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Fundamental and Human Rights

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This set of questions covers fundamental rights, human rights, and constitutional provisions like the Right against Exploitation. It also explores international declarations and individual liberties. These topics are frequently tested in UPSC and state PSC examinations.

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Fundamental and Human Rights Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Right to religion

  2. Right to constitutional remedies

  3. Right to freedom

  4. Right to equality

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Preventive detention laws primarily restrain the Right to Freedom (Articles 19-22). Specifically, Article 22 provides for preventive detention while laying down certain safeguards. Personal liberty can be curtailed through preventive detention, which is why it's considered an exception to fundamental rights rather than a violation.

Multiple choice
  1. Security of the state

  2. Public policy

  3. Morality

  4. Public order

  5. Friendly relations with foreign States

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Security of the state is a ground on which reasonable restrictions on the right to freedom of speech and expression can be imposed. Option (2) is correct: Public order is a ground on which reasonable restrictions on the right to freedom of speech and expression can be imposed. Option (3) is incorrect: Morality is a ground on which reasonable restrictions on the right to freedom of speech and expression can be imposed. Option (4) is incorrect: Public policy is not a ground on which reasonable restrictions on the right to freedom of speech and expression can be imposed.

Multiple choice
  1. Right to Education

  2. Right to Die

  3. Right to move the Supreme Court

  4. To organise Village Panchayats

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Fundamental right under the Constitution of India. Option (2) is incorrect: It is not a right under the Constitution of India.| Option (3) is incorrect: Right to move the Supreme Court is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. Option (4) is correct: To organise Village Panchayats is a Directive Principle of State Policy.

Multiple choice
  1. Right to form union

  2. Protection of life and personal liberty

  3. Right to assemble peaceably

  4. Right to move freely throughout the territory of India

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Right to form union is available to all citizens of India. Option (2) is correct: “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty, except according to procedure established by law". Protection of life and personal liberty is available to citizens as well as non-citizens. Option (3) is incorrect: Right to assemble peaceably is available to all citizens of India. Option (4) is incorrect: Article 19(1)(4) guarantees to all citizens of India the right to move freely throughout the territory of India.

Multiple choice
  1. Article 21A

  2. Article 22(1)

  3. Article 39A

  4. Article 32(4)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Under Article 21A, the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. Option (2) is correct: Under Article 22(1), services of a legal practitioner of his own choice is guaranteed as a fundamental right. Option (3) is incorrect: Article 39A of the Constitution of India deals with equal justice and free legal aid as a directive principle of state policy. Option (4) is incorrect: Article 32(4) of the Constitution states that the right guaranteed by this article shall not be suspended, except as otherwise provided for by the Constitution.

Multiple choice
  1. Indira Gandhi Government

  2. Morarji Desai Government

  3. Narasimha Rao Government

  4. Vajpayee Government

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Right to Property ceased to be a Fundamental Right through the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act during Morarji Desai's Janata Party government (1977-79). It became a legal right under Article 300A, reducing its judicial protection.

Multiple choice
  1. Duty to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our freedom movement

  2. Duty to vote in General Election

  3. Duty to promote the sense of fraternity among the people

  4. Duty to stick to the political party on whose ticket one contested election

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 51A(f) of the Constitution lists the Fundamental Duty to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired the freedom movement. Other options like voting or party loyalty are not constitutional duties.

Multiple choice
  1. all persons living within the territory of India

  2. all Indian citizens living in India

  3. all persons domiciled in India

  4. all persons natural as well as artificial

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states that the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. 

Multiple choice
  1. citizens and non-citizens

  2. natural persons as well as artificial persons

  3. citizens only

  4. all persons who have juristic personality

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rights under Article 19 of the Constitution are available to the citizens of India only.

Multiple choice
  1. I and II

  2. II, III and IV

  3. I and IV

  4. I, II, III and IV

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The question asks which factors do NOT explain why rights are called 'fundamental'. Statement I (available to citizens and aliens alike) and IV (not absolute) actually describe the NATURE of these rights but don't explain WHY they're called FUNDAMENTAL. Statement II (superior to ordinary law) and III (fundamental for governing the country) DO explain the terminology. The term 'fundamental' signifies their supremacy (II) and essential role (III). Therefore, I and IV are the correct answers - they don't explain the nomenclature.

Multiple choice
  1. I, II and III

  2. II, III and IV

  3. II and IV

  4. I, II and IV

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Right to Equality (Articles 14-18) includes non-discrimination by state (Article 15), equal protection of laws (Article 14), and equality of opportunity in public employment (Article 16). Equal pay for equal work is a Directive Principle, not a Fundamental Right.

Multiple choice
  1. I, II and IV

  2. II, and IV

  3. I and IV

  4. II and III

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 14 (equality before law) and Article 21 (protection of life and liberty) apply to all persons. Only Article 19 (freedom of speech) and Article 29 (minority rights to conserve language/culture) are exclusively for citizens.

Multiple choice
  1. The Supreme Court

  2. The Parliament

  3. The President

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament has the authority to impose reasonable restrictions on Fundamental Rights in the interest of sovereignty, integrity, security, public order, decency, morality, etc. The Supreme Court can examine the reasonableness but cannot impose restrictions. The President also lacks this power.

Multiple choice
  1. Article 19 of the Constitution

  2. Article 21 of the Constitution

  3. Article 15 of the Constitution

  4. Article 14 of the Constitution

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 19(1)(d) of the Constitution guarantees all citizens the right to move freely throughout the territory of India, which inherently includes the right to travel within the country. This is distinct from Article 21 which protects personal liberty.