Multiple choice

By which amendment of the Constitution of India were the privy purses and the privileges of the princes abolished?

  1. 25th

  2. 26th

  3. 27th

  4. 28th

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The 26th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1971 abolished the privy purses - annual payments guaranteed to former princely rulers at independence. This fulfilled the government's socialist agenda of creating a classless society by removing special privileges and titles.