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A Constitutional amendment shall also be ratified by legislatures of not less then one-half of the States by a resolution if it is meant to make any change in:

Correct Answer: Entrenched Provisions

In which case amendment in the Constitution, shall also be required to be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one half of the States to that effect, where such an amendment is in respect of:
1. Articles 54, 55, 73, 162, or Article 241
2. Any of the lists in the seventh schedule
3. Representation of states in Parliament
4. Provisions relating to Part XII Chapter I

Which of the following statements are not true about the process of Constitutional Amendment in India?
1. The Parliament can amend the Constitution with a special majority.
2. State Assemblies can propose amendment in the Constitution.
3. A Bill for Constitutional Amendment can be introduced only in the Lower House of the Parliament.
4. Deadlock between the two Houses of Parliament over a Bill for Constitutional Amendment can be removed by a joint session of the Parliament.
5. The President of India enjoys the veto power over Constitutional Amendment Bills passed by the Parliament.
Select the correct answer:

Consider the following statements about the residuary powers of the legislations:
1. The Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in List II or List III.
2. State Legislatures have exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter enumerated in List-II.
3. The Parliament as well as State Legislatures have exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in List II or List III.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament shall, while a proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have the power to make laws of the whole or any part of territory of India with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the list
2. Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List
3. Parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any treaty, agreement, or convention with any other country
4. Parliament has power to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest subject to the resolution passed by the Council of States by two-thirds majority
Which of these statements are correct?

The Constitution (One Hundred and First) Amendment Act, 2016 was required to be ratified by the Legislature of not less than one half of the State Legislatures because it sought to make changes in:
1. Chapter I of Part XI of the Constitution dealing with legislative relations between the Union and the States.
2. Lists I and II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
3. The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
4. Part XIII of the Constitution dealing with trade, commerce and intercourse within India.
Select the correct answer:

Under the Provisions of the Article 368(2) of the Constitution of India, if a bill comes to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly after passing by Parliament of India for resolution to rectify, then
1. Resolution can be passed by Assembly
2. Resolution can be rejected by Assembly
3. No Amendment shall be proposed to such a resolution.
Select the correct answer from given below:

Which of the following statements are true?
(1) Minor's contract can be ratified on attaining majority.
(2) Minor's contract cannot be ratified on attaining majority.
(3) Minor's contract can be ratified jointly by both the parties to the contract.
(4) Minor is not liable under minor's contract.
(5) Minor's contract is an enforceable contract.

Consider the following statements.
Assertion (A): Under GST, the ability to tax goods and services and raise revenue shifted from origin states (where the good or service is produced) to destination states (where it is consumed).
Reason (R): The new system posed a risk of revenue uncertainty for some states. Parliament went for constitutional amendment bills to make a law to provide for compensation to states for five years to avoid any revenue loss due to GST.

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Every worker who has worked fora period of 240 days or more in a factory during a calendar year shall be allowed during the subsequent calendar year, leave with wages.
2. A worker who has been allowed leave for not less than four days, in the case of an adult, and five days, in the case of a child shall, before his leave begins, be paid the wages due for the period of the leave allowed.
3. If a worker works in a factory works for more than nine hours in any day or for more than 40 hours in any week, he shall, in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wagesat the rate oftwicehis ordinary rate of wages.4. The periods of work of an adult worker in a factory shall be so arranged that inclusive of his intervals for rest, they shall not spread over more than eleven and a half hours in any day.

A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given fouralternatives. Teaching about compassion and empathy in schools can help deal with problems of climate change and environmental degradation,” says Barbara Maas, secretary,
Standing Committee for Environment and Conservation, International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). She was in New Delhi to participate in the IBCs governing
council meeting, December 10-11, 2017. “We started an awareness campaign in the year 2005-2006 with H H The Dalai Lama when we learnt that tiger skins were
being traded in China and Tibet. At that time, I was not a Buddhist; I wrote to the Dalai Lama asking him to say that this is harmful and he wrote back to say, “We
will stop this.” He used very strong words during the Kalachakra in 2006, when he said, If he sees people wearing fur and skins, he doesnt feel like living. This sent
huge shock waves in the Himalayan community. Within six months, in Lhasa, people ripped the fur trim of their tubba, the traditional Tibetan dress. The messenger was ideal and the audience was receptive,” says Maas who is a conservationist. She has studied the battered foxs behavioral ecology in Serengeti,Africa. She heads the endangered species conservation at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) International Foundation for Nature, Berlin. “I metSamdhong Rinpoche, The Karmapa, HH the Dalai Lama and Geshe Lhakdor and I thought, if by being a Buddhist, you become like this, I am going for it, “says Maas, who led the IBC initiative for including the Buddhist perspective to the global discourse on climate change by presenting the statement, The Time to Act is Now: aBuddhist Declaration on Climate Change, at COP21 in Paris. “It was for the first time in the history of Buddhism that leaders of different sanghas came together to take a stand on anything! The statement lists a couple ofimportant things: the first is that we amass things that we dont need; there is overpopulation; we need to live with contentment and deal with each other and theenvironment with love and compassion,” elaborates Maas. She is an ardent advocate of a vegan diet because “consuming meat and milk globally contributes more toclimate change than all "transport in the world.” Turning vegetarian or vegan usually requires complete change of perspective before one gives up eating their favorite food. What are the Buddhist ways to bringabout this kind of change at the individual level? “To change our behavior, Buddhism is an ideal vehicle; it made me a more contented person,” says Maas, who grewup in Germany, as a sausage chomping, meat-loving individual. She says, “If I can change, so can anybody”. Why did Ms. Barbara Mass say “If I can change, so can anybody”?