What is the number of schedules in the Constitution of India?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

The Constitution of India originally had 8 schedules, but now it has 12 schedules. The last four schedules were added by various constitutional amendments.
The 12 schedules of the Constitution of India are as follows:
- Name of the States and Union Territories
- Salary, allowances and privileges of the President, Vice-President, Governors, Judges, etc.
- Forms of Oaths and Affirmations
- Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament)
- Provisions relating to the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
- Provisions relating to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
- Union List (the list of subjects on which the central government has exclusive power to legislate)
- State List (the list of subjects on which the state governments have exclusive power to legislate)
- Concurrent List (the list of subjects on which both the central and state governments can legislate)
- Provisions regarding anti-defection law for Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies
- Powers and functions of Panchayats (rural local governments)
- Powers and functions of Municipalities (urban local governments)