Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the given options.List-I (Constitution Articles)List-II (Area of reservations)A. Article 15 (4) and 16 (4)1. Lok Sabha SeatsB. Article 15 (6) and 16 (6)2. Panchayati Raj InstitutionsC. Article 243 D3. Other Backward Classes (OBCs)D. Article 3304. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

The correct matching is A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1.Articles 15(4) and 16(4) enable special provisions and reservation in posts for socially and educationally backward classes, the basis of OBC reservation along with that for SCs and STs.Articles 15(6) and 16(6), added by the 103rd Amendment, provide for Economically Weaker Sections.Article 243D reserves seats in Panchayats.Article 330 reserves seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha.Article 330 belongs to Part XVI on special provisions for certain classes, and 243D to Part IX on the Panchayats, which rules out every other option.

Match List I with List II :List-I (Constitutional Amendments)List-II (Reservations for SC & STs)(a) 77th Amendment(i) "Consequential Seniority in Reservation(b) 81st Amendment(ii) Reservations in Promotion(c) 82nd Amendment(iii) Relexation in Qualifying marks(d) 85th Amendment(iv) Carry forward unfulfilled vacancies of SC & STsChoose the correct answer from the options given below :

The correct match is a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i.77th Amendment (1995): Article 16(4A), reservation in promotion for SCs and STs.81st Amendment (2000): Article 16(4B), unfilled reserved vacancies carried forward as a separate class, outside the 50 percent ceiling.82nd Amendment (2000): proviso to Article 335, allowing relaxation in qualifying marks for SCs and STs.85th Amendment (2001): consequential seniority for SCs and STs promoted under reservation, effective from 1995.Option D swaps the 81st and 82nd Amendments, and options B and C start from the wrong match for the 77th.

Right to Equality Questions and Answers

Q: In the context of the Constitution of India, a pension scheme differentiates between employees retiring before and after a specified cut-off date. Those excluded challenge the classification as arbitrary. The constitutional issue would primarily attract :

The issue attracts Article 14 and the principle of classification.Article 14 forbids class legislation but permits reasonable classification. A classification is valid only if it rests on an intelligible differentia and that differentia has a rational nexus with the object of the law. Pension cut-off dates are the classic setting: in D.S. Nakara v. Union of India (1983) the Supreme Court struck down a cut-off that split pensioners into two classes for a liberalised formula, as arbitrary under Article 14.Legislative competence asks whether the legislature could make the law at all, not whether it treats people equally. The doctrine of eclipse concerns pre-Constitution laws overshadowed by fundamental rights, and severability concerns whether an invalid part can be cut away from a valid statute. None of these is the primary question here.

Q: Untouchability is abolished by which Article of the Indian Constitution?

Untouchability is abolished by Article 17.Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence punishable by law, as provided in the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.Article 14 guarantees equality before law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and Article 22 gives protection against arbitrary arrest and detention.

Q: Consider the following statements :(1) Article 13(2) provides reservations to backward classes.(2) Article 15(4) and 16(4) provide reservations for OBCs.(3) Article 15(6) and 16(6) provide reservations to EWS of society.(4) Article 14 provides reservation for SC & STs.Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

The correct statements are (2) and (3) only.Article 15(4) allows special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes and for SCs and STs, and Article 16(4) allows reservation in appointments for backward classes. These are the basis of OBC reservation. Articles 15(6) and 16(6), added by the 103rd Amendment in 2019, allow up to 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections.Statement 1 is wrong because Article 13(2) bars the State from making laws that take away fundamental rights and has nothing to do with reservation. Statement 4 is wrong because Article 14 guarantees equality before the law and does not itself provide reservation.

Q: Which Article of Indian Constitution abolish untouchability ?

Untouchability is abolished by Article 17.Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence punishable by law. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 gives effect to it.Article 14 guarantees equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds such as religion, caste and sex, and Article 19 protects six freedoms such as speech and movement. None of them abolishes untouchability.

Q: Consider the following statements and choose the correct option regarding their falsity/truth (respectively).1. The term untouchability is defined under Article 18 of the Constitution.2. According to the Supreme Court, Freedom of Press is an integral part of Art. 19 of the Constitution3. According to the Supreme Court, Right to sleep is an integral part of Art. 21 of the ConstitutionCode: 1 2 3

The statements are False, True, True.1. False: Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice, but the Constitution nowhere defines the term, and Article 18 is about the abolition of titles.2. True: the Supreme Court has held freedom of the press to be part of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a), for instance in Romesh Thappar (1950) and Indian Express Newspapers (1985).3. True: in the Ramlila Maidan case (2012) the Court held that the right to sleep is part of the right to life under Article 21.

