Which of the following statements rewarding the residuary powers under the Constitution of India is ...........

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Which of the following statements rewarding the residuary powers under the Constitution of India is/ are correct?

1. Residuary powers have been given to the Union Parliament.

2. In the matter of residuary power, the Constitution of India follows the Constitution of Australia.

3. Schedule 7 of the Constitution of India provides a list of residuary powers.

4. The Government of India Act, 1935 placed residuary powers in the hands of the Governor - General,

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The Constitution of India adopts a threefold distribution of the subjects of legislative power between the Parliament and State legislature by placing them in any one of the three Lists, namely, Union List, State List and Concurrent List.Article 248 vests the residuary powers in the parliament. It says that parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or the State List. Entry 97 in the Union List also lay down that Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any matter not mentioned in the State List or the Concurrent List including any tax not mentioned in either of these Lists.