Article 24 of the Constitution prohibits the employment of
A{'text': 'Any person below the age of 18 in any employment', 'label': 'A'}
B{'text': 'Children below 14 years in factories, mines and hazardous work', 'label': 'B'}
C{'text': 'Children below 18 years in factories only', 'label': 'C'}
D{'text': 'Women in mining industry', 'label': 'D'}
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. {'text': 'Children below 14 years in factories, mines and hazardous work', 'label': 'B'}
1. Article 24 forbids the employment of children below 14 in factories, mines or hazardous work.
2. It sits alongside Article 21A which guarantees education to the same age group.
3. It does not ban all forms of child work above age 14, and it is not sector-neutral.
4. Statutes like the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act operationalise this article.
_Source: Constitution of India (as on May 2022), Part III, Art. 24_
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