Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : 6th
The correct answer is 6th. - The Sixth Schedule consists of provisions for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, according to Article 244 of the Indian Constitution.
- Passed by the Constituent Assembly in 1949, it seeks to safeguard the rights of the tribal population through the formation of Autonomous District Councils (ADC).
- ADCs are bodies representing a district to which the Constitution has given varying degrees of autonomy within the state legislature.
- The governors of these states are empowered to reorganize the boundaries of the tribal areas.
- In simpler terms, she or he can choose to include or exclude any area, increase or decrease the boundaries and unite two or more autonomous districts into one.
- They can also alter or change the names of autonomous regions without separate legislation.
- Fourth Schedule
- It contains the provisions in relation to the allocation of seats for States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha.
- Eighth Schedule: It deals with the 22 official languages recognized by the Indian Constitution.
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Dogri (Dongri)
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Mathili (Maithili)
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Oriya
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Santhali
- Sindhi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
- Tenth Schedule:
- It contains provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislatures on the ground of defection.
- This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Anti-defection Law
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