The _______ Schedule of the Constitution contains the provisions with respect to the disqualification of members of Parliament and the state legislatures on the ground of defection.

Eighth

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Ninth

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Tenth

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Eleventh

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Solution

The correct option is C Tenth
The anti-defection law was passed by parliament in 1985 by 52nd Amendment to the Constitution. It added the Tenth Schedule which laid down the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of defection.

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