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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

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."

Multiple choice

Which of the following amendments accorded precedence to Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights?

  1. 44th Amendment

  2. 24th Amendment

  3. 39th Amendment

  4. 42nd Amendment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

On 31 July 1980, in its judgement on Minerva Mills v. Union of India, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional two provisions of the 42nd Amendment which prevent any constitutional amendment from being "called in question in any Court on any ground" and accord precedence to the Directive Principles of State Policy over the Fundamental Rights of individuals.

Multiple choice

Respect for National Flag and National Anthem is

  1. fundamental right of every citizen

  2. fundamental duty of every citizen

  3. directive principle of State Policy

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

The Constitution of India in Part IV A under Article 51A (added by the 42nd amendment) provides Fundamental Duties of every citizen of Indian. In its first clause, it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem.

Multiple choice

Which of the following rights is guaranteed to the citizens of India as a freedom under Article 19 of the Constitution?

  1. Right to vote

  2. Right to citizenship

  3. Right to contest election

  4. Right to assemble peacefully without arms
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 19(1) of the Indian Constitution provides that all citizens shall have the right (a) to freedom of speech and expression; (b) to assemble peaceably and without arms; (c) to form associations or unions; (d) to move freely throughout the territory of India; (e) to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India; (f) to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business