{"id":93988,"date":"2025-06-01T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=93988"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:01:11","slug":"a-new-article-372a-has-been-inserted-to-empower-the-president-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-new-article-372a-has-been-inserted-to-empower-the-president-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make such adaptations and modifications in any law to bring them into accord with the Constitution of India as amended by<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act&#8221; option2=&#8221;the Constitution Eighth Amendment Act&#8221; option3=&#8221;the Constitution Ninth Amendment Act&#8221; option4=&#8221;the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC SO-Steno &#8211; 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-so-steno-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-so-steno-2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nArticle 372A was inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. This Article empowers the President to make such adaptations and modifications in any law in force immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for bringing the provisions of that law into accord with the provisions of the Constitution as amended by that Act.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nArticle 372A facilitates the smooth transition and application of existing laws after significant constitutional changes, particularly those brought about by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which was enabled by the Seventh Amendment.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Seventh Amendment Act, 1956, was a comprehensive amendment that primarily focused on the reorganisation of states on a linguistic basis. It abolished the distinction between Part A, B, C, and D states and introduced the concept of Union Territories. It also made various other changes, making Article 372A necessary to adapt existing laws to the new constitutional structure.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make such adaptations and modifications in any law to bring them into accord with the Constitution of India as amended by [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act&#8221; option2=&#8221;the Constitution Eighth Amendment Act&#8221; option3=&#8221;the Constitution Ninth Amendment Act&#8221; option4=&#8221;the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;] &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-new-article-372a-has-been-inserted-to-empower-the-president-to-make\/#more-93988\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make<\/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":[1095],"tags":[1114,1192,1099],"class_list":["post-93988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-so-steno","tag-1114","tag-constitutional-amendments","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A new Article 372A has been inserted to empower the President to make<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article 372A was inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. 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