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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

Under which of the following Articles, laws inconsistent or abridging Fundamental Rights are declared void?

  1. Article 12

  2. Article 13

  3. Article 14

  4. Article 21
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Article 13 of the Constitution declares that all laws in force before the commencement of the Constitution that are inconsistent with Fundamental Rights shall be void. It also prohibits the State from making laws that take away or abridge Fundamental Rights. This article is crucial as it establishes the supremacy of Fundamental Rights over ordinary legislation and provides the judicial review mechanism.

Multiple choice

What is Right against exploitation?

  1. Traffic in human beings is forbidden.

  2. Forced labour is prohibited.

  3. Children under fourteen years of age cannot be employed in factories.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Articles 23 and 24 protect against exploitation: traffic in human beings and forced labor are forbidden (Article 23), and children below 14 cannot be employed in factories or hazardous occupations (Article 24). Option D correctly identifies all these protections.

Multiple choice

What is Right to freedom?

  1. Right of speech and expression.

  2. Right to assemble peacefully.

  3. Right to form associations and unions.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 19 guarantees six freedoms: speech and expression, assemble peacefully, form associations/unions, move freely throughout India, reside/settle in any part of India, and practice any profession. Options A, B, and C are all part of these freedoms. Option D correctly captures the comprehensive nature of these rights.

Multiple choice

What are the essential conditions for the protection of Fundamental Rights?

  1. Right to move the Supreme Court.

  2. Eternal Vigilance and Political Consciousness.

  3. Both

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Fundamental Rights can be protected through both constitutional remedies (Article 32 - right to move Supreme Court) and extra-constitutional means like public vigilance and political consciousness. The judiciary provides legal protection while citizens' awareness ensures practical enforcement. Option C correctly identifies that both mechanisms are essential.

Multiple choice

Which Fundamental Right is available to all persons?

  1. Right to form union

  2. Protection of life and personal liberty

  3. Right to assemble peacefully

  4. Right to move freely throughout the territory of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under article 21 of the constitution, no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. So, this fundamnetal right is available to all persons.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a Directive Principle of State Policy?

  1. Right to education

  2. Right to die

  3. Right to move to Supreme Court

  4. To organise village panchayats
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 40 of the Indian Constitution provides organisation of village panchayats under chapter IV of the directive principles of state policy.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a fundamental duty?

  1. To protect sovereignty

  2. To defend the country

  3. To respect National Anthem

  4. To promote Indian culture
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fundamental duties of Indian citizens are provided under article 51A of the Indian Constitution. To promote Indian culture is not a fundamnetal duty of Indian citizens under article 51A.

Multiple choice

Which Fundamental Right is available to citizens only?

  1. Right to equality

  2. Protection against arrest and detention

  3. Freedom of speech and expression

  4. Protection of life and personal liberty
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Article 19 clause (a) of the Indian Constitution states that all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Multiple choice

To seek the services of a legal practitioner of one's own choice is guaranteed as a fundamental right under

  1. Article 21 A

  2. Article 22 (1)

  3. Article 39 A

  4. Article 32 (4)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Article 22 (1) of the Indian Constitution provides that no person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be of the grounds for such arrest nor shall he be denied the right to consult and to be defended by a legal practitioner of his own choice. 

Multiple choice

The fundamental duties are confined to

  1. citizens

  2. juristic persons

  3. all persons

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The fundamental duties are defined as the moral obligations of all citizens to help promote a spirit of patriotism and to uphold the unity of India.

Multiple choice

Which of the following rights is not included in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)?

  1. To have access to agriculture credit and loans

  2. To enjoy adequate living conditions

  3. To have access to adequate health care facilities

  4. To participate in promoting international peace and co-operation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 14 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) provides protections for rural women and their special problems, ensuring the right of women to participate in development programs, "to have access to adequate health care facilities," "to participate in all community activities," "to have access to agricultural credit," and "to enjoy adequate living conditions."