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Multiple choice civics child rights child rights and women rights rights of children and women now meeta knows

The right to provide free and compulsory education to the children in the age group of 6 to 14 has been provided in which article ?

  1. 20 A

  2. 21 A

  3. 22 A

  4. 23 A
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Article 21A of the Constitution of India was inserted by the Constitutional 86th Amendment Act which made the basic education a fundamental right for the children in the age group of 6 to 14 years and has imposed a duty upon the state to provide the same.

Multiple choice civics child rights child rights and women rights rights of children and women now meeta knows

Which of the following commission is called Indian Education Commission (1964-1966)?

  1. Swaran Singh

  2. Sri Krishna

  3. Kothari

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

Indian Education Commission is also called as Kothari Commission which was set up by the Indian government to examine the education sector and present necessary changes. It was formed on 14 July 1964 under the chairmanship of Daulat Singh Kothari, then chairman of the University Grants Commission.

Multiple choice civics child rights child rights and women rights rights of children and women now meeta knows

Which right prohibits child labour?

  1. Right against exploitation

  2. Right to freedom of religion

  3. Educational and cultural rights

  4. Right to constitutional remedies.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Right against exploitation embodies two articles viz. Art. 23 and 24 which deals with abolition of human trafficking and abolition of employment of children below 14 yrs of age in dangerous jobs. 

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One of the forms of exploitation as mentioned in the constitution is 'traffic'. What does it mean?

  1. Transport system

  2. Buying and selling of human beings

  3. Buying and selling of goods

  4. Parliamentary procedures
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Trafficking means dealing or trading humans illegally. It is done for forced labour, sexual exploitation, begging, sexual slavery, etc. Article 23 of the Indian Constitution deals with prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.

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What is the main reason for the child labour?

  1. Unemployment

  2. Population growth

  3. Poverty

  4. Corruption
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Poverty may be defined as a social condition where individuals do not have financial means to meet the most basic standards of life that is acceptable by the society. Individuals experiencing poverty do not have the means to pay for basic needs of daily life like food, clothes and shelter.

Multiple choice civics child rights child rights and women rights rights of children and women now meeta knows

According to _________________, a child below the age of fourteen years age, cannot be employed in any kind of labour.

  1. Child Labour Prohibition Act, 1986

  2. Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

  3. Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005

  4. Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
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A Correct answer
Explanation

As per Child Labour Prohibition Act of 1986, a "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14 and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment including as a domestic help. The practice deprives children of their childhood, and negatively affects their physical and mental development. 

Multiple choice civics child rights child rights and women rights rights of children and women now meeta knows

 Children should not be punished in the name of discipline. 

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Children require a healthy, fearless, and comfortable environment for their development. The Convention on Rights of Child 1989 provides that children should be protected from torture and cruel treatment. It creates a fear in the child and leads to ill development of a child.