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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 32

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 3 Aug 2022 - Shift 4 • General Awareness • Q32

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Under which Amendment to the Constitution Act was the reservation for OBCs in educational institutions made?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 93rd Amendment.

  • Reservation for OBCs in educational institutions was made by the 93rd Amendment to the Constitution Act.
  • Following the recommendations of the Mandal Commission, a 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) was implemented in 1992. This reservation applied to government employment and admissions to higher educational institutions.
  • The 93rd Constitutional Amendment introduced two new clauses—15(4) and 16(4)—to Articles 15 and 16 of the Indian Constitution, empowering the State to make special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes.

Other Options:

  • 94th Amendment Act, 2006: Bihar is freed from having a tribal welfare minister. Jharkhand and Odisha still have Tribal welfare ministers.
  • 95th Amendment Act, 2009: Extended the reservation of seats for SCs, STs, and representation of Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies.
  •  96th Amendment Act, 2011:  Amended the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution to change the spelling of the language "Oriya" to "Odia" and "Oriya script" to "Odia script."