{"id":86248,"date":"2025-06-01T03:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=86248"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:41:27","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment is\/are correct?
\n1. The procedure for amendment to the Constitution is provided in Article 368.
\n2. A Bill to amend the Constitution can be introduced in either House of the Parliament.
\n3. The special procedure in Article 368 vests constituent powers upon the ordinary legislation.
\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”1 only” option2=”1, 2 and 3″ option3=”2 and 3 only” option4=”1 and 2 only” correct=”option4″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n
UPSC CDS-2 – 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Download PDF<\/a>Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe correct option is D) 1 and 2 only.
\n<\/section>\n
\nStatement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution.
\nStatement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha).
\nStatement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.
\n<\/section>\n
\nConstitutional amendments require a special majority and, in some cases, ratification by state legislatures, making the process distinct from ordinary legislative procedures. The power under Article 368 is constituent power, not ordinary legislative power.
\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment is\/are correct? 1. The procedure for amendment to the Constitution is provided in Article 368. 2. A Bill to amend the Constitution can be introduced in either House of the Parliament. 3. The special procedure in Article 368 vests constituent powers upon the ordinary legislation. Select the … <\/p>\n

Detailed SolutionWhich of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[1110,1192,1099],"class_list":["post-86248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-2","tag-1110","tag-constitutional-amendments","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\nWhich of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is D) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha). Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The correct option is D) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha). Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T03:41:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i","description":"The correct option is D) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha). Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i","og_description":"The correct option is D) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha). Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T03:41:27+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/","name":"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T03:41:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T03:41:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"The correct option is D) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is correct: Article 368 in Part XX of the Constitution lays down the procedure for amendment of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct: A Bill for the amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in either House of Parliament (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha). Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 368 vests constituent power (the power to amend the Constitution) in Parliament, but this power is exercised through a special procedure, not through ordinary legislation. An amendment bill requires specific majorities (absolute majority and a two-thirds majority of members present and voting) in each House, and for certain provisions, ratification by states is also required, distinguishing it significantly from ordinary law-making.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-regarding-constitutional-amendment-i\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CDS-2","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-cds-2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment i"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}