The Constitution forbids employment of children below the age of ______ years in dangerous jobs like factories and mines.
- A.15
- B.14
- C.16
- D.18
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Explanation
The correct answer is 14. Article 24 says that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment. Together with Article 23, which bans human trafficking and forced labour, it forms the Right against Exploitation.
The number 14 links several parts of the Constitution, so it is worth tying them together. Article 21A guarantees free and compulsory education from six to fourteen, Article 45 now covers early childhood care below six, and Article 51A(k) makes it a duty of parents to educate children between six and fourteen. Parliament has gone further than Article 24 through the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986: after its 2016 amendment it bars children below 14 from almost all work, with narrow exceptions such as helping a family business after school hours, and bars adolescents aged 14 to 18 from hazardous work. Of the wrong options, 18 tempts the most because it is the age of majority and, since the 61st Amendment of 1988, the voting age.
Read the full article: Fundamental Rights (Articles 12–35): Notes, Writs and PYQs
Practice Questions
View allThe Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution are inspired by the ‘Bill of Rights’ of which of the following countries?
- A.Australia
- B.Japan
- C.The USSR
- D.The USA
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The Bill of Rights is the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, adopted in 1791, which protect freedoms such as speech and religion against the government.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right after the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 of Indian Constitution?
- A.Right to property
- B.Right to equality
- C.Right against exploitation
- D.Right to religion
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When the Constitution came into force, property was protected as a Fundamental Right in two places: Article 19(1)(f), the freedom to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and Article 31, protection against being deprived of property.
Read the full explanation →The Fundamental Rights have been guaranteed to protect the public from repressive state actions; judicial decisions tend to expand the scope of the word 'State' as defined by _______ of the Indian Constitution.
- A.Article 12
- B.Article 14
- C.Article 15
- D.Article 13
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Most Fundamental Rights are claims against the State, so whoever counts as the "State" is bound by them.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India abolishes the concept of ‘untouchability’ and prohibits its practice in any shape or form?
- A.16
- B.15
- C.17
- D.14
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Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes the enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Read the full explanation →Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides for how many types of freedoms?
- A.13
- B.44
- C.30
- D.6
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Article 19(1) gives every citizen six freedoms: speech and expression; to assemble peaceably and without arms; to form associations, unions or co-operative societies; to move freely throughout India; to reside and settle in any part of India; and to practise any profession or carry on any occupation, trade or business.
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