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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 of the following is not a fundamental right?

  1. Right to vocation

  2. Right to religion

  3. Right to go on strike

  4. Right to speech
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Right to Strike is not a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. While workers have the right to form associations and unions, the right to strike is considered a statutory right rather than a fundamental right. The other options - Right to Speech, Right to Religion, and Right to Vocation (profession) - are all explicitly guaranteed as fundamental rights under Articles 19, 25, and 19(1)(g) respectively.

Multiple choice

Of which fundamental right is a foreigner in India deprived of?

  1. To see security of life

  2. To criticize policies of government

  3. To vote at the time of parliamentary election

  4. To seek justice in court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Foreign citizens in India do not have the right to vote in parliamentary elections - voting rights are exclusively for Indian citizens under Article 326 of the Constitution. However, foreigners do have other fundamental rights like the right to life and liberty (security), right to criticize government policies (free speech), and right to seek justice through courts. Citizenship is the primary criterion for voting rights.

Multiple choice

Who is authorised to impose reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental Rights?

  1. Prime Minister

  2. The President

  3. The Parliament

  4. The Supreme Court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Parliament is authorized to impose reasonable restrictions on Fundamental Rights (Article 13, 19-22, 32). While these rights are fundamental, they are not absolute and can be limited for reasons like public order, decency, morality, and national security, with judicial review available.

Multiple choice

' Right against exploitation' is meant to protect the interests of

  1. all the minorities

  2. different religious groups

  3. employees in industries

  4. children
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Right against Exploitation (Articles 23-24) primarily protects children by prohibiting child labor, trafficking, and forced labor. Article 23 bans trafficking and forced labor, while Article 24 prohibits child labor in factories and hazardous employment below age 14.

Multiple choice

The right to freedom from illegal detention is secured through the writ of

  1. mandamus

  2. prohibition

  3. quo warranto

  4. habeas corpus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Habeas corpus (Latin for 'you may have the body') is the writ that protects against illegal detention. It compels law enforcement authorities to produce a detained person before a court and justify the detention. Mandamus directs officials to perform duties; prohibition prevents lower courts from exceeding jurisdiction; quo warranto challenges unlawful holding of office.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a correct statement regarding fundamental rights?

  1. Magna Carta is the first unwritten document regarding fundamental rights.

  2. Part two of the constitution contains a long list of fundamental rights.

  3. Chapter of fundamental rights is according to the democratic thought.

  4. Magna Carta differs from fundamental rights.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Right-It is a correct statement as per the constitution. As we all know India is a democratic country.

Multiple choice

Which is an incorrect statement?

  1. Fundamental rights are essential to protect the liberties and the rights of the people.

  2. Fundamental rights are the limitations upon the powers of the government.

  3. Fundamental rights are important for individual's full moral, spiritual and intellectual status.

  4. Fundamental rights provide government of man and not of law.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Right-It is the incorrect statement because according to the Indian constitution fundamental rights provide government of law and not of man.

Multiple choice

The Fundamental Right that aims at the abolition of social distinctions is the right

  1. to property

  2. against exploitation

  3. to equality

  4. to freedom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Right to Equality (Articles 14-18) specifically aims at abolishing social distinctions like untouchability (Article 17) and titles (Article 18). The right against exploitation addresses forced labor and trafficking, right to property was removed as a fundamental right, and right to freedom covers speech and movement.

Multiple choice

The fundamental rights granted to the citizens of India are

  1. absolute

  2. always absolute

  3. not absolute

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

Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution are subject to reasonable restrictions and are not absolute. Option C correctly states this constitutional principle. These rights can be limited in the interests of sovereignty, public order, morality, or other specified grounds, reflecting the balance between individual liberty and collective welfare.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is not a fundamental right?

  1. Right to form association

  2. Right to speech

  3. Right to religion

  4. Right to work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Right to work is NOT a Fundamental Right - it's a Directive Principle under Article 41. The Fundamental Rights (Part III) include rights to form associations (Article 19), speech (Article 19), and religion (Articles 25-28), but socio-economic rights like work, education, and livelihood are Directive Principles.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is incorrect about the Directive Principles of the State Policy?

  1. They are non-justifiable.

  2. They are regarded as fundamental in the governance of the country.

  3. A law made to implement any of them can be declared invalid on the grounds that it violates any of the fundamental rights.

  4. The state is directed to promote the welfare of the people.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option C is correct because Directive Principles cannot override Fundamental Rights - if a law implementing a DPSP violates FRs, it can be struck down. This establishes the constitutional hierarchy where FRs have primacy. Options A, B, and D correctly describe DPSP characteristics.