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The two Houses disagree on an amendment bill. Can a joint session settle it?Read the answer and worked solution →For amendments needing State consent, what majority must a State legislature give?Read the answer and worked solution →By 12 January 2019, how many times had the Constitution been amended in 69 years?Read the answer and worked solution →Ten amendments were passed in just three years during the Congress dominance era. Which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The 15th Amendment raised the retirement age of High Court judges from 60 to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?Read the answer and worked solution →In which country can the people themselves initiate a constitutional amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three amendments, passed during the 1975 Emergency, are considered the most controversial?Read the answer and worked solution →The 42nd Amendment extended the Lok Sabha term from five years to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by which amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendments cancelled most of the changes made by the 38th, 39th and 42nd?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is the final authority on whether an amendment violates the basic structure?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the basic structure doctrine written in the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2000 a commission reviewed the working of the Constitution. Who chaired it?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the amendment rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Emergency amendmentsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the amendmentsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the majoritiesRead the answer and worked solution →Parliament alone or States tooRead the answer and worked solution →Kinds of amendmentRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Amendment bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A constitution whose preamble says its people desire peace for all time is popularly called the peace constitution. Which country's is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Article of the Japanese Constitution renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called the Constituent Assembly a nation on the move, throwing away the shell of its past?Read the answer and worked solution →Who protested against curtailment of press freedom by the colonial state early in the nineteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Which infamous colonial law, opposed by the national movement, sought to deny freedom from arbitrary arrest?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian liberalism differs from classical western liberalism because it is always linked to what?Read the answer and worked solution →The western idea that state and religion must stay out of each other's affairs is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Indian secularism lets the state intervene in or abstain from religion depending on which promotes liberty and equality. This is called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The two Houses disagree on an amendment bill. Can a joint session settle it?

  1. Only for money amendments
  2. No, there is no joint session
  3. Yes, the Speaker calls one
  4. Yes, the President calls one
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Correct answer: B. No, there is no joint session

1. Each House must pass the bill by special majority. 2. There is no joint session provision. 3. Consensus is therefore essential. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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For amendments needing State consent, what majority must a State legislature give?

  1. Three fourths majority
  2. Unanimous decision
  3. Simple majority
  4. Two thirds majority
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Correct answer: C. Simple majority

1. Half the States must pass the bill. 2. A simple majority in each State is enough. 3. This keeps the process workable. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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By 12 January 2019, how many times had the Constitution been amended in 69 years?

  1. 27
  2. 42
  3. 250
  4. 103
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Correct answer: D. 103

1. The Constitution completed 69 years on 26 January 2019. 2. It had 103 amendments. 3. Every decade saw a steady stream. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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