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UPSC CDS Fundamental Rights — practice questions — page 4

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Dr. Ambedkar called which right the heart and soul of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →The writ ordering an arrested person to be produced before the court is:Read the answer and worked solution →The writ issued when an office holder is not doing a legal duty is:Read the answer and worked solution →A writ restraining a person from holding an office he is not entitled to is:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Human Rights Commission was established in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the writsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the fundamental rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the rights wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Enforced or guidelineRead the answer and worked solution →Which writRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rights bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A judge stays in office until retirement age and can be removed only in rare cases. What does this protect?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are the salaries of judges kept outside the approval of the legislature?Read the answer and worked solution →A newspaper editor is punished for insulting a court ruling. Which power did the court use?Read the answer and worked solution →By convention the senior-most Supreme Court judge becomes Chief Justice. When was this first broken?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chief Justice recommends new judges after consulting four senior-most judges. What is this principle called?Read the answer and worked solution →On what grounds alone can a Supreme Court or High Court judge be removed?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991 the first motion to remove a Supreme Court judge was signed by how many MPs?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike some federations, India has no separate State courts. What is this feature called?Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab and Haryana dispute river water. Under which jurisdiction does the Supreme Court hear it directly?Read the answer and worked solution →A person loses in the High Court and takes the case higher. Which jurisdiction is this?Read the answer and worked solution →The President asks the Supreme Court for its opinion on a constitutional question. Which jurisdiction is used?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the President bound to accept the Supreme Court's advice on a reference?Read the answer and worked solution →A district court gives a ruling that contradicts a Supreme Court judgment. Which prevails?Read the answer and worked solution →A lawyer files a case on behalf of poor prisoners who cannot approach the court themselves. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Undertrials in Bihar had spent longer in jail than their possible sentence. Which early PIL arose from this?Read the answer and worked solution →A Tihar prisoner's scribbled note on torture was turned into a petition by which judge?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article can a citizen move the Supreme Court for writs like habeas corpus?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Dr. Ambedkar called which right the heart and soul of the Constitution?

  1. Equality before the law
  2. Freedom of religion
  3. Right to own property
  4. Constitutional remedies
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Correct answer: D. Constitutional remedies

1. Rights need a way to be enforced. 2. Courts can be approached directly. 3. That is the right to constitutional remedies. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2, Rights in the Indian Constitution._

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The writ ordering an arrested person to be produced before the court is:

  1. Habeas corpus
  2. Mandamus writ
  3. Certiorari
  4. Quo warranto
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Correct answer: A. Habeas corpus

1. The court checks the grounds of arrest. 2. It can set the person free. 3. This writ is habeas corpus. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2, Rights in the Indian Constitution._

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The writ issued when an office holder is not doing a legal duty is:

  1. Certiorari
  2. Mandamus
  3. Quo warranto
  4. Prohibition
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Correct answer: B. Mandamus

1. The failure infringes someone's right. 2. The court commands the duty be done. 3. That is mandamus. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 2, Rights in the Indian Constitution._

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