📚 Class 11 Political Science
📜 Chapter: Constitution as a Living Document
🗓 Session: 2025–26
📘 Book: Indian Constitution at Work
🎯 Part A – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1.🏛️ Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides the procedure for its amendment (संशोधन)?
a) Article 356
b) Article 368
c) Article 370
d) Article 352
💡 Answer: b) Article 368
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2.📜 What does “Living Document” mean in context of the Constitution?
a) It changes every year
b) It can be amended to suit changing needs (बदलते समय की आवश्यकताओं के अनुसार)
c) It never changes
d) It applies only to living persons
📝 Answer: b) It can be amended to suit changing needs
✏️ Part B – Fill in the Blanks
1.📜 The procedure for Constitutional amendment is given in Article ____.
🖋️ Answer: 368
2.🏛️ The Indian Constitution is called a “Living Document” because it can be ____ as per changing needs.
📄 Answer: amended (संशोधित)
3.⚖️ The ____ case introduced the Basic Structure Doctrine.
🏛️ Answer: Kesavananda Bharati
4.📅 The 42nd Amendment is also called the ____ Constitution.
📝 Answer: mini
5.👨⚖️ The ____ Court can declare an amendment unconstitutional if it violates the Basic Structure.
⚖️ Answer: Supreme
🔗 Part C – Match the Following
💬 Part D – Short Answer Questions
1.💡 What is meant by the Constitution as a “Living Document”?
🖋️ Answer: It means the Constitution can be amended to meet the needs of changing times while retaining its core values (मूल्यों).
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2.🏛️ Name the Article which deals with Constitutional amendment.
📜 Answer: Article 368.
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3.📜 Why was the Basic Structure Doctrine introduced?
⚡ Answer: To ensure Parliament cannot destroy essential features of the Constitution through amendments.
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4.⚖️ Mention any one amendment that affected Fundamental Rights.
📅 Answer: 42nd Amendment (1976).
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5.🗳️ What is a simple majority amendment?
📌 Answer: An amendment passed by more than 50% of members present and voting in Parliament.
1.👨⚖️ Which body has the final authority to interpret the Constitution?
🏆 Answer: The Supreme Court.
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2.📅 When was the 61st Amendment passed and what did it change?
🗝️ Answer: Passed in 1989, it reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years.
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3.🏢 Give one example of an amendment that required State ratification.
📄 Answer: 73rd Amendment (Panchayati Raj).
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4.⚖️ What is the role of the judiciary in Constitutional amendments?
🖋️ Answer: To review amendments and strike down those violating the Basic Structure.
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5.🌟 Name any three features considered part of the Basic Structure.
📚 Answer: Supremacy of the Constitution, Rule of Law, Judicial Review.
