UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2019

The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the prime ministership of

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
  3. Indira Gandhi
  4. Morarji Desai

Answer

Correct Answer

Jawaharlal Nehru

Explanation

The Ninth Schedule was added by the First Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951, during Jawaharlal Nehru's prime ministership, to protect land reform and other laws from judicial challenge.

Topics: 1951), constitution of india, ninth schedule (first amendment, polity, schedules and amendments