#1. Which one of the following is a human right as well as a Fundamental Rights under the Constitution of India?

Right to Information

Right to Education

Right to Work

Right to Housing

#2. ______ can impose reasonable restrictions on Fundamental Rights of Indians?

Supreme Court

Parliament

President on the advice of the Council of Ministers

None of these as restrictions are provided in the Constitution

#3. The Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution

to make the fundamental rights more effective

to check anti-national, subversive and unconstitutional agitations

to accord priority to the directive principles over fundamental rights

to achieve all the above objectives

#4. Which of the following freedoms is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution of India as a Fundamental Right but has been subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court as such?

Freedom of trade, occupation and business

Freedom to reside and settle in any part of the country

Freedom of association and union

Freedom of the press

#5. Which one of the following International Human Rights Instruments has been signed by India but not yet ratified?

Convention on the right of the child.

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Convention on the political rights of women

Convention on the nationality of married women

#6. A new fundamental duty was included in Part IV A under Article 51 A through Constitutional Amendment numbered

Forty-Second

Forty-Fourth

Eighty-Sixth

Ninety-Second

#7. Can Parliament amend or modify any of the Fundamental Rights given in the Constitution?

Parliament can do so only after a referendum

Parliament can amend them by special majority

Parliament cannot amend any

Only the President can issue directions to amend them

#8. Right to Information Act, 2005 is :

A fundamental right under the Constitution

Available only to citizens

Applicable for all public and private bodies

Applicable for all states

#9. Which one among the following writs literally means you many have the body?

Certiorari

Habeas Corpus

Mandamus

Quo Warranto

#10. Freedom of the press in India is

available to the people under the law of the Parliament

specifically provided in the Constitution

implied in the right of freedom of expression

available to the people of India under executive order

#11. Under the Constitution of India, which one of the following is not a fundamental duty ?

To vote in public elections

To develop the scientific temper

To safeguard public property

To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals

#12. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Power of Parliament : Creating a new State

Power of State Legislature : Altering the name of a State

Equality before the law : Both Indian and non-Indian citizens

Equality of opportunity : Indian citizen

#13. Which fundamental right is concerned with abolition of social distinctions?

Right to equality

Right against exploitation

Right to life and liberty

Cultural and educational rights

#14. Which one of the following Fundamental Rights is also available to a foreigner on Indian soil?

Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth

Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment

Protection of life and personal liberty according to procedure established by law

To practice any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business

#15. Which Article of the Constitution of India says, ‘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’?

Article 24

Article 45

Article 330

Article 368

#16. In the Constitution of India, promotion of international peace and security is included in the

Preamble to the Constitution

Directive Principles of State Policy

Fundamental Duties

Ninth Schedule

#17. ‘Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the Indian Constitution has been provided in

the Preamble and the Fundamental Rights

the Preamble and the Directive Principles of State Policy

the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy

None of the above

#18. Which one among the following is not guaranteed by the Constitution of India?

Freedom to move freely throughout the country

Freedom to assemble peacefully without arms

Freedom to own, acquire and dispose property anywhere in the country

Freedom to practice any trade or profession

#19. Cultural and Educational rights include:

Right of minorities to establish and administer their educational enstitutions

Right of minorities to promote their language

Right against discrimination for admission to educational institutions on the grounds of religion, race or caste

All of these

#20. Freedom of speech under the Indian constitution is subject to reasonable restriction on the grounds of protection of

sovereignty and integrity of the country

the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

#21. A fundamental Right guaranteed in the Indian Constitution can be suspended only by

a proclamation of national emergency

an Act passed by the Parliament

an amendment of the Constitution

the judicial decision of the Supreme Court

#22. The Directive Principles of State Policy are incorporated in

Part III (Articles 36-51)

Part IV (Articles 36-51)

Part V (Articles 19-21)

Part II (Articles 36-56)

#23. The Fundamental are guaranteed and protected by___

the Supreme Court

the Constitution

majority opinion

the Government

#24. The writ of Prohibition is issued by a superior court

to prevent an inferior court or tribunal from exceeding its jurisdiction or acting contrary to the rules of natural justice

to an inferior court or body exercising judicial or quasijudicial functions to transfer the record to proceedings in a case for its review

where it can call upon a person to show under what authority he/she is holding the office

to an authority to produce an illegally detained person before the court for trial

#25. Which one among the following is a Fundamental Duties of citizens under the Constitution of India?

To provide friendly co-operation to the people of the neighbouring countries

To protect monuments of national importance

To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so

To know more and more about the history of India

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