Which of the following subjects comes under the Concurrent List?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Newspapers.
- The Concurrent List includes subjects on which both the Centre and States can legislate.
- "Newspapers, books, and printing presses" are covered under Entry 39 of the Concurrent List (List III) in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
- The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India defines the allocation of powers and functions between the Union and State governments.
- It contains three lists:
- Union List – Only the Union Legislature can make laws on these matters:
- Defence
- Atomic Energy
- Foreign Affairs
- War and Peace
- Banking
- Railways
- Post and Telegraph
- Airways
- Ports
- Foreign Trade
- Currency & Coinage
- State List – Only the State Legislature can make laws on these matters (with some exceptions):
- Agriculture
- Police
- Prison
- Local Government
- Public Health
- Land
- Liquor
- Concurrent List – Both Union and State Legislatures can make laws on these matters:
- Education
- Transfer of Property other than Agricultural land
- Forests
- Trade Unions
- Adulteration
- Adoption and Succession