Question 1: Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right?
(d) Parents’ property is inherited by their children
Question 2: Which of the following freedoms is not available to an Indian citizen?
(b) Freedom to participate in armed revolution
(c) Freedom to start a movement to change the government
(d) Freedom to oppose the central values of the Constitution
Question 3: Which of the following rights is available under the Indian Constitution?
(c) Right to protect one’s culture
Question 4: Name the Fundamental Right under which each of the following rights falls:
(a) Right to freedom of religion
(b) Right to freedom (personal liberty)
(c) Right to equality
(d) Right against exploitation
Question 5: Which of these statements about the relationship between democracy and rights is more valid? Give reasons for your preference.
Statement ‘a’ is more valid. Every country which provides rights to its citizens might not be a democracy but it is essential for a democracy to provide rights to its citizens.
Question 6: Are these restrictions on the right to freedom justified? Give reasons for your answer.
Restriction ‘a’ is justified to protect the citizens from loss of life or property, but ‘b’ and ‘c’ are not justified as ‘b’ infringes on the right to freedom and ‘c’ violates the right to freedom of speech.
Question 7: Manoj went to a college to apply for admission into an MBA course. Write a petition on behalf of the forest dwellers to the NHRC, a response from the government and a report of the NHRC on this matter.
Attempt this question on your own.
Question 8: When Madhurima went to the property registration office, the Registrar told her...
In this dispute, Madhurima is right. The Registrar, by questioning and interfering in her personal affairs, is violating her right to freedom. Also, the social question of adopting the husband’s surname has roots in a religious practice which treats women as weaker and inferior. In lieu of this, forcing Madhurima to change her name is an infringement on her right to equality and right to freedom of religion.