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Which one of the following Amendments of the Constitution has given Delhi the status of National Capital Territory ?
Answer: B
Delhi became the National Capital Territory under the 69th Amendment.
The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB, renaming the Union Territory of Delhi the National Capital Territory and giving it a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers.
The 61st Amendment (1989) lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, the 71st (1992) added Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali to the Eighth Schedule, and the 79th (1999) extended reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in legislatures.
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