AP DSC School Assistant Social Studies Model Test 1

Concept:The 44th Constitutional Amendment of 1978 removed the right to property from the list of fundamental rights and made it a simple legal right.Explanation:Originally, the right to property was a fundamental right under Part III of the Constitution.It was covered by Article 19(1)(f) and Article 31.Article 19(1)(f) gave every citizen the right to acquire, hold, and dispose of property.Article 31 protected every person from being deprived of property except by law.The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 abolished this right as a fundamental right.It repealed Article 19(1)(f) and Article 31 from Part III.It added a new Article 300A in Part XII, which states that no person shall be deprived of property except by authority of law.Thus, the right to property is now a constitutional right, not a fundamental right.The 39th Amendment (1975) dealt with election disputes of high officials; the 42nd Amendment (1976) added words like socialist and secular to the Preamble; the 52nd Amendment (1985) dealt with anti-defection.Answer:C. 44th Constitutional Amendment.