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Democratic Rights · CBSE STD 9 (CBSE - English Medium). 79 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
If anyone violates our Fundamental Rights we can directly approach the:
  • A
    Prime Minister.
  • ✓
    Supreme Court.
  • C
    President.
  • D
    Vice President.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Supreme Court.
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MCQ 21 Mark
Which of these is not allowed under the Culture and Educational Right in India?
  • A
    A.Every cultural group has the right to protect its language and culture.
  • ✓
    Admissions can be denied on the basis of religion and culture in government aided educational organisations Set up by cultural groups.
  • C
    All minority groups have the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Admissions can be denