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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 41

SSC CHSL - 19th October 2020 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q41

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When was the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act enacted?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e 1978.

  • The Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, was enacted by the Janata Party which had won the 1977 general elections campaigning on a promise to "restore the Constitution to the condition it was in before the Emergency".
  • The Amendment aimed to undo several changes that had been made to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency.