) 1951
(B) 1962
(C) 1947
(D) 1952

Correct Answer: (D) 1952

Q. The verdict by the Supreme Court that the original (basic) structure of the Constitution cannot be amended was given in which case?

(A) Sajjan Singh case
(B) Minerva Mills case
(C) Golak Nath’s case
(D) Keshvananda Bharati case

Correct Answer: (D) Keshvananda Bharati case

Q. Which Article of the Constitution provides the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution?

(A) 370
(B) 368
(C) 390
(D) 376

Correct Answer: (B) 368

Q. Which one of the following amendments added the word ‘Secular’ to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?

(A) 44th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 43rd Amendment
(D) 45th Amendment

Correct Answer: (B) 42nd Amendment