Civics 5 Flashcards
_____ right provides freedom to establish institutions for religious reasons
Right to Religion
_____ is the right which gives people freedom to preserve their own language, script and literature.
Cultural and Educational Rights
Sometimes the rights that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution may get encroached upon and we are not able to exercise our rights and this is called _______.
infringement of our rights
The writ which ensures protection from unlawful arrest and detention is ________.
Habeas Corpus
The writ which prevents a subordinate court from exceeding its jurisdiction is _____.
Prohibition
The writ which restrains a person from acting in an office to which he is not entitled is ________.
Quo Warranto
The writ which orders removal of a lawsuit from a subordinate court to superior court is ______.
Certiorari
There are ______, protection available for judicial rights.
Judicial
There are _______ official languages in Indian Constitution.
22
While considering fundamental rights, we also need to remember our _______.
Duties
In which educational institutions is it not allowed to make religious education compulsory?
Religious education cannot be made compulsory in educational institutions that receives aid from the state.
In which aspects of social life of our country do we witness diversity?
We can see that there is a great diversity of festivals, food and ways of life in the social life of our country.
Write any one right given to the different communities to preserve their cultural uniqueness.
The communities can establish institutions for the development of their language.
Which Fundamental Right ensures that there is no encroachment on our Fundamental Rights?
The Right to Constitutional Remedies is the Fundamental Right which ensures that there is no encroachment on our Fundamental Rights.
What is called an infringement of our rights?
Sometimes the rights that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution may get encroached upon and we are not able to exercise our rights. This is called an infringement of our rights.
What does protection of Fundamental Rights by the courts ensure?
Protection of Fundamental Rights by courts ensure that the citizens are able to exercise their Fundamental Rights and that they can fulfil their roles as alert, responsible and active citizens.
State the reason why we are free to practice the following:
We can move to court if there is encroachment of Fundamental Rights because….
(i) In case of encroachment of Fundamental Rights, the Indian citizens have the right to get judicial remedies.
(ii) The Right to Constitutional Remedies is a Fundamental Right. So we can move the court if there is an encroachment on Fundamental Rights.
What is each Indian free to practise?
According to Right to Freedom of Religion, each Indian citizen is free to practise any religion and to establish institutions for religious reasons.
What right has our Constitution given to different communities?
One of our Fundamental Rights is Cultural and Educational Rights.
Our Constitution has given the different communities the rights to preserve their cultural uniqueness.
What does the court do if there is infringement of our rights?
The court considers our complaint, investigates it and in case it is convinced that rights have indeed been infringed upon and injustice has been done to the aggrieved individual, the court gives an appropriate verdict.
Give some instances which illustrate the infringement of rights:
Some instances of infringement of rights are:
Arresting an individual without reason.
Preventing a person from leaving a village or a town without giving a valid reason.
Refusing food, water or medicines to jail inmates.
Which institutions have been established by the Maharashtra State Government for the further development of the Marathi language?
Some institutions established by Maharashtra State Government for the further development of Marathi language are:
Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Nathya Parishad.
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad – Pune.
Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha.
Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal.
Is the reaction of this Government official right or wrong?
An officer tells a woman who presents all the documents for getting the benefits of a scheme i for destitutes, “You don’t look like a destitute” and refuses her the benefits of the scheme. In this instance, do you think the woman’s right has been infringed? Where should she go to get redressal?
The reaction of this government official is incorrect since the woman has presented all the documents pertaining to the scheme.
This is encroachment of her Fundamental Rights.
She should move to court and lodge a complaint and seek constitutional remedy for infringement of her rights.
How many official languages are listed in the Constitution?
The Eight schedules of the Constitution consists,of the following 22 languages:
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Bodo
Santhali
Maithili
Dogri.
Do you think that all the work of the government and the courts should be done in Marathi in Maharashtra? What should be done to do so?
Yes, I do think that all the work of the government and courts should be done in Marathi in Maharashtra since Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra To achieve this
Marathi, as well as non-Marathi speakers working in the government organizations and courts, should be given formal training in Marathi.
Workshops can be conducted to train people for conversing and corresponding in Marathi.
What should be done at the school – level
What should the school do for the development of your language and culture?
Schools should encourage reading of books written in the respective language.
School should make students acquainted with different fors of literature.
School should establish a language club.
