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A Constitutional amendment shall also be ratified by legislatures of not less then one-half of the States by a resolution if it is meant to make any change in:

A. Fundamental Right

B. Directive Principles

C. Fundamental Duties

D. Entrenched Provisions

Answer: Option D


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  1. Spandan Choudhary
    Spandan Choudhary:
    1 year ago

    Correcr ans is D.

    For a third category of “entrenched provisions” that impact the federal structure of the Constitution or the powers of the state Assemblies, an amendment requires to be ratified by legislatures of at least half of the states.
    Specifically, Article 368(2)(d) lists the representation of states in Parliament as one of the issues that would require ratification.

    All Constitution Amendment Bills are
    not required to be ratified by the
    state legislatures.
    Only those Constitutional
    Amendments, which relate to
    constitutional provisions mentioned
    in the Proviso to clause (2) of Article
    368 of the Constitution of India, are
    required to be ratifed by the
    legislatures of not less than one-
    half of the states.
    These provisions are mainly those
    which are related to federal
    character.These provisions are considered "ENTRENCHED PROVISIONS" because they IMPACT the FEDERAL STRUCTURE of the Constitution or the POWERS of the STATE ASSEMBLIES.
    The Proviso mentions the following
    provisions of the Constitution which
    require ratification by state
    legislatures:
    ○ (a) article 54, article 55, article
    73, article 162 or article 241
    (b) Chapter IV of Part V,
    Chapter V of Part VI, or
    Chapter 1 of Part XI.
    (c) any of the Lists in the
    Seventh Schedule.
    > (d) the representation of States
    in Parliament, or
    ◦ (e) the provisions of this article
    [i.e., Article 368 itself].

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