Fundamental Rights

Question 1

Under which article, the constitutional remedy by the way of an application directly to the supreme court, in case fundamental rights only?

Answer 1

Article 32

Question 2

which article empowers High court to provide remedies for fundamental rights violations?

Answer 2

Article 226

Question 3

Which articles deal with Fundamental Rights?

Answer 3

Article 12 to 35 under Part III

Question 4

Which articles deal with the Right to Equality?

Answer 4

Article 14-18

Question 5

Article 14 deals with?

Answer 5

Equality before the law and equal protection of the law

Question 6

Which article prohibits discrimination on the ground of caste, gender, religion, race, etc?

Answer 6

Article 15

Question 7

Which articles ensures equal opportunity in matters of public employment?

Answer 7

Article 16

Question 8

Which articles abolish the practice of untouchability?

Answer 8

Article 17

Question 9

Article 18 deals with?

Answer 9

Abolition of Titles except military and academic.

Question 10

Which articles deal with the Right to Freedom?

Answer 10

Article 19-22

Question 11

Article 19 provides the right of?

Answer 11

Six rights
Freedom of
Freedom of Speech and Expression

Freedom of Assembly

Freedom of Association

Freedom of Movement

Freedom of Residence

Freedom of Trade & occupation

Question 12

Which article ensures the protection in respect of conviction (accountability) of offense?

Answer 12

Article 20

Article 20 comes under the Right to Freedom guaranteed as fundamental rights in our constitution. The basic features of article 20 are :

Article 20 (1) : Protection from ex post facto legislation.
This basically means that the parliament cannot pass any legislation and give it any retrospective effect. It means that you can be arrested for a crime only if it is a crime today.
Let’s say there is an outrage against drinking cola. The government bows to the demands and bans drinking cola and says that anybody who has drunk cola in the past 3 months will be jailed. This clause of article 20 says that laws cannot be given retrospective effect. If today murder is not a crime but then a law is passed, you cannot be arrested for a murder you made earlier.
Article 20 (2) : Double jeopardy.
No person can be prosecuted for a crime more than once.
Article 20 (3) : No person can be forced to become a witness in his own case.
This article means that confessions which are made to the police or media is not admissible in a court of law. Only confessions made in front of the judiciary is held valid. This means the probability of police torturing people to make confessions will be less. Another byproduct of this clause is that it essentially rules out polygraph tests and lie detector tests as objects of proof.
We can observe that each clause of Article 20 is designed to protect the people against the excesses of the legislature, the judiciary and the executive respectively. These protections are available to both Indians and foreigners for criminal cases only and not for civil cases.

Question 13

Protection of life and personal liberty comes under which article?

Answer 13

Article 21

Question 14

Which article was added by the 86th amendment 2002?

Answer 14

Article 21A, provides the right to elementary education

Question 15

Articles 22 deals with?

Answer 15

Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases

Article 22 is all about protection against arrest and detention in certain cases :-(1)No person is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed,as soon as maybe of the grounds for such arrest nor shall we be denied the right of consult, and to be defended by ,a legal practitioner of his choice.

(2)every person who is arrested and detained in custody Shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the magistrate and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate.

Question 16

Which articles deal with Right against exploitation?

Answer 16

Article 23-24

Question 17

Traffic in human beings and forced labor is prohibited by which article?

Answer 17

Article 23

Question 18

Which article prohibits the employment of children in factories etc?

Answer 18

Article 24

Question 19

Which articles deal with the Right to Freedom of Religion?

Answer 19

Article 25-28

Question 20

Article 25 deals with?

Answer 20

freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion

Question 21

Article 26 deals with?

Answer 21

Freedom to manage religious affairs

gives every religious group a right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, manage its affairs, properties as per the law.

Question 22

Article 27 deals with?

Answer 22

Freedom from payment of taxes for promotion of any religion

Question 23

Article 28 deals with?

