Constitutions and Law

Option (4) is correct: Article 360 of the Constitution of India provides provision as to Financial Emergency.

Option (3) is correct: Ban on smoking in public place is a violation of Article 21, i.e. protection of life and personal liberty.

Option (1) is incorrect: Under Article 20(1), no person shall be convicted of any offence, except for the violation of the law in force at the time of the commission of the Act charged as an offence. Option (2) is incorrect: Under Article 22, no person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed. Option (3) is correct: Article 20(3) embodies that no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself. Option (4) is incorrect: Under Article 20(2), no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

Option (3) is correct: According to the Constitution of India, uniform civil code is a directive principle of state policy.

Article 39A was added to the Indian Constitution to ensure that the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity. It mandates the State to provide free legal aid to ensure that justice is not denied to any citizen due to economic or other disabilities.

Article 341 of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to specify Scheduled Castes, and Article 342 empowers the President to specify Scheduled Tribes.

Article 24 of the Indian Constitution explicitly prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 in factories, mines, or other hazardous employment.

Article 244 of the Indian Constitution provides for the administration of Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas under the Fifth and Sixth Schedules. It outlines special governance frameworks to protect the interests and cultures of tribal populations.

The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC), also known as the Venkatachaliah Commission, was set up by the Government of India in 2000 to suggest possible changes to the Constitution.

 Correct answer is (1).

It was borrowed from the Constitution of Australia.

In the case of State of U.P. Vs. Raj Narain (1975), the Supreme Court held that the right to information is implicit in the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19.

Statement 1 is perfectly correct. Statement 2 is wrong. It needs conceptual clarity to understand that the CAG directly submits his report to the Public Accounts Committee which after detailed study prepares another report which is placed by the President before the Parliament.