Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question

Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List-I (Schedule)

A. 7th Schedule

B. 8th Schedule

C. 9th Schedule

D. 10th Schedule

List-II (Subject)

1. Languages

2. Disqualification on ground of defection

3. Union, State and Concurrent lists

4. Validation of certain Acts/Regulations

1. A. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
2. B. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 (Correct answer)
3. C. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
4. D. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Correct Answer

Option B — A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2.

Key Points

• A. 7th Schedule — 3. Union, State and Concurrent lists. The division of legislative powers.
• B. 8th Schedule — 1. Languages. The 22 recognised languages.
• C. 9th Schedule — 4. Validation of certain Acts and Regulations. Added by the First Amendment, 1951, mainly to protect land-reform laws.
• D. 10th Schedule — 2. Disqualification on ground of defection. Added by the 52nd Amendment, 1985.
• Hence option (b).

Additional Information

• All twelve Schedules, in order:
  • First — States and Union Territories
  • Second — Emoluments of high office-holders
  • Third — Forms of oaths and affirmations
  • Fourth — Allocation of Rajya Sabha seats
  • Fifth — Administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
  • Sixth — Tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
  • Seventh — Union, State and Concurrent Lists (100, 61 and 52 entries respectively at present)
  • Eighth — 22 languages
  • Ninth — Acts protected from judicial review (added 1951)
  • Tenth — Anti-defection (added 1985)
  • Eleventh — Panchayats, 29 subjects (added 1992)
  • Twelfth — Municipalities, 18 subjects (added 1992)
• In I. R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007) the Supreme Court held that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after 24 April 1973 (the date of the *Kesavananda Bharati* judgment) are open to judicial review if they violate the basic structure.