Q40. Fundamental Rights are described from Article 12 to which Article?
[RRB Group D, 29 August 2022, Shift 3]
(A) Article 35
(B) Article 38
(C) Article 42
(D) Article 40
Answer: (A) Article 35
Explanation: The Fundamental Rights chapter spans Articles 12–35. Article 12 provides the definition of State and Article 35 concerns parliamentary legislative authority in certain rights-related matters. Articles 38, 40 and 42 instead belong to the Directive Principles.
Q39. How many freedoms are currently provided by Article 19?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 6 December 2022, Shift 1]
(A) Six
(B) Seven
(C) Eight
(D) Nine
Answer: (A) Six
Explanation: Article 19(1) presently protects six principal citizen freedoms. Freedom to acquire, hold and dispose of property formerly appeared there but was deleted by the Forty-fourth Amendment. The surviving freedoms include speech, peaceful assembly, associations, movement, residence and occupation.
Q38. Freedom of Religion is contained in which Articles?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 5 December 2022, Shift 2]
(A) Articles 19–22
(B) Articles 29–30
(C) Articles 25–28
(D) Articles 14–18
Answer: (C) Articles 25–28
Explanation: Articles 25–28 collectively protect freedom of conscience and religion, management of religious affairs, restrictions on taxes supporting religion and specified safeguards in religious instruction. Articles 14–18 cover equality and Articles 29–30 concern cultural and educational rights.
Q37. Which Amendment inserted Article 21A, the Right to Education, into the Constitution?
[UPSC CDS II, 4 September 2022]
(A) 83rd Amendment
(B) 84th Amendment
(C) 86th Amendment
(D) 85th Amendment
Answer: (C) 86th Amendment
Explanation: The Eighty-sixth Amendment Act, 2002, inserted Article 21A into Part III. It obliges the State to provide free and compulsory education for children aged six to fourteen as determined by law. The associated Right to Education Act came later.
Q36. The Indian constitutional concept of Fundamental Rights was primarily taken from where?
[WBCS Mains 2021, held May 2022, Paper V]
(A) USSR
(B) USA
(C) France
(D) Britain
Answer: (B) USA
Explanation: The United States Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights, supplied a principal model for India’s Fundamental Rights. India modified that model for domestic conditions, including detailed reasonable restrictions and express judicial remedies for enforcement.
Q35. Which Article deals with the Right to Elementary Education?
[WBCS Mains 2021, held May 2022, Paper V]
(A) Article 31D
(B) Article 15
(C) Article 19A
(D) Article 21A
Answer: (D) Article 21A
Explanation: Article 21A, inserted through the Eighty-sixth Amendment, makes education a Fundamental Right for children aged six to fourteen. The State must provide free and compulsory education within the legal framework established for this purpose.
Q34. Which Articles cover the Right to Freedom of Religion?
[WBCS Mains 2021, held May 2022, Paper V]
(A) Articles 25–28
(B) Articles 14–18
(C) Article 19
(D) Article 21
Answer: (A) Articles 25–28
Explanation: Religious freedom occupies Articles 25–28. The provisions concern conscience, practice, management of religious affairs, taxes for promotion of religion, and instruction in educational establishments. Relevant rights remain subject to constitutionally permitted limitations and safeguards.
Q33. Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
[MPPSC State Service 2021, held 19 June 2022]
(A) Article 14
(B) Article 15
(C) Article 17
(D) Article 19
Answer: (C) Article 17
Explanation: Article 17 explicitly abolishes untouchability and prohibits its practice. Parliament has enacted laws penalising related discriminatory disabilities. Article 14 addresses general equality, Article 15 specified discrimination and Article 19 protects the freedoms of citizens.
Q32. While enjoying the Right to Freedom, one must not do what?
[JKSSB Sub-Inspector, 12 December 2022, Shift 1]
(A) Assemble peacefully
(B) Threaten the freedom of others
(C) Move freely across India
(D) Follow Fundamental Duties
Answer: (B) Threaten the freedom of others
Explanation: Constitutional liberty is not a licence to violate others’ rights. Article 19 protects fundamental freedoms subject to legitimate reasonable restrictions. Threatening another person’s freedom can attract lawful consequences, while peaceful assembly and movement are expressly recognised freedoms.
Q31. What is the position of the Right to Property in India?
[UPSC CSE Prelims 2021]
(A) Legal right available only to citizens
(B) Legal right available to any person
(C) Fundamental Right available only to citizens
(D) Neither Fundamental nor legal right
Answer: (B) Legal right available to any person
Explanation: Article 300A protects property against deprivation without authority of law and uses the term “person”, not “citizen”. Consequently, property is a constitutional legal right available to citizens and non-citizens alike, not a Fundamental Right.
