Which of the following pairs of list and contents is/are correctly matched 1. State list Public health and sanitation 2. Union list Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens 3. Concurrent list Legal, medical and other  Select the correct answer using the code given below :?

Option 2 : 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. 1, 2 and 3.

Between the Centre and the states, the Constitution provides for a three-fold distribution of legislative subjects in the Seventh Schedule, viz.,

• List-I (the Union List),
• List-II (the State List) and
• List-III (the Concurrent List)

(i) Union List: The Parliament has exclusive powers to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated here.  

This list has at present 100 subjects (originally 97 subjects) like - All matters of national importance (and matters which need UNIFORM solution)

This has at present 61 subjects (originally 66 subjects) like - All the matters of regional importance – Diversity.

(iii) Concurrent List: Both, the Parliament and state legislature can make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated here.

This list (originally had 47 subjects) at present has 52 subjects like

The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 transferred five subjects to Concurrent List from State List, i.e.,

1. Education,
2. Forests,
3. Weights and measures,
4. Protection of wild animals and birds, and
5. Constitution and organisation of all courts except the Supreme Court and the high courts; administration of justice.