Human Rights and Indian Constitution Questions and Answers

Direction for [ Question No: 1 To 2 ] :

The following questions contains two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine whether the statements are correct and related to each other with the help of the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : In a constitutional democracy citizens have a bundle of inalienable fundamental rights.

Reason (R) : Rights and duties are correlative.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
D.(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.

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UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: B

Both statements are correct, but (R) does not explain (A), so the second code is right.

A constitutional democracy gives its citizens inalienable fundamental rights. It is also true that rights and duties are correlative. But the existence of the rights is not explained by the correlation of rights and duties; it comes from the constitution.

So the Reason is true but is not the explanation of the Assertion.

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Assertion (A) : Bonded labour is illegal in India.

Reason (R) : Constitution of India prohibits bonded labour.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
D.(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: A

Both statements are correct, and (R) explains (A), so the first code is right.

Bonded labour is illegal in India because the Constitution forbids it: Article 23 prohibits forced labour and traffic in human beings. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 gives effect to that prohibition. The Reason is the ground of the Assertion.

The Reason is not incorrect, so the third and fourth codes fail.

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Direction for [ Question No: 3 To 4 ] :

The following questions contains two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine whether the statements are correct and related to each other with the help of the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : The social and political justice pledged by the Preamble of the Constitution to be secured to all citizens, will remain a myth unless first economic justice is guaranteed to all.

Reason (R) : Justice is object of law.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

Both statements are true, but the Reason does not explain the Assertion. The Preamble promises social, economic and political justice, and the view that social and political justice stay hollow without economic justice is in keeping with Article 38 and the Directive Principles. It is also a standard proposition of jurisprudence that justice is the object of law.

That justice is the end of law does not show why economic justice has to come first, so (R) does not explain (A). The option calling (R) the explanation is wrong, and neither statement is false.

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Assertion (A) : Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

Reason (R) : Untouchability is unethical.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Both statements are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation. Article 17 of the Constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form, and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 makes it punishable. Untouchability is indeed unethical.

The abolition was brought about by the Constitution's own command, a legal and constitutional provision, and the moral judgment that it is unethical is not what the Article rests on. So the Reason, although true, does not explain the Assertion.

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Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 7 ] :

In the following questions, match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer with the help of codes given :

List - I	List - II
(a) Media Freedom	(i) Article 17
(b) Right of Religious Minorities	(ii) Article 19
(c) Untouchability	(iii) Article 14
(d) Equality	(iv) Article 30

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A.(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
B.(ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
C.(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
D.(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct matching is media freedom with Article 19, the right of religious minorities with Article 30, untouchability with Article 17 and equality with Article 14, which is (ii), (iv), (i), (iii). Freedom of the media rests on the freedom of speech and expression in Article 19(1)(a), and Article 30 gives minorities the right to set up and run educational institutions.

Option A matches the list in the printed order, which sends media freedom to Article 17. Option C sends media to Article 17 and equality to Article 30. Option D reverses the order. Each breaks the pair of untouchability and Article 17.

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List - I	List - II
(a) Right to life	(i) A.K. Gopalan's case
(b) Right to Education of Minorities	(ii) P.A. Inamdar's case
(c) Basic features of Constitution	(iii) Maneka Gandhi's Case
(d) Preventive detention	(iv) Keshavananda Bharati case

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A.(iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
B.(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
C.(i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
D.(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The correct matching is right to life with Maneka Gandhi's case, right to education of minorities with P. A. Inamdar's case, basic features of the Constitution with the Keshavananda Bharati case and preventive detention with A. K. Gopalan's case, which is (iii), (ii), (iv), (i). Maneka Gandhi widened Article 21 so that the procedure must be fair, Inamdar dealt with private professional colleges and minority institutions, Keshavananda Bharati laid down the basic structure doctrine, and Gopalan dealt with preventive detention.

Options B, C and D give Gopalan or Maneka Gandhi the wrong subject, so each breaks the pair for right to life or preventive detention.

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List - I (Economic, Social & Cultural Rights UDHR)	List - II (Indian Constitution)
(a) Right to proper social order (Art. 28)	(i) Art. 39(d)
(b) Rights to Equal Pay for Equal Work (Art. 23(2))	(ii) Arts. 41 & 45
(c) Right to Education (Art. 26(1))	(iii) Art. 43
(d) Right to rest to leisure (Art. 24)	(iv) Art. 38

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A.(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
B.(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
C.(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
D.(i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct matching is right to proper social order with Article 38, equal pay for equal work with Article 39(d), right to education with Articles 41 and 45 and right to rest and leisure with Article 43, which is (iv), (i), (ii), (iii). These are the Directive Principles of the Indian Constitution that correspond to the rights in the Universal Declaration.

Article 39(d) is the equal pay provision, so any option that does not pair equal pay with (i) is wrong, and these are A, C and D. Article 43 deals with a living wage and decent conditions of work, with leisure, which fits rest and leisure.

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Direction for [ Question No: 8 To 8 ] :

Assertion (A) : The concept of Fundamental Rights of the Indian Constitution was taken from the Act of 1935.

Reason (R) : The Fundamental Rights are justiciable.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
D.(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct, which is option D. The concept of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution was taken from the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution; the Government of India Act, 1935, contained no list of enforceable fundamental rights and was the source of the federal scheme and administrative provisions. The Reason is true, since Fundamental Rights are justiciable and enforceable through Articles 32 and 226. Options A, B and C are wrong because they accept the Assertion.

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Direction for [ Question No: 9 To 9 ] :

In the following questions, match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer with the help of codes given below :

List - I	List - II
a. Free Legal Aid	i. Article - 51
b. Uniform Civil Code	ii. Article - 48A
c. Promotion of International Peace and Security	iii. Article - 44
d. Safeguarding forests and wild life	iv. Article - 39A

Codes : a b c d

A.i iv ii iii
B.iii ii i iv
C.iv iii i ii
D.ii iii iv i

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Free legal aid is Article 39A (iv), added by the 42nd Amendment; the Uniform Civil Code is Article 44 (iii); the promotion of international peace and security is Article 51 (i); and the protection of forests and wild life is Article 48A (ii). The code is a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii.

The other codes interchange these Articles. For example i iv ii iii gives free legal aid to Article 51, and iii ii i iv gives the Uniform Civil Code to Article 48A, which is the environment provision.

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Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :

The following questions contains two statements-one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine whether the statements are correct and related to each other with the help of the codes given below :

10.

Assertion (A) : One of the fundamental principles of the Indian Constitution is the Rule of Law.

Reason (R) : The Constitution of India has guaranteed to every citizen the equality before law and has recognized the judiciary as the unfailing guardian of the rights of people.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
D.(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

As keyed, both statements are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). The rule of law is one of the basic principles of the Constitution, and the Supreme Court has held it to be part of the basic structure, so (A) is correct. Equality before law under Article 14 and the judiciary as guardian of rights are also correct statements, so (R) is correct.

However, (R) describes two features of the constitutional scheme and does not by itself explain why the rule of law is a fundamental principle, which also rests on the supremacy of the Constitution and the limits on arbitrary power. The option that (R) is the correct explanation overstates the link, and the options calling either statement incorrect contradict the key.

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