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UPSC CDS Fundamental Rights — practice questions — page 7

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As early as which year were Dalits in northern India noted using the new legal system to sue landlords?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is listed as a limitation of the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Basic socio-economic rights were placed in which part of the Constitution rather than in fundamental rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Because its core features let it grow with society, the Constitution is described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the core featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the liberal thinkersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the criticismsRead the answer and worked solution →Western or Indian secularismRead the answer and worked solution →Achievement or limitationRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Constitution philosophy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A system where all work inside the home is done by or organised by women is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The gender division is based not on biology but on:Read the answer and worked solution →Radical women's movements aiming at equality in personal and family life are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In which countries is women's participation in public life very high, per the text?Read the answer and worked solution →A system that values men more and gives them power over women is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Literacy among Indian women is 54 per cent, compared with what among men?Read the answer and worked solution →The time use survey found an average woman works a little over how many hours a day?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of 1976 provides that equal wages be paid for equal work?Read the answer and worked solution →Sex-selective abortion brought India's child sex ratio down to:Read the answer and worked solution →Elected women members in the Lok Sabha reached what share for the first time in 2019?Read the answer and worked solution →Women's share in state legislative assemblies is less than:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of seats in panchayats and municipalities is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →More than how many elected women representatives sit in rural and urban local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji used to say that religion can never be separated from:Read the answer and worked solution →Laws dealing with marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Politics based on the idea that religion is the principal basis of social community is:Read the answer and worked solution →India and Pakistan suffered some of the worst communal riots at the time of:Read the answer and worked solution →To combat communalism, the makers of the Constitution chose which model?Read the answer and worked solution →

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As early as which year were Dalits in northern India noted using the new legal system to sue landlords?

  1. 1841
  2. 1895
  3. 1928
  4. 1950
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Correct answer: A. 1841

1. Modern law became a tool for dignity and justice. 2. This was noticed as early as 1841. 3. Westernisation became a form of protest. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Which of these is listed as a limitation of the Indian Constitution?

  1. Absence of a preamble or objectives
  2. A centralised idea of national unity
  3. Too many fundamental rights listed
  4. No provision for amending it at all
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Correct answer: B. A centralised idea of national unity

1. The first limitation is a centralised idea of unity. 2. It also glossed over gender justice within the family. 3. Socio-economic rights went to Directive Principles. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Basic socio-economic rights were placed in which part of the Constitution rather than in fundamental rights?

  1. The Twelve Schedules
  2. Emergency clauses
  3. Directive Principles
  4. The Preamble text
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Correct answer: C. Directive Principles

1. Critics ask why a poor country did this. 2. Such rights sit in the Directive Principles. 3. This is called a limitation of the Constitution. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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