Arrange the below amendments to the constitution of India in a chronological order;
1. Addition of Ninth schedule to the constitution
2. Establishment of one high court for two or more states
3. Mandatory for the President to to give assent to the constitutional bill
4. Abolition of privy purses and privileges of former princely states.

Select the correct code below;
(a) 2-3-4-1
(b) 1-2-3-4
(c) 2-4-3-1
(d) 1-3-2-4

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Arrange the below amendments to the constitution of India in a chronological order;
1. Addition of Ninth schedule to the constitution
2. Establishment of one high court for two or more states
3. Mandatory for the President to to give assent to the constitutional bill
4. Abolition of privy purses and privileges of former princely states.

Select the correct code below;
(a) 2-3-4-1
(b) 1-2-3-4
(c) 2-4-3-1
(d) 1-3-2-4

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

First Amendment Act, 1951
Empowered the state to make special provisions for the advancement of socially and economically backward classes.
Added Ninth Schedule to protect the land reform and other laws included in it from the judicial review.

Seventh Amendment Act, 1956
Extended the jurisdiction of high courts to union territories.
Provided for the establishment of a common high court for two or more states.
Provided for the appointment of additional and acting judges of the high court.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment Act, 1971
Affirmed the power of Parliament to amend any part of the Constitution including fundamental rights.
Made it compulsory for the president to give his assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill

Twenty-Sixth Amendment Act, 1971
Abolished the privy purses and privileges of the former rulers of princely states

Therefore, option (b) the correct answer

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Arrange the below amendments to the constitution of India in a chronological order; 1. Addition of Ninth schedule to the constitution 2. Establishment of one high court for two or more states 3. Mandatory for the President to to give assent to the constitutional bill 4. Abolition of privy purses and privileges of former princely states. Select the correct code below; (a) 2-3-4-1 (b) 1-2-3-4 (c) 2-4-3-1 (d) 1-3-2-4