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14 questions
  1. Which Fundamental Rights are usually called absolute, with no written restriction?
    1. Articles 14 and 17
    2. Articles 17 and 24
    3. Articles 21 and 24
    4. Articles 18 and 21
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    Answer: (B) Articles 17 and 24

    Art 17 (untouchability) and Art 24 (child labour) carry no exception clause.

  2. A national emergency proclaimed because of war or external aggression automatically suspends
    1. Article 20
    2. Article 21
    3. Article 14
    4. Article 19
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    Answer: (D) Article 19

    Art 358 suspends Art 19 by itself; other rights need a Presidential order under Art 359, and Arts 20–21 can never be suspended.

  3. Free and compulsory education for children aged 6–14 became a Fundamental Right through the (IAS 2006, adapted)
    1. 76th Amendment
    2. 42nd Amendment
    3. 86th Amendment
    4. 93rd Amendment
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    Answer: (C) 86th Amendment

    86th Amendment, 2002 inserted Art 21A; the 42nd (1976) had moved education to the Concurrent List.

  4. Which pair is correctly matched?
    1. Fundamental Duties — 43rd Amendment
    2. Basic structure doctrine — Kesavananda Bharati case
    3. Unlimited power to amend rights — Minerva Mills case
    4. Ban on traffic in human beings — Article 24
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    Answer: (B) Basic structure doctrine — Kesavananda Bharati case

    Duties came by the 42nd Amendment, Minerva Mills limited the amending power, and trafficking is Art 23.

  5. Conditions set in the Mandal (Indra Sawhney) case: 1. social backwardness 2. inadequate representation in State services 3. total reservation within 50% 4. exclusion of the creamy layer
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 2, 3 and 4
    4. All four
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    Answer: (D) All four

    The 1992 judgment laid down all four.

  6. Which matter can be taken to both a High Court and the Supreme Court?
    1. Disputes between States
    2. Disputes between the Centre and States
    3. Enforcement of Fundamental Rights
    4. Advisory opinions to the President
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    Answer: (C) Enforcement of Fundamental Rights

    Art 32 for the Supreme Court and Art 226 for High Courts; inter-governmental disputes are the Supreme Court’s alone (Art 131).

  7. Which pair is NOT correctly matched?
    1. Prohibition of discrimination — Article 15
    2. Right to form associations — Article 19
    3. Protection of life — Article 20
    4. Constitutional remedies — Article 32
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    Answer: (C) Protection of life — Article 20

    Life and personal liberty is Art 21; Art 20 deals with conviction for offences.

  8. About Fundamental Rights: 1. enforceable in courts 2. absolute 3. may be suspended in emergency, except some 4. available only to citizens. Which are correct?
    1. 1, 3 and 4
    2. 2, 3 and 4
    3. 2 and 4
    4. 1 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1 and 3

    They carry reasonable restrictions, and several (14, 20, 21, 25…) belong to every person.

  9. About writs: 1. Quo warranto tests whether a public office-holder is entitled to it. 2. Certiorari is the writ that stops a lower court before it exceeds jurisdiction. 3. Habeas corpus lies against the State and private persons. Which are correct?
    1. Only 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. All three
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 3

    Statement 2 describes prohibition; certiorari quashes an order already made.

  10. Regarding untouchability, the Constitution itself
    1. abolishes it and prescribes the penalty
    2. prescribes the penalty and defines it
    3. only forbids its practice
    4. does all three
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    Answer: (C) only forbids its practice

    Penalties come from Parliament’s law (Protection of Civil Rights Act); no definition is given anywhere.

  1. What is the position of the Right to Property in India today? (IAS 2021)
    1. Legal right of citizens only
    2. Constitutional/legal right of any person
    3. Fundamental Right of citizens only
    4. Neither a Fundamental nor a legal right
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    Answer: (B) Constitutional/legal right of any person

    Art 300A — no person can be deprived of property save by authority of law.

  2. The writ of prohibition can be issued against
    1. administrative and judicial authorities
    2. administrative authorities only
    3. judicial or quasi-judicial authorities
    4. legislatures
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    Answer: (C) judicial or quasi-judicial authorities

    Mandamus reaches administrative bodies; prohibition does not.

  3. Under Article 22(2) the 24 hours for producing an arrested person before a magistrate exclude
    1. public holidays
    2. the time of the journey to the court
    3. Sundays and holidays
    4. nothing at all
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    Answer: (B) the time of the journey to the court

    Only travel time from the place of arrest to the magistrate’s court is left out.

  4. Which judgment declared privacy a Fundamental Right?
    1. Maneka Gandhi
    2. K.S. Puttaswamy
    3. Golaknath
    4. Vishaka
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    Answer: (B) K.S. Puttaswamy

    A nine-judge bench, unanimously, on 24 August 2017.

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