Under which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22?

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Q: 99 (IAS/2008)
Under which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22?

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IAS

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The correct answer is option 3, the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act. This amendment of the Constitution of India, passed in 2003, added four languages to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, increasing the total number from 18 to 22. The Eighth Schedule acknowledges the official languages of the Indian constitution.

Option 1, the Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act, and Option 2, the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, are incorrect because these amendments did not deal with the addition of languages to the constitution.

Similarly, Option 4, Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act, is also incorrect because this amendment focuses on enabling the provision of reservation in admission to educational institutions, not about languages.