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Constitutions and Law

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Constitutions and Law questions cover fundamental rights, the preamble, critical articles, and amendments from the Indian and United States constitutions. This topic is indispensable for UPSC, state PSC, and SSC exams. Practicing these questions ensures a solid understanding of political frameworks and legal provisions.

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Constitutions and Law Questions

Multiple choice

What is the First Amendment to the Constitution?

  1. Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press

  2. The right to bear arms

  3. The right to a trial by jury

  4. The right to due process of law
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The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press.

Multiple choice

What is the Second Amendment to the Constitution?

  1. The right to bear arms

  2. The right to a trial by jury

  3. The right to due process of law

  4. The right to equal protection under the law
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The Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms.

Multiple choice

What is the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution?

  1. The right to a trial by jury

  2. The right to due process of law

  3. The right to equal protection under the law

  4. The right to remain silent
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The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to remain silent.

Multiple choice

What is the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

  1. The right to equal protection under the law

  2. The right to vote

  3. The right to citizenship

  4. The right to due process of law
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to equal protection under the law.

Multiple choice

What is the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

  1. The right to vote

  2. The right to citizenship

  3. The right to due process of law

  4. The right to equal protection under the law
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to vote.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution?

  1. Freedom of speech

  2. Freedom of the press

  3. Freedom of assembly

  4. Freedom to bear arms
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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to bear arms, not the First Amendment.

Multiple choice

Which amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

  1. The Eighth Amendment

  2. The Fifth Amendment

  3. The Sixth Amendment

  4. The Seventh Amendment
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The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the Right to Equality?

  1. Article 14

  2. Article 15

  3. Article 16

  4. Article 17
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Article 14 of the Indian Constitution guarantees the Right to Equality. It prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits untouchability?

  1. Article 15

  2. Article 16

  3. Article 17

  4. Article 18
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Article 17 of the Indian Constitution prohibits untouchability. It abolishes the practice of untouchability and declares it to be an offense punishable by law.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to form associations and unions?

  1. Article 19(1)(c)

  2. Article 19(1)(d)

  3. Article 19(1)(e)

  4. Article 19(1)(f)
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Article 19(1)(c) of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to form associations and unions. It allows citizens to form associations or unions for any lawful purpose.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to life and personal liberty?

  1. Article 20

  2. Article 21

  3. Article 22

  4. Article 23
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Article 21 of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to life and personal liberty. It prohibits the deprivation of life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 14?

  1. Article 21A

  2. Article 22

  3. Article 23

  4. Article 24
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Article 21A of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 14. It makes education a fundamental right and imposes a duty on the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children of that age group.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights?

  1. Article 32

  2. Article 33

  3. Article 34

  4. Article 35
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Article 32 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs, including habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, and quo warranto, for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Multiple choice

Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits the State from discriminating against any citizen on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth?

  1. Article 15

  2. Article 16

  3. Article 17

  4. Article 18
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Article 15 of the Indian Constitution prohibits the State from discriminating against any citizen on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth. It also prohibits the State from enforcing any disability, liability, restriction, or condition with regard to access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, and places of public entertainment.

Multiple choice

Which amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits slavery?

  1. The Thirteenth Amendment

  2. The Fourteenth Amendment

  3. The Fifteenth Amendment

  4. The Sixteenth Amendment
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.