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Topic Constitutional amendments
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 23 years (2001–2024), peaking in 2023.
Key insights
- Most tested in LDCE — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2023
- Recurs across 3 years (2001–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2001 → LDCE 2023 → GEO 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 4) are since 2016.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2024
Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order
- Passage of the Anti-defection law by the Parliament of India
- Mizoram was made a state
- Voting age was reduced from 21 to 18
- Maithili was added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 2, 3, 1, 4
- B 1, 3, 2, 4
- C 4, 3, 2, 1
- D 1, 2, 3, 4 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
LDCE2023
The concept of privy purses and privileges of the Rulers of former Indian States was terminated through
- A the Constitution (First Amendment) Act
- B the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act
- C the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act
- D the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
LDCE2023
Which Constitutional Amendment provided that the election of the President of India or Vice-President of India cannot be challenged on the ground of any vacancy in the appropriate electoral college?
- A 11th Amendment Act, 1961
- B 12th Amendment Act, 1962
- C 13th Amendment Act, 1962 ✓
- D 14th Amendment Act, 1962
✓ Correct answer: (C)
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