The 91st Amendment of the Indian Constitution provides

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Correct — A, ceiling on the size of the Council of Ministers. The Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003 inserted Articles 75(1A) and 164(1A), capping the total strength of the Council of Ministers — at the Centre and in every State — at 15% of the total membership of the Lok Sabha/Legislative Assembly.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) That is the delimitation-freeze provision — enacted by the 84th Amendment (2001), which extended the 1971-census-based seat count until the first census after 2026 — a different amendment.  (c) The National Commission for SCs & STs was split into separate Article 338 (NCSC) and Article 338A (NCST) bodies by the 89th Amendment (2003), not the 91st.  (d) Incorrect — option (a) correctly states the 91st Amendment's central provision.

Concept: The Constitution (91st Amendment) Act, 2003 did two main things: it capped the size of the Council of Ministers — Union and State — at 15% of the strength of the Lok Sabha/Assembly (Articles 75(1A) and 164(1A)), and it tightened the anti-defection law by removing the old one-third 'split' exemption (only two-thirds mergers are now protected) and barring disqualified members from holding ministerial or other remunerative political posts.

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