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During emergency which fundamental rights cannot be suspended?
During a National Emergency, Article 359 lets the President suspend the right to move the courts for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
Read the full explanation →In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the procedure for depriving a person of life or personal liberty under Article 21 must be fair, just and reasonable?
Article 21 says that no person shall be deprived of life or personal liberty except according to "procedure established by law".
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Fundamental Rights is available only to citizens of India and not to foreigners?
Article 19 opens with the words "All citizens shall have the right", so its freedoms of speech and expression, assembly, association, movement, residence and profession belong only to citizens of India.
Read the full explanation →The writ of Quo Warranto is issued to:
Quo Warranto means "by what authority or warrant". Through it, a court asks a person holding a public office to show by what right they hold it, and if the claim is not valid, the court can remove them.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following writs provides a remedy for a person who has been unlawfully held in prison?
Through this writ a court orders whoever is holding a person to produce that person before it and show the legal grounds for the detention.
Read the full explanation →Which article was referred to as the 'the heart and soul' of the constitution by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
Speaking in the Constituent Assembly, Dr B.R. Ambedkar said that if he were asked to name the most important Article, one without which the Constitution would be a nullity, he could not refer to any other; it was "the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it".
Read the full explanation →Which Article provides that all minorities have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice?
Article 30(1) gives all minorities, whether based on religion or on language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Read the full explanation →The Right to Freedom of Religion is contained within which Articles of the Constitution of India?
The Right to Freedom of Religion has four Articles: Article 25 gives freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion; Article 26 lets every religious denomination manage its own religious affairs; Article 27 says no one can be compelled to pay taxes for the promotion…
Read the full explanation →The Constitution forbids employment of children below the age of ______ years in dangerous jobs like factories and mines.
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.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Act added the Right to Education to the Indian constitution?
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 made education a Fundamental Right by inserting Article 21A, under which the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children aged six to fourteen years, in the manner it determines by law.
Read the full explanation →Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides for how many types of freedoms?
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.
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?
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 →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.
Most Fundamental Rights are claims against the State, so whoever counts as the "State" is bound by them.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right after the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 of Indian Constitution?
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 in the Indian Constitution are inspired by the ‘Bill of Rights’ of which of the following countries?
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 →Over which period is the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign being observed?
The Ministry of Textiles stated that the campaign is being celebrated across all its organisations over this period, and the activities reported by other departments, such as the Swachhata pledge taken on the opening day, fit the same window.
Read the full explanation →Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 is jointly organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and which other body?
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting release states plainly that the campaign is being organised jointly by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and that department, which together cover urban and rural sanitation.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign?
Both the Department of Food and Public Distribution and the Ministry of Textiles named this as the theme of the current campaign, and described it as an appeal to treat cleanliness as a collective effort and a festival of community involvement.
Read the full explanation →Which corporation implements the interventions under the NAMASTE Scheme?
The Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said the scheme promotes sustainable livelihoods, capacity building, access to safety gear and mechanisation through interventions implemented by this corporation.
Read the full explanation →Under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana capital subsidy, how much support has been given to 983 beneficiaries?
Under the capital subsidy intervention for mechanisation, routed through the Swachhta Udyami Yojana, the Ministry reported that 983 beneficiaries have been supported with this amount.
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