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UPSC CDS Constitutional Amendments — practice questions — page 5

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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 →

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The 42nd Amendment extended the Lok Sabha term from five years to what?

  1. Four years
  2. Ten years
  3. Six years
  4. Seven years
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Correct answer: C. Six years

1. The 42nd Amendment was wide ranging. 2. It stretched the Lok Sabha term to six years. 3. It also curbed judicial review. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by which amendment?

  1. 44th Amendment
  2. 52nd Amendment
  3. 24th Amendment
  4. 42nd Amendment
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Correct answer: D. 42nd Amendment

1. The 42nd Amendment changed the Preamble and 53 articles. 2. It inserted Fundamental Duties. 3. Many opposition MPs were in jail when it passed. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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Which amendments cancelled most of the changes made by the 38th, 39th and 42nd?

  1. 43rd and 44th
  2. 52nd and 91st
  3. 73rd and 74th
  4. 61st and 62nd
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Correct answer: A. 43rd and 44th

1. Congress lost the 1977 election. 2. The new government reversed the emergency amendments. 3. The 43rd and 44th restored balance. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 9, Constitution as a Living Document._

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