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Which of the following is the best description of Fundamental Rights?
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Read the following situation. Which Fundamental Right is being used or violated in below case and how?
Overweight male cabin crew are allowed to get promotion in the national airlines but their women colleagues who gain weight are penalised.
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Read the following situation. Which Fundamental Right is being used or violated in below case and how?
A director makes a documentary film that criticises the policies of the government.
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Read the following situation. Which Fundamental Right is being used or violated in below case and how?
People displaced by a big dam take out a rally demanding rehabilitation.
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Read the following situation. Which Fundamental Right is being used or violated in below case and how?
Andhra society runs Telugu medium schools outside Andhra Pradesh.
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Which of the following is a violation of Fundamental Rights and why?
a) Not paying minimum wages
b) Banning of a book
c) Banning of loudspeakers after 9 pm.
d) Making a speech
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Several reports show that caste groups previously associated with scavenging are forced to continue in this job. Those in positions of authority refuse to give them any other job. Their children are discouraged from pursuing education. Which of their Fundamental Rights are being violated in this instance?
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Which of the Fundamental Rights is in your opinion the most important right? Summarise its provisions and give arguments to show why it is most important.
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What is the difference between the system of reservation of constituencies and the system of separate electorate? Why did the Constitution makers reject the latter?
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A class was debating the merits of a bicameral system. The following points were made during the discussion. Read the arguments and say if you agree or disagree with each of them, giving reasons.
√ Neha said that bicameral legislature does not serve any purpose.
√ Shama argued that experts should be nominated in the second chamber.
√ Tridib said that if a country is not a federation, then there is no need to have a second chamber.
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What are the provisions for the reservations for the socially disadvantaged groups as per the 73rd amendment? Explain how these provisions have changed the profile of the leadership at the village level.
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What were the main differences between the local governments before the 73rd amendment and after that amendment?
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Write True / False against the following statement.
The President cannot send back an amendment bill for reconsideration of the Parliament.
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You have read in this chapter that the 42nd amendment was one of the most controversial amendments so far. Which of the following were the reasons for this controversy?
a. It was made during a national emergency, and the declaration of that emergency was itself controversial.
b. It was made without the support of a special majority.
c. It was made without ratification by State legislatures.
d. It contained provisions, which were controversial.
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The following are different positions about reading and understanding the Constituent Assembly debates.
i. Which of these statements argues that Constituent Assembly debates are relevant even today? Which statement says that they are not relevant?
ii. With which of these positions do you agree and why?
a. Common people are too busy in earning a livelihood and meeting different pressures of life. They can’t understand the legal language of these debates.
b. The conditions and challenges today are different from the time when the Constitution was made. To read the ideas of Constitution makers and use them for our new times is trying to bring past in the present.
c. Our ways of understanding the world and the present challenges have not changed totally. Constituent Assembly debates can provide us reasons why certain practises are important. In a period when constitutional practises are being challenged, not knowing the reasons can destroy them.
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Match the following concepts with appropriate instances:
| (a) Affirmative action | (i) Every adult citizen has a right to vote |
| (b) Equality of opportunity | (ii) Banks offer a higher rate of interest to senior citizen |
| (c) Equal Rights | (iii) Every child should get free education |
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What are generally considered to be the basic minimum requirements of people for living a healthy and productive life? What is the responsibility of governments in trying to ensure this minimum to all?
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Which of the following arguments could be used to justify state action to provide basic minimum conditions of life to all citizens?
(a) Providing free services to the poor and needy can be justified as an act of charity.
(b) Providing all citizens with a basic minimum standard of living is one way of ensuring equality of opportunity.
(c) Some people are naturally lazy and we should be kind to them.
(d) Ensuring basic facilities and a minimum standard of living to all is a recognition of our shared humanity and a human right.
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On what grounds are some rights considered to be universal in nature?
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On what grounds are some rights considered to be universal in nature?
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