Indian Constitution and Polity

Fundamental Rights, DPSP and Fundamental Duties

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  1. Which part of the Constitution of India contains the Fundamental Rights, covering Articles 12 to 35?
  2. Which Article of the Constitution of India states that for Part III, 'the State' includes the Government and Parliament of India?
  3. Under Article 13(2) of the Constitution, to what extent is a law that takes away or abridges the Fundamental Rights void?
  4. Which Article of the Constitution says the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws?
  5. Under Article 15(1), on grounds only of which five criteria may the State not discriminate against any citizen?
  6. Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes 'Untouchability', forbids its practice in any form and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence?
  7. Which constitutional amendment of 1978 removed the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights?
  8. Which Article guarantees the freedoms of speech and expression, assembly, association, movement, residence and trade or profession?
  9. Which protection does Article 20(2) provide, saying no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once?
  10. Which 1978 Supreme Court judgment held that the 'procedure established by law' under Article 21 must be just, fair and reasonable?
  11. Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that the State shall provide free and compulsory education to children aged six to fourteen years?
  12. Which Article prohibits traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour?
  13. Which Article of the Constitution guarantees all persons freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion, subject to public order, morality and health?
  14. Which Article guarantees minorities, based on religion or language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions?
  15. Which Article did Dr B.R. Ambedkar call 'the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it'?
  16. Which writ, issued under Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution of India, is the legal procedure for determining whether a detention is lawful?
  17. Which writ directs a subordinate court, government officer or institution to perform a duty?
  18. Which writ is issued by a higher court to a lower court, prohibiting it from taking up a case that lies outside its jurisdiction?
  19. Which writ is issued against a person who claims or usurps a public office, asking by what authority the person holds it?
  20. How does the writ power of a High Court under Article 226 compare with that of the Supreme Court under Article 32?
  21. Under Article 359 of the Constitution, which Fundamental Rights cannot have their enforcement suspended by a Presidential order during a Proclamation of Emergency?
  22. The Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV of the Indian Constitution were inspired by the Directive Principles in the constitution of which country?
  23. Which Article says the provisions of the Directive Principles shall not be enforceable by any court, but are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country?
  24. Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the State to organise village panchayats and endow them with powers and authority to function as units of self-government?
  25. Which Article of the Constitution says that the State shall endeavour to secure for citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India?
  26. Which Article directs the State to take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services?
  27. Which Article directs the State to promote international peace and security and encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration?
  28. Which constitutional amendment added new articles including Article 48A, on the protection of the environment, to the Constitution?
  29. On whose recommendations were the Fundamental Duties added to the Constitution of India?
  30. From which country's constitution did India borrow the Fundamental Duties under Article 51-A?
  31. How many Fundamental Duties were originally added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, and how many are there now?
  32. What is the first Fundamental Duty of every citizen listed in Article 51A(a)?
  33. Under which clause of Article 51A is it a fundamental duty to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform?
  34. Which Article requires that every person arrested and detained be produced before the nearest magistrate within twenty-four hours?
  35. Under Article 22(4), what is the maximum period of preventive detention without the opinion of an Advisory Board?
  36. Under Article 358, during an emergency declared on grounds of war or external aggression, which Article's restrictions on the State's lawmaking power cease to apply?
  37. Which Supreme Court case, decided on 31 July 1980, struck down clauses 4 and 5 of the 42nd Amendment and applied the basic structure doctrine?
  38. Which Article lets Parliament by law determine to what extent the fundamental rights apply to members of the armed forces and police?
  39. Which Article of the Constitution abolishes titles, barring the State from conferring titles other than military or academic distinctions?
  40. Which clause of Article 39 directs the State to secure equal pay for equal work for both men and women?
  41. Which Article of the Constitution directs the State to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity?
  42. Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the State to secure, by suitable legislation or otherwise, the participation of workers in the management of undertakings and establishments?
  43. Which constitutional amendment inserted Article 43B, on the promotion of co-operative societies, into the Directive Principles?
  44. Which Article directs the State to regard raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living as its primary duties and to prohibit intoxicating drinks?
  45. Which Article directs the State to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and to prohibit the slaughter of cows and calves?
  46. On which grounds does Article 16(2) bar discrimination in public employment?
  47. Which nine-judge bench judgment upheld 27% OBC reservation, set a 50% ceiling and established the creamy layer concept?
  48. Which Constitution Amendment Act, passed by Parliament in January 2019, introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in central educational institutions and central government jobs?
  49. Which case saw a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously hold in 2017 that the right to privacy is protected under Article 21 and Part III of the Constitution?
  50. Which Article provides that no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes whose proceeds are specifically appropriated for the promotion or maintenance of any particular religion?
  51. Under Article 28(1) of the Constitution, what is the rule on religious instruction in an educational institution wholly maintained out of State funds?
  52. On which grounds only can no citizen be denied admission to a State-maintained or State-aided educational institution under Article 29(2)?
  53. Under Article 51A(e), a citizen's duty is to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of whom?
  54. Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the State to make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief?
  55. Which Article directs the State to work for the economic and educational upliftment of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other weaker sections of society?
  56. Which Article makes it an obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest of national importance?
  57. Under Article 51A(k) of the Constitution, what duty is placed on a parent or guardian?
  58. What power does Article 34 give Parliament where martial law is in force in any area?
  59. Which Article provides that only Parliament, and not State Legislatures, may make laws prescribing punishment for acts declared offences under Part III?
  60. In which case, decided on 24 April 1973 by a 13-judge Constitution Bench, did the Supreme Court outline the basic structure doctrine, holding that Parliament's power to amend the Constitution under Ar…

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