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Indian Polity UPPSC 2017 GS-I
Question

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List I List II

(A) Curtailment of the power judicial review - (a) 61st Amendment
(B) Abolition of Right to property as a fundamental right - (b) 42nd Amendment
(C) Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 - (c) 38th Amendment
(D) Addition of the word secular in the preamble - (d) 44th Amendment

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b”.
Item Amendment Year
Barred judicial review of proclamations of emergency 38th Amendment 1975
Abolition of Right to property as a fundamental right 44th Amendment 1978
Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 61st Amendment 1989
Addition of the word secular in the preamble 42nd Amendment 1976

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