Trick to remember Schedules of Indian Constitution

Trick : TEARS OF OLD PM

Total Schedules: 12

• 1st Schedule: T- Territory
• 2nd Schedule: E- Emoluments / Salary
• 3rd Schedule: A- Affirmation / Oath
• 4th Schedule: R- Rajya Sabha
• 5th Schedule: S- Schedules Tribe
• 6th Schedule: O- Other Tribes
• 7th Schedule: F- Federal
• 8th Schedule: O- Official Languages
• 9th Schedule: L- Land Reforms
• 10th Schedule: D- Defection or Anti-defection Law
• 11th Schedule: P- Panchayat Raj
• 12th Schedule: M- Municipal Corporation

Extra Facts 🔥

1st Schedule:  Territories
2nd Schedule:  Emoluments or Salary
3rd Schedule:  Affirmations or Oaths
4th Schedule:  Rajya Sabha
5th Schedule: Schedules Tribes
6th Schedule:  Other Tribes
7th Schedule:  Federal (state union and Concurrent list)
8th Schedule:  Official Languages- 22 languages
9th Schedule:  Land Reforms
10th Schedule:  Defection or Anti-defection Law-52nd Amendment, Rajiv Gandhi
11th Schedule:  Panchayat Raj
12th Schedule:  Municipal Corporation

Recent PYQs

Which Schedule contains a list of central and state laws which cannot be challenged in courts?  (SSC CHSL 2022)

9th schedule

Which schedule contains the format of oaths to be taken by different constitutional functionaries? (SSC CHSL 2019)

3rd Schedule

How many schedules are there in the constitution? (SSC MTS 2019)

12

Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the provisions on Panchayat Raj Institutions? (SSC MTS 2019)

11th Schedule