42nd Amendments

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed in the year:
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1977
d) 1980
✅ b) 1976

The 42nd Amendment is also known as the:
a) Fundamental Amendment
b) Mini Constitution
c) National Emergency Act
d) Judicial Amendment
✅ b) Mini Constitution

Who was the Prime Minister when the 42nd Amendment was passed?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Rajiv Gandhi
c) Morarji Desai
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
✅ a) Indira Gandhi

The Preamble was amended by the 42nd Amendment to add which words?
a) Republic, Unity
b) Integrity, Sovereign
c) Socialist, Secular, Integrity
d) Sovereign, Justice, Republic
✅ c) Socialist, Secular, Integrity

The term Socialist was added to the Preamble by:
a) 40th Amendment
b) 42nd Amendment
c) 44th Amendment
d) 52nd Amendment
✅ b) 42nd Amendment

The term Secular was added to the Preamble in:
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1978
d) 1985
✅ b) 1976

The number of subjects in the Concurrent List was increased from:
a) 47 to 55
b) 66 to 69
c) 52 to 66
d) 66 to 80
✅ b) 66 to 69

The 42nd Amendment curtailed the power of:
a) Parliament
b) President
c) Judiciary
d) Election Commission
✅ c) Judiciary

The 42nd Amendment gave primacy to:
a) Fundamental Rights
b) Directive Principles of State Policy
c) Emergency Provisions
d) Fundamental Duties
✅ b) Directive Principles of State Policy

Article 31C was amended to:
a) Protect Fundamental Rights
b) Give DPSPs precedence over FRs
c) Promote equality
d) Establish Lokpal
✅ b) Give DPSPs precedence over FRs

The duration of Lok Sabha and State Assemblies was extended from 5 to:
a) 4 years
b) 6 years
c) 7 years
d) 8 years
✅ b) 6 years

The extended term of Lok Sabha was reversed by which Amendment?
a) 43rd
b) 44th
c) 45th
d) 46th
✅ b) 44th Amendment

Which part was added to the Constitution through 42nd Amendment?
a) Part IXA
b) Part IVA
c) Part XI
d) Part XIII
✅ b) Part IVA (Fundamental Duties)

How many Fundamental Duties were added in 1976?
a) 5
b) 9
c) 10
d) 12
✅ c) 10

The 42nd Amendment added which Article for Fundamental Duties?
a) Article 48A
b) Article 51A
c) Article 45
d) Article 47
✅ b) Article 51A

The concept of Fundamental Duties is borrowed from:
a) USA
b) UK
c) USSR
d) Germany
✅ c) USSR

The 42nd Amendment made it mandatory for the President to:
a) Obey the Parliament
b) Follow Prime Minister
c) Act on Council of Ministers’ advice
d) Obey Supreme Court
✅ c) Act on Council of Ministers’ advice

Which Article was amended to make Presidential advice binding?
a) Article 72
b) Article 74
c) Article 75
d) Article 76
✅ b) Article 74

New Directive Principles added by the 42nd Amendment include:
a) Equal pay for equal work
b) Free legal aid
c) Participation of workers in management
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Environmental protection was added under:
a) Article 39
b) Article 43A
c) Article 48A
d) Article 44
✅ c) Article 48A

Participation of workers in industry management was introduced in:
a) Article 44
b) Article 45
c) Article 43A
d) Article 39B
✅ c) Article 43A

Provision for free legal aid is under:
a) Article 45
b) Article 39A
c) Article 39B
d) Article 48A
✅ b) Article 39A

The scope of judicial review was restricted by inserting:
a) Article 32A
b) Article 44A
c) Article 47A
d) Article 51A
✅ a) Article 32A

Which new Article was inserted to restrict High Court's power under Article 226?
a) Article 226A
b) Article 227
c) Article 228A
d) Article 229
✅ c) Article 228A

The 42nd Amendment transferred education from:
a) Union List to State List
b) State List to Union List
c) State List to Concurrent List
d) Union List to Concurrent List
✅ c) State List to Concurrent List

The amendment altered Article 368 to:
a) Make constitutional amendments non-justiciable
b) Require referendum
c) Require approval of all states
d) All of the above
✅ a) Make constitutional amendments non-justiciable

