Polity & Governance•CSE•2025•Q58
Procedure for Amendment of the Constitution
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The question this prepares you for · CSE 2025 · Q58
Consider the following subjects under the Constitution of India : I. List I–Union List, in the Seventh Schedule II. Extent of the executive power of a State III. Conditions of the Governor's office For a constitutional amendment with respect to which of the above, ratification by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States is required before presenting the bill to the President of India for assent?
I and II onlyII and III onlyI and III onlyI, II and III
Why revise these together?
The target tests which subjects require state ratification under Article 368 (Seventh Schedule lists, extent of state executive power, Governor's office). The 2012 Seventh Schedule and 2015 executive-power sources teach the substantive subjects the question lists, while the 2019 Ninth Schedule question grounds the amendment-procedure framing. Together they build the entrenchment knowledge needed, though none directly enumerates the Article 368 ratification list.
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Related concepts
Procedure for Amendment of the ConstitutionBasic Structure DoctrineKesavananda Bharati case42nd Amendment44th AmendmentJudicial ReviewSeventh ScheduleConstitution of IndiaPresident of IndiaExecutive power
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