Q. Match the following pairs of constitutional amendments and its subjects:
Constitutional Amendment Subject
1. The 101st Amendment A. Reservation of seats for SCs and STs in legislatures
2. The 102nd Amendment B. Goods and Services Tax.
3. The 103rd Amendment C. National Commission for Backward Classes
4. The 104th Amendment D. Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Pair 1-B The 101st Constitutional Amendment, 2017, introduced the Goods and Services Tax. It amended the Sixth Schedule, Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
Pair 2-C The 102nd Constitutional Amendment, 2018, granted constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). Previously NCBC was a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Pair 3-D The 103rd Constitutional Amendment, 2019, granted a maximum of 10% Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) of citizens of classes other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) of Article 15, i.e. Classes other than socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Pair 4-A The 104th Constitutional Amendment, 2020, extended the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and states assemblies from Seventy years to Eighty years. It also removed the reserved seats for the Anglo[1]Indian community in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
