Indian Polity and Constitution Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 28)

The Court held that Ayyappa devotees are not a distinct religious denomination, which weakened the temple’s Article 26 defence.

The Shirur Mutt case defined a religious denomination as needing a common faith, a common organisation, and a distinctive name.

Article 26 protects religious denominations as groups, while Article 25 protects an individual’s own freedom of conscience and worship.

The correct answer is Articles 341 and 342. Article 366 gives no list of its own. It points to the President’s notifications under those two Articles. Memory hook: 341 for castes, 342 for tribes.

The correct answer is that it restored the States’ power to identify and notify their own SEBC lists. The 105th Amendment was deemed in force from 15 August 2021. It also applies to Union territories. Memory hook: 105th gave the power back.

The correct answer is that only the Centre, through the President, could notify each State’s SEBC list. A Constitution Bench held this by a 3:2 majority on 5 May 2021. Memory hook: after the 102nd, the President holds the pen.

The correct answer is clause 26C, defining socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC). The 102nd Amendment added it along with Article 342A. Memory hook: 102nd gave 26C.

The correct answer is that it fixes definitions for terms used elsewhere in the Constitution. Article 366 opens with the words “unless the context otherwise requires”. It grants no rights and creates no bodies. Memory hook: 366 is the dictionary.

The 1996 PESA Act followed the Bhuria Committee’s 1995 recommendations, extending Panchayati Raj self-rule into Fifth Schedule areas.

Rather than use the newly created Article 244A route, Parliament granted Meghalaya complete statehood in 1972.

Article 244A allows Parliament to carve an autonomous state out of Assam’s tribal areas, complete with its own legislature.

The Sixth Schedule governs tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, through Autonomous District Councils.

Article 244(1) applies the Fifth Schedule; Article 244(2) applies the Sixth Schedule, to tribal areas in the Northeast.

Article 31A survived the 44th Amendment’s repeal of Article 31, and remains in force as a targeted land-reform shield.

The Court held that laws added to the Ninth Schedule after 1973 remain open to basic-structure review, ending the schedule’s blanket immunity.

Article 31A is narrower, covering only five specific categories, while Article 31B shields any law placed in the Ninth Schedule.

The Patna High Court’s ruling in Kameshwar Singh v. State of Bihar, striking down the Bihar Land Reforms Act, directly triggered Article 31A.

Article 350A requires states to provide adequate facilities for mother-tongue instruction at the primary stage, for linguistic-minority children.

Practising family planning and population control is not among the Fundamental Duties listed in Article 51A.

Delegated legislation is law-making power that Parliament hands to the executive, through an enabling Act, to fill in technical or administrative detail.

The 69th Amendment, in 1991, added Article 239AA, giving Delhi an elected Legislative Assembly and Council of Ministers.