Short Presentation on the topic Important Amendments on COI. Contains MCQ questions which may be asked in the Exams.

1. NAME-RAHUL VINOD WASEKAR
CLASS- TE CIVIL
ROLL NO- BE17F01F055
SUBJECT-CONSTITUTION OF INDIA(COI)
TOPIC-IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS ON COI
Guided by- Prof.Dr.U.J Kahalekar

3. AMENDNENT IN INDIA
The Indian Constitution is both flexible and rigid as some parts of
the constitution can be amended by ordinary legislation while the
other parts can be amended only by the process given in Article
368.
Artical 368-Article 368 of the constitution provides for the
procedure for amendment to constitution.

4. IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS ON COI
1st Amendment Act,1951—
• The concept of ‘special protection’ or ‘positive discrimination’
was introduced to enable reservation.
• It amended Article 19 (2) and introduced seven grounds except
‘sovereignty and integrity of India’[2] on which the right to
freedom of speech and expression can be restricted.
• The Ninth Schedule was added

5. 24th Amendment Act,1971— It was amended in order to overide
the Golakhnath case judgement.
• The President’s assent to Constitutional Amendment Bill was
made compulsory.
42nd Amendment Act,1976— Since the 42nd Amendment Act is
the most comprehensive amendment of the Indian Constitution,
called the ‘Mini-Constitution,’
• It was proposed to amend the constitution to spell out expressly
the high ideals of socialism, secularism and the integrity of the
nation, to make the directive principles more comprehensive
and give them precedence over those fundamental rights which
have been allowed to be relied upon to frustrate socio-economic
reforms for implementing the directive principles.

7. 73rd Amendment Act,1992—
• Panchayati Raj institutions were given constitutional status.
• A new Part-IX and 11th Schedule were added in the Indian
Constitution to recognize Panchayati Raj Institutions and
provisions related to them.
74th Amendment Act,1994—
• Urban local bodies were granted constitutional status
• A new Part IX-A and 12th Schedule were added to the
Indian Constitution

9. 100th Amendment Act,2015—
• To pursue land boundary agreement 1974 between India
and Bangladesh, exchange of some enclave territories with
Bangladesh mentioned
• Provisions relating to the territories of four states (Assam,
West Bengal, Meghalaya) in the first schedule of the Indian
Constitution, amended.
101st Amendment Act,2016—
• Goods and Service Tax (GST) was introduced.

10. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.Citizens of India lost their Right to property from Fundamental
Rights through which of the following amendments?
[A] 23rd
[B] 42nd
[C] 44th
[D] 73rd
2.Which among the following is also called as lengthiest amendment
to Indian Constitution?
[A] 24th
[B] 30th
[C] 40th
[D] 42nd

11. 3.Which of the following is true about the 42nd Constitutional
Amendment Act, 1976?
[A] Precedence to directive principles over fundamental rights
[B] Fundamental duties are included
[C] Constitutional amendment should not be questioned in any
court
[D] All of the above
4.The process of amendment of the Indian Constitution is taken
from which of the following countries?
[A] Japan
[B] Britain
[C] South Africa
[D] USA

12. 5. Article 368 is related to............?
(A) Constitutional amendment
(B) Supreme Court
(C) Centre State Relations
(D) None of the above
6. Which of the following Constitution amended the age of voting
from 21 to 18?
(A) 51st
(B) 48th
(C) 61st
(D) 86th

13. 7. Which of the following is not matched correctly?
(A) Constitution (64th Amendment) Act: 1990
(B) Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act: 1976
(C) Constitution (100th Amendment) Act: 2015
(D) Constitution (24th Amendment) Act: 1985
8. With regard to the constitutional amendment
bill, the President can:
(A) Reject, but cannot return the bill
(B) Return, but cannot reject the bill
(c) Reject or return the bill
(d) Neither reject nor return the bill

14. 9. Which of the following amendment Act makes the right to
education as the fundamental right to all the children under the
age of 6-14 years by inserting Article 21A to the constitution.
(A) 87th amendment, 2003
(B) 86th amendment, 2002
(C) 88th Amendment, 2003
(D) 89th Amendment, 2003
10. In how many ways the Constitutional amendment in India can
take place?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 1

15. ANSWER KEY
1. (C)
2. (D)
3. (D)
4. (C)
5. (A)
6. (C)
7. (D)
8. (D)
9. (B)
10.(B)

16. REFERENCES
• Indian Constitution and Indian Polity- S.G Subramanian
• Wikipedia-
– www.leadthecompetition.in>constitutionalamendment
–www.byjus.com>amendment on constitution in India
• Youtube

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