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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 44 of 200

Q44
Indian PolityConstitutional Amendments
Which Constitutional Amendment shifted subject like education from state list to concurrent list?
  1. a.40th
  2. b.41st
  3. c.42nd
  4. d.46th

Answer: (C) 42nd

The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 moved five subjects — education, forests, weights and measures, protection of wild animals and birds, and administration of justice — from the State List to the Concurrent List. The 40th, 41st and 46th amendments dealt with other matters.