Indian Polity MCQs – 1 ( Historical Background of Constitution)
February 4, 2021
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Indian Polity MCQs – 8 (Fundamental Rights)
Fundamental Rights MCQs with answers and explanations for preparation of UPSC, BPSC, UPPSC and other State PSC Examinations
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1. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the Fundamental Rights are provided ?
(a) Part II
(b) Part III
(c) Part V
(d) Part IV
Correct Answer: (b) Part III
- Part III of the Indian Constitution mentions about the Fundamental Rights of the citizens.
2. According to the Constitution of India, which of the following rights is not included in the right to equality ?
(a) Equality before law
(b) Absolute equality
(c) Equality of opportunity
(d) Abolition of untouchability
Correct Answer: (b) Absolute equality
- Right to Equality is the Fundamental Right mentioned in article 14 to article 18 of the constitution.
- It provides following rights to the citizens:
- Equality before law (Article – 14)
- Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth(Article – 15)
- Equal opportunity in public employment (Article – 16)
- Abolition of untouchability (Article – 17)
- Abolition of titles (Article – 18)
- According to the Constitution of India, the right to equality does not include absolute equality.
3. Which fundamental rights cannot be suspended even during an emergency?
(a) Right to Speech
(b) Right to Religion
(c) Right to Equality
(d) Right to Life and Personal Liberty
Correct Answer: (d) Right to Life and Personal Liberty
- Right to Life and Personal Liberty cannot be suspended even during an emergency.
4. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution contain the Right to Religious Freedom?
(a) Articles 25-28
(b) Articles 29-30
(c) Articles 32-35
(d) Articles 23-24
Correct Answer: (a) Articles 25-28
- Articles 25-28 of the Indian Constitution contains the Right to Religious Freedom.
- Article 25: Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion.
- Article 26: Subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination shall have the right
- (a) To establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes
- (b) To manage its own affairs in matters of religion
- (c) To own and acquire movable and immovable property
- (d) To administer such property in accordance with the law.
- Article 27: No person shall be compelled to pay any taxes, the proceeds of which are specifically appropriated in payment of expenses for the promotion or maintenance of any particular religion or religious denomination.
- Article 28: (1) No religious instruction shall be provided in any educational institution wholly maintained out of State funds. (2) Nothing in clause (1) shall apply to an educational institution that is administered by the State but has been established under any endowment or trust which requires that religious instruction shall be imparted in such institution. (3) No person attending any educational institution recognised by the State or receiving aid out of State funds shall be required to take part in any religious instruction that may be imparted in such institution or to attend any religious worship that may be conducted in such institution.
5. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution guarantees ‘Equality Before the Law and Equal Protection of Law within the Territory of India’?
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 17
(d) 18
Correct Answer: (b) Article 14
- Article 14 of the Indian Constitution guarantees equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.
6. Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes Untouchability?
(a) Article 18
(b) Article 15
(c) Article 14
(d) Article 17
Correct Answer: (d) Article 17
- Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes Untouchability.
- It states: “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.
- The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Untouchability” shall be an offense punishable in accordance with the law.
7. Which of the following is correct with respect to “Right Against Exploitation”?
(a) Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labor
(b) Freedom as to payment of taxes for the promotion of any particular religion
(c) Protection of interests of minorities
(d) Equality before the law
Correct Answer: (a) Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labor
- Articles 23-24 of the Indian Constitution contains the Right Against Exploitation.
- Article 23:
- (1) Traffic in human beings and the beggar and other similar forms of forced labor are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offense punishable in accordance with the law.
- (2) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from imposing compulsory service for public purposes and in imposing such service the State shall not make any discrimination on grounds only of religion, race, caste or class or any of them.
- Article 24: No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
8. Free & Compulsory education to all children from 6-14 years age was made a fundamental right by which of the following amendments?
(a) 82nd
(b) 83rd
(c) 84th
(d) 86th
Correct Answer: (d) 86th
- Eighty-Sixth Amendment Act, 2002 made elementary education a fundamental right.
- The newly-added Article 21-A declared that “the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may determine”.
9. Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. Ambedkar as ‘The heart and soul of the Constitution’ ?
(a) Right of Equality
(b) Right to freedom
(c) Right to property
(d) Right to Constitutional Remedies
Correct Answer: (d) Right to Constitutional Remedies
- Article 32 provides the right of constitutional remedies which means that a person has the right to move to the Supreme Court and High Court for getting his fundamental rights protected.
- This article was described by Dr. Ambedkar as ‘The heart and soul of the Constitution’.
10. Which of the following writs means ‘to be informed’?
(a) Quo-Warranto
(b) Prohibition
(c) Mandamus
(d) Certiorari
Correct Answer: (d) Certiorari
- Certiorari means ‘to be certified’ or ‘to be informed’.
- It is issued by a higher court to a lower court asking to transfer a case pending with the latter to itself or to squash the order of the latter in a case.
- It is usually issued in case of excess of jurisdiction or lack of jurisdiction exercised by the lower court, or an error of law.
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