Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Constitution originally contemplated a dual polity comprising the Union and the States, while the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Amendments added constitutional recognition for a third tier.
  2. The Seventy-third Amendment added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule, while the Seventy-fourth Amendment added Part IX-A and the Twelfth Schedule.
  3. The Ninety-seventh Amendment connected cooperative societies with Article 19, Article 43-B and Part IX-B.
  4. Parliament alone was empowered to legislate for every cooperative society, excluding State Legislatures from the field.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 4 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 3 and 4 only
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