SOFC I

Question 1

Single citizenship

Answer 1

All Indians irrespective of their State of their domicile are citizens of India.

Question 2

Universal Adult Suffrage

Answer 2

All persons of 18 years of age and above have the right to vote irrespective of their caste, creed, gender, religion, colour, etc.

Question 3

Fundamental rights

Answer 3

Basic human rights that provide conditions necessary for all round development of human being

Question 4

Writ

Answer 4

Formal written order issued by Supreme Court and High Courts to provide legal remedies to individuals who do not obtain adequate protection under ordinary laws,

Question 5

Haebus Corpus

Answer 5

It means ‘to have the body’.

By issuing this writ, the High court or Supreme court can get the body of any person if it has been unlawfully kept.

This safeguards the freedom of citizens.

Question 6

Mandamus

Answer 6

In Latin it means ‘we order’.

It is a command or an order from a higher court to a lower court that requests the lower court to perform a certain duty.

Question 7

Writ of Prohibition

Answer 7

Order issued by a superior court to a lower court to stop proceedings in a case which might be in excess of the jurisdiction of the lower court.

Question 8

Writ of Certioriari

Answer 8

Issued by a superior court to a judicial authority desiring “to be informed of what is going on”.

This is done after the order has been passed by the lower court, unlike the writ of prohibition.

Question 9

Quo-warranto

Answer 9

It means “by what order”.

It is issued when a person usurps an office.

It prevents people from holding positions that they are not supposed to.