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UPSC CDS Polityrights — practice questions

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A student wants to skip the uniform and wear her own clothes. Is that a right? A right is essentially:Read the answer and worked solution →Rights are the claims we regard as necessary for a life of:Read the answer and worked solution →Being gainfully employed gives economic independence, which is why we speak of a right to:Read the answer and worked solution →Rights like livelihood and free expression matter to all humans in society, so they are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Why can smoking or taking banned drugs not be claimed as a right?Read the answer and worked solution →Seventeenth and eighteenth century theorists said rights come from nature or God and are:Read the answer and worked solution →The three natural rights identified were life, liberty and:Read the answer and worked solution →Today the term ___ is used more than natural rights.Read the answer and worked solution →Human rights assume all persons are entitled to certain things simply because they are:Read the answer and worked solution →Kant said we should not treat people as we treat a pen, a car or a:Read the answer and worked solution →Kant's view that every person has dignity is called the ___ conception of rights.Read the answer and worked solution →Constitutionally recognised rights in India are called:Read the answer and worked solution →When I assert my right to education, whom do I call upon to provide it?Read the answer and worked solution →Rights place an obligation upon the state to:Read the answer and worked solution →Because of my right to liberty, the police must produce ___ before taking me away.Read the answer and worked solution →The sovereign state exists not for its own sake but for the sake of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The right to vote, contest elections and form parties are:Read the answer and worked solution →The right to a free and fair trial and to protest belong to:Read the answer and worked solution →For a person living on the pavement, political rights alone have little value without:Read the answer and worked solution →India's rural employment guarantee scheme is an example of recognising:Read the answer and worked solution →The right to primary education in one's mother tongue is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Protecting the ozone layer and forests represents the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the political rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the natural rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the rights wordsRead the answer and worked solution →What the state must doRead the answer and worked solution →Which kind of rightRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rights bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A student wants to skip the uniform and wear her own clothes. Is that a right? A right is essentially:

  1. A justified claim
  2. Any personal wish
  3. A school rule
  4. A fashion choice
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Correct answer: A. A justified claim

1. Wanting something does not make it a right. 2. Society must recognise the claim as legitimate. 3. A right is a justified claim. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 5, Rights._

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Rights are the claims we regard as necessary for a life of:

  1. Fame and fortune
  2. Respect and dignity
  3. Luxury and comfort
  4. Adventure and travel
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Correct answer: B. Respect and dignity

1. Rights are grounded in self-respect. 2. They are conditions we collectively value. 3. They make a life of respect and dignity possible. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 5, Rights._

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Being gainfully employed gives economic independence, which is why we speak of a right to:

  1. Livelihood
  2. Leisure time
  3. Inheritance
  4. Tourism trips
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Correct answer: A. Livelihood

1. Work brings independence. 2. Independence brings dignity. 3. So livelihood is claimed as a right. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 5, Rights._

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