Q: Which provision of the Constitution of India abolished 'Untouchability' and forbids its practise in any form?

The provision is Article 17.Article 17 abolishes 'Untouchability' and forbids its practice in any form; enforcing any disability arising out of untouchability is an offence punishable in accordance with law, as under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.Article 14 guarantees equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds such as religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and Article 16 guarantees equality of opportunity in public employment.

Q: Clause 5 of Article 15 of the Constitution of India, inserted by the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2005 is an enabling provision and was in response to the court's explanation in :

Article 15(5) responded to P.A. Inamdar Vs. State of Maharashtra.In P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra (2005), a seven-judge bench held that the state could not impose its reservation policy on unaided private educational institutions, minority or non-minority. Parliament responded with the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act, 2005, inserting Article 15(5) to enable special provisions for backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in admission to educational institutions, including private unaided ones, except minority institutions.K.C. Vasanth Kumar (1985) and Kathi Raning Rawat (1952) are older equality cases, and the Rajendran case is an older decision on admissions; none of them concerned reservation in private unaided institutions.

In the context of the Constitution of India, a pension scheme differentiates between employees retiring before and after a specified cut-off date. Those excluded challenge the classification as arbitrary. The constitutional issue would primarily attract :

A.Legislative competence of the State
B.Doctrine of eclipse
C.Doctrine of severability
D.Article 14 and the principle of classification

Exam Year(s)

AIBE - 2026,

Answer: D

The issue attracts Article 14 and the principle of classification.

Article 14 forbids class legislation but permits reasonable classification. A classification is valid only if it rests on an intelligible differentia and that differentia has a rational nexus with the object of the law. Pension cut-off dates are the classic setting: in D.S. Nakara v. Union of India (1983) the Supreme Court struck down a cut-off that split pensioners into two classes for a liberalised formula, as arbitrary under Article 14.

Legislative competence asks whether the legislature could make the law at all, not whether it treats people equally. The doctrine of eclipse concerns pre-Constitution laws overshadowed by fundamental rights, and severability concerns whether an invalid part can be cut away from a valid statute. None of these is the primary question here.

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Untouchability is abolished by which Article of the Indian Constitution?

A.Article 14
B.Article 15
C.Article 17
D.Article 22

Exam Year(s)

BPSC Exam - 2023, BPSC CDPO - 2023,

Answer: C

Untouchability is abolished by Article 17.

Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence punishable by law, as provided in the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.

Article 14 guarantees equality before law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and Article 22 gives protection against arbitrary arrest and detention.

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Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the given options.

List-I (Constitution Articles)	List-II (Area of reservations)
A. Article 15 (4) and 16 (4)	1. Lok Sabha Seats
B. Article 15 (6) and 16 (6)	2. Panchayati Raj Institutions
C. Article 243 D	3. Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
D. Article 330	4. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

A.A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
B.A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
C.A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
D.A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

Exam Year(s)

HPPSC HPAS - 2021,

Answer: C

The correct matching is A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1.

Articles 15(4) and 16(4) enable special provisions and reservation in posts for socially and educationally backward classes, the basis of OBC reservation along with that for SCs and STs.
Articles 15(6) and 16(6), added by the 103rd Amendment, provide for Economically Weaker Sections.
Article 243D reserves seats in Panchayats.
Article 330 reserves seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha.

Article 330 belongs to Part XVI on special provisions for certain classes, and 243D to Part IX on the Panchayats, which rules out every other option.

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Consider the following statements :

(1) Article 13(2) provides reservations to backward classes.
(2) Article 15(4) and 16(4) provide reservations for OBCs.
(3) Article 15(6) and 16(6) provide reservations to EWS of society.
(4) Article 14 provides reservation for SC & STs.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.(1) and (2) only
B.(2) and (3) only
C.(3) and (4) only
D.(4) and (1) only

Exam Year(s)

HPPSC HPAS - 2025,

Answer: B

The correct statements are (2) and (3) only.

