Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

With reference to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Constitution, consider the following statements:

  1. Article 2 concerns the admission or establishment of new States that are not already part of the Union of India.
  2. Article 3 concerns the internal readjustment of the territories of existing constituent States.
  3. Laws enacted under Articles 2 and 3 are not treated as constitutional amendments under Article 368 and may be passed by a simple majority.
  4. Parliament’s power under Article 3 to diminish the area of a State includes the power to cede Indian territory to a foreign country.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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