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Constitutional Provision Ninth Schedule
Asked 8 times across 3 UPSC exams over 38 years (1981–2019), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 8 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 7 years (1981–2019)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1981 → CAPF 2015 → CDS 2015
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 of 8) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2019
The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of
- A Jawaharlal Nehru
- B Lal Bahadur Shastri
- C Indira Gandhi ✓
- D Morarji Desai
✓ Correct answer: (C)
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CSE2018
Consider the following statements
- The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India
- The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A 1 only ✓
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
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CAPF2017
The Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution of India by the
- A Fourteenth Amendment
- B First Amendment ✓
- C Ninety-Third Amendment
- D Ninety-Ninth Amendment
✓ Correct answer: (B)
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