Which body’s jurisdiction was limited by the 42nd Amendment?
a) CBI
b) Parliament
c) Supreme Court and High Courts
d) Election Commission
✅ c) Supreme Court and High Courts

Which provision was inserted to give primacy to Parliament laws over judicial pronouncements?
a) Article 368(4)
b) Article 13(2)
c) Article 245
d) Article 39C
✅ a) Article 368(4)

Which Amendment Act repealed most provisions of the 42nd Amendment?
a) 43rd
b) 44th
c) 45th
d) 46th
✅ a) 43rd Amendment (1977)

The 42nd Amendment expanded the definition of:
a) State
b) Law
c) Directive Principles
d) Public employment
✅ b) Law

Which court upheld the basic structure doctrine after the 42nd Amendment?
a) Allahabad High Court
b) Supreme Court
c) Calcutta High Court
d) Delhi High Court
✅ b) Supreme Court

The word "Integrity" in the Preamble emphasizes:
a) Spiritual unity
b) Religious unity
c) Territorial integrity
d) Political harmony
✅ c) Territorial integrity

The 42nd Amendment inserted new grounds for disqualifying MPs/MLAs related to:
a) Age
b) National loyalty
c) Defection
d) Legal profession
✅ b) National loyalty

Which part was NOT amended by the 42nd Amendment?
a) Part III (FR)
b) Part IV (DPSP)
c) Part V (Union)
d) Part X (SC/ST)
✅ d) Part X (SC/ST)

Minimum seats in State Legislative Assemblies fixed by 42nd Amendment:
a) 40
b) 50
c) 60
d) 70
✅ a) 40

Which term was NOT introduced in the Preamble by 42nd Amendment?
a) Socialist
b) Democratic
c) Secular
d) Integrity
✅ b) Democratic (already existed)

The term “Socialist” in the Indian context means:
a) Nationalization of all property
b) Equal distribution and welfare state
c) Free economy
d) Religion control
✅ b) Equal distribution and welfare state

42nd Amendment impacted which fundamental right the most?
a) Article 15
b) Article 19
c) Article 21
d) Article 32
✅ b) Article 19

The 42nd Amendment gave DPSPs:
a) Legal status
b) Judicial supremacy
c) Precedence over Fundamental Rights
d) Power to strike laws
✅ c) Precedence over Fundamental Rights

Total number of Articles amended by the 42nd Amendment:
a) 20
b) 44
c) 59
d) 66
✅ d) 66

How many Articles were added by the 42nd Amendment?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
✅ c) 3 (Articles 39A, 43A, 48A)

The 42nd Amendment redefined India as:
a) Federal State
b) Welfare State
c) Socialist Secular Republic
d) Constitutional Monarchy
✅ c) Socialist Secular Republic

Environment Protection as duty was inserted in:
a) Fundamental Rights
b) Directive Principles
c) Fundamental Duties
d) Preamble
✅ c) Fundamental Duties

Which part of the Constitution was untouched by the 42nd Amendment?
a) Part II
b) Part III
c) Part V
d) Part IVA
✅ a) Part II

The 42nd Amendment declared India to be a:
a) Secular Republic only
b) Federal Republic
c) Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
d) Religious Welfare State
✅ c) Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

Lok Sabha elections post-42nd Amendment were held in:
a) 1976
b) 1977
c) 1979
d) 1980
✅ b) 1977

Which major event preceded the 42nd Amendment?
a) Indo-China War
b) Declaration of Emergency
c) Green Revolution
d) Partition of Pakistan
✅ b) Declaration of Emergency (1975)

The 42nd Amendment expanded the jurisdiction of:
a) President
b) Parliament
c) Tribunals
d) Election Commission
✅ c) Tribunals

The 42nd Amendment shifted focus from individual rights to:
a) Parliamentary privileges
b) National integration
c) Directive Principles
d) Judicial supremacy
✅ c) Directive Principles

The 42nd Amendment was criticized because:
a) It was passed hurriedly
b) It curtailed judicial powers
c) It disturbed balance of Constitution
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above