Revision Series | Polity | Fundamental Rights | 41

November 27, 2023

Which of the following fundamental rights are available against both state and individual actions?
1. Article 15(2)(a)
2. Article 17
3. Article 24
Select the correct answer using codes given below:

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer – D

Match the following writs with their correct meaning:
i. Habeas Corpus = a) To be informed
ii. Mandamus = b) We command
iii. Certiorari = c) By what authority
iv. Quo Warranto = d) To have the body of
Select the correct answer using codes given below:

(A) i-c, ii-b, iii-a, iv-d
(B) i-d, ii-b, iii-a, iv-c
(C) i-c, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c
(D) i-d, ii-b, iii-c, iv- a

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Answer : B

Which of the following are the exceptions to the fundamental right of right to equality under Article 14?
1. Diplomatic immunity to UNO.
2. Article 31(c) (saving of laws giving effect to certain directive principles).
3. Immunity to the Governor for criminal proceedings.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer : D

No religious instructions shall be provided in any educational institution wholly maintained out of state funds is part of which of following fundamental rights?

(A) Right to freedom of religion
(B) Cultural and Educational rights
(C) Right to Freedom
(D) Right to Equality

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Answer : A

Article 20 of the Indian Constitution grants protection against self-incrimination. However, this protection does not extend to -
1. Oral evidence
2. Compulsory Production of material objects
3. Compulsion to give blood specimens
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer : C

Which of the following judgments widened the scope of Article 21?

(A) Gopalan case
(B) Menaka Gandhi case
(C) Champaran Dorairajan Case
(D) Golaknath Case

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Answer : B

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Right to Education’:
1. It places an obligation on the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
2. This right is available only to citizens and not to foreigners.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer : A

Which of the following writs can be issued against both public authorities as well as private individuals or bodies?
1. Habeas corpus
2. Prohibition
3. Quo Warranto
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer : B

The ‘Essentiality doctrine’ forms the basis of which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution?

(A) Article 14 and Article 15 of the Indian Constitution
(B) Article 22 and Article 23 of the Indian Constitution
(C) Article 44 in the Directive principles of State policy
(D) Article 25 and 26 of the Indian Constitution

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Answer : D

A seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court invented the doctrine of essentiality in the Shirur Mutt case in 1954

Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the Fundamental Rights under part III of the Indian Constitution?

(A) The Fundamental rights are meant for promoting the ideals of social and economic democracy.
(B) They are sacrosanct in nature.
(C) Their application to the members of the Armed forces can be abrogated by the President.
(D) None of the above statements a, b and c given above is correct.

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Answer : D