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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 36

SSC MTS - 26 July 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q36

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Which Fundamental Right was removed by the Forty-fourth Constitutional Amendment Act?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Compulsory acquisition of property.

  • In 1978, the 44th Amendment to the Constitution removed the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights and converted it into a simple legal right under Article 300 A.
  • Article 300-A - Deals with the Right To Property in India. The main statement of this article is “No person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law” and is present in Chapter IV of Part XII. 
  • Article 31(2) of the Constitution provides that, a property can be acquired by the Appropriate Government only if the property acquired is wholly used for any public purpose as may be specified under the Act.