Article 15(4) allows special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes and for SCs and STs, and Article 16(4) allows reservation in appointments for backward classes. These are the basis of OBC reservation. Articles 15(6) and 16(6), added by the 103rd Amendment in 2019, allow up to 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections.

Statement 1 is wrong because Article 13(2) bars the State from making laws that take away fundamental rights and has nothing to do with reservation. Statement 4 is wrong because Article 14 guarantees equality before the law and does not itself provide reservation.

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Match List I with List II :

List-I (Constitutional Amendments)	List-II (Reservations for SC & STs)
(a) 77th Amendment	(i) "Consequential Seniority in Reservation
(b) 81st Amendment	(ii) Reservations in Promotion
(c) 82nd Amendment	(iii) Relexation in Qualifying marks
(d) 85th Amendment	(iv) Carry forward unfulfilled vacancies of SC & STs

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
B.a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
C.a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
D.a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

Exam Year(s)

HPPSC HPAS - 2025,

Answer: A

The correct match is a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i.

77th Amendment (1995): Article 16(4A), reservation in promotion for SCs and STs.
81st Amendment (2000): Article 16(4B), unfilled reserved vacancies carried forward as a separate class, outside the 50 percent ceiling.
82nd Amendment (2000): proviso to Article 335, allowing relaxation in qualifying marks for SCs and STs.
85th Amendment (2001): consequential seniority for SCs and STs promoted under reservation, effective from 1995.

Option D swaps the 81st and 82nd Amendments, and options B and C start from the wrong match for the 77th.

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Which Article of Indian Constitution abolish untouchability ?

A.Article 14
B.Article 15
C.Article 17
D.Article 19

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC State Service - 2022, MPPSC Forest Service - 2022,

Answer: C

Untouchability is abolished by Article 17.

Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence punishable by law. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 gives effect to it.

Article 14 guarantees equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds such as religion, caste and sex, and Article 19 protects six freedoms such as speech and movement. None of them abolishes untouchability.

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Consider the following statements and choose the correct option regarding their falsity/truth (respectively).

1. The term untouchability is defined under Article 18 of the Constitution.
2. According to the Supreme Court, Freedom of Press is an integral part of Art. 19 of the Constitution
3. According to the Supreme Court, Right to sleep is an integral part of Art. 21 of the Constitution

Code: 1 2 3

A.False True False
B.True True True
C.True False False
D.False True True

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2024,

Answer: D

The statements are False, True, True.

1. False: Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice, but the Constitution nowhere defines the term, and Article 18 is about the abolition of titles.
2. True: the Supreme Court has held freedom of the press to be part of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a), for instance in Romesh Thappar (1950) and Indian Express Newspapers (1985).
3. True: in the Ramlila Maidan case (2012) the Court held that the right to sleep is part of the right to life under Article 21.

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Which provision of the Constitution of India abolished 'Untouchability' and forbids its practise in any form?

A.Article 14
B.Article 15
C.Article 16
D.Article 17

Exam Year(s)

Rajasthan High Court Civil Judge - 2019, Rajasthan Judicial Service - 2019,

Answer: D

The provision is Article 17.

Article 17 abolishes 'Untouchability' and forbids its practice in any form; enforcing any disability arising out of untouchability is an offence punishable in accordance with law, as under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.

Article 14 guarantees equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds such as religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and Article 16 guarantees equality of opportunity in public employment.

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Clause 5 of Article 15 of the Constitution of India, inserted by the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2005 is an enabling provision and was in response to the court's explanation in :

A.K.C. Vasanth Kumar Vs. State of Karnataka
B.Rajendran Vs. Union of India
C.P.A. Inamdar Vs. State of Maharashtra
D.Kathi Raning Rawat Vs. State of Saurashtra

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: C

Article 15(5) responded to P.A. Inamdar Vs. State of Maharashtra.

In P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra (2005), a seven-judge bench held that the state could not impose its reservation policy on unaided private educational institutions, minority or non-minority. Parliament responded with the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act, 2005, inserting Article 15(5) to enable special provisions for backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in admission to educational institutions, including private unaided ones, except minority institutions.

K.C. Vasanth Kumar (1985) and Kathi Raning Rawat (1952) are older equality cases, and the Rajendran case is an older decision on admissions; none of them concerned reservation in private unaided institutions.

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