Answer 23

Freedom from attending religious instructions or worship in certain educational institutions

Question 24

Which articles deal with cultural and educational rights?

Answer 24

Article 29-30

Protection of language, script, and culture of minorities (Article 29).

Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions (Article 30).

Question 25

The right to move to the Supreme Court for the enforcement of fundamental comes under which article?

Answer 25

Article 32

Question 26

Which fundamental right has been eliminated under article 31?

Answer 26

Right to property

It is now only a constitutional right under Article 300A

Question 27

By which amendment, article 31 Right to property was eliminated?

Answer 27

44th Amendment of 1978

Question 28

Which article makes all laws and administrative action which abridge Fundamental Rights ipso facto null and void?

Answer 28

Article 13

Question 29

Who comes under the exception of Article 14 (Equality before the law and equal protection of Law)

Answer 29

President and Governor.

They are not answerable to any court. No criminal or civil proceedings can be instituted against them while in office.

Question 30

which article states that no Indian can accept any title from a foreign state?

Answer 30

Article 18 (2)

Question 31

Which article tells that it will be duty of parent/guardian to provide opportunities for his child ward between age 6-12?

Answer 31

Article 51A(k)

Question 32

Under which article, the parliament has the power to modify the fundamental rights of Armed Forces, Police forces, etc.

Answer 32

Article 33

Question 33

Who has the power to modify fundamental rights?

a) Only Parliament
b) State Legislatures
c) Only State Legislatures
d) Both Parliament and State Legislatures

Answer 33

A) Only Parliament

Question 34

Under which article parliament can modify the fundamental rights of civil servants?

Answer 34

Article 309

Question 35

Which part of the constitution deals with Fundamental rights

Answer 35

Part III

Question 36

Which articles empower parliament to makes laws to give effect to provisions of part III?

Answer 36

Article 35

Question 37

What does article 358 say regarding the fundamental right to freedom of Expression (article 19)?

Answer 37

It provides that when the proclamation of Emergency is made under article 352, the freedoms guaranteed by article 19 would automatically be suspended and would remain suspended till the period of emergency.

Question 38

Which article empowers President to suspend the right to move any court for enforcement of fundamental right during an emergency?

Answer 38

Article 359

Question 39

Article 359 cannot suspend fundamental rights under Article 20 and 21 by any order. This was established by which amendment?

Answer 39

44th constitutional amendment of 1978

Question 40

Origin of Fundamental Rights in the constitution of India can be tracked to _which session of___ India National Congress

Answer 40

Karachi Session

Question 41

Which fundamental rights are only available to citizens?

Answer 41

article 15 – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

Article 16 – Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.

Article 19 – Protection of six rights related to freedom – (a) 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; and (f) to practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business.

Article 29 – Protection of language, script, and culture of minorities.

Article 30 – Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.

Question 42

Under which article minorities have the right to establish and administer the educational institution of their choice?

Answer 42

Article 30 (1)

Question 43

Who has recommended adding fundamental duties in the constitution?

Answer 43

Swaran Singh Committee, in 1976 by 42nd Amendment

Question 44

Which of the following is not covered under Article 20?

a) Ex post facto laws
b) Preventive Detention
c) Double Jeopard
d) Self-Incrimination

Answer 44

Preventive Detention

Question 45

Can an executive action taken during the national emergency in violation of Article 19 be challenged?

Answer 45

No, it can’t be challenged at all

Question 46

The right of the Press are covered under which Article (implicitly)?

Answer 46

Article 19

Question 47

The concept of the right to die originates from

Answer 47

Article 21

gives the right to life, personal liberty and the right to die with dignity (passive euthanasia).

Question 48

What is the difference between Article 358 and 359?

Answer 48

Article 358 suspends Fundamental Rights under Article 19 for the entire duration of Emergency

while Article 359 suspends the enforcement of Fundamental Rights for a period specified by the president which may either be the entire duration of Emergency or a shorter period. or a part of it.