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(31) Which one of the following is a Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India ?
[A] Right to govern
[B] Right to property
[C] Right to equality
[D] Right to information

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is Option C. The Constitution says that the government shall not deny to any person in India equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws. It means that the laws apply in the same manner to all, regardless of a person's status.

(32) Right to free education within certain limits is
[A] Guaranteed as a Fundamental Right
[B] Ignored by the Constitution
[C] Outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution
[D] Enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The The correct answer is Option A. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), which was passed by the Indian parliament on 4 August, 2009, describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April, 2010.

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(33) The two basic principles of the liberal theory of democracy as emphasized by John Locke, are
[A] Women suffrage and popular sovereignty
[B] Representative Democracy and Workers’ Right
[C] Universal Adult Franchise and the Right to property
[D] Popular Sovereignty and constitution government

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

The two basic principles of the liberal theory of democracy as emphasized by John Locke, are universal adult franchise and the right to property. According to Locke, the individual was naturally free and only became a political subject out of free choice. Without the consent of the people there could not be formed a civil society/ community. Secondly, Locke emphasized that all men were equal. There was a perfect state of equality with all the power being reciprocal and no one having more than the other. This is a fundamental principle of present day democracy. From it, flows the democratic principle of universal participation. That no man shall be excluded from the political process.

(34) List of Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian Constitution as Part
[A] Two
[B] Three
[C] Four
[D] Five

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is Option C.

(35) Socialist thinkers advocate the extension of the right to equality in
[A] Legal sphere
[B] Economic sphere
[C] Political sphere
[D] Social sphere

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Socialist thinkers advocate the extension of the right to equality in economic sphere. The economic sphere is the domain about which economics is meant to provide us with knowledge. The political sphere is the domain in which economics is meant to be an influential factor.

(36) In the Constitution of India, the Fundamental Rights
[A] were added under the forty second Amendment
[B] were added by the Parliament in 152
[C] were added by the Fourth Amendment
[D] formed a part of the original Constitution

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

In the Constitution of India, the Fundamental Rights formed a part of the original Constitution.

(37) In India, the right to property is now recognized as
[A] A legal right
[B] A natural right
[C] A political right
[D] A fundamental right

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

In India, the right to property is now recognized as a legal right. The Constitution originally provided for the right to property under Articles 19 and 31. The FortyForth Amendment of 1978 deleted the right to property from the list of fundamental rights. So it is now a legal right, not a fundamental right.

(38) Right to vote is a
[A] Economic right
[B] Legal right
[C] Political right
[D] Civil right

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

Right to vote is a Political right.

(39) Which Fundamental Right according to Dr. Ambedkar is like the heart of the Constitution ?
[A] Right to freedom
[B] Right to equality
[C] Right to religion
[D] Right of Constitutional remedies

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

The correct answer is Option [D]. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar called Article 32 of the Indian Constitution i.e. Right to Constitutional remedies as ' the heart and soul of the Constitution'.It was made so because mere declaration of the fundamental right without an effective machinery for enforcement of the fundamental rights would have been meaningless.

(40) What is the status of the Right to Property now ?
[A] Legal Right
[B] Natural Right
[C] Human Right
[D] Fundamental Right

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Option A. In 1978, the 44th Amendment Act 1978 of the constitution of India removed the right to property from the fundamental rights and a new article, 300 A was created defining the right to property as a legal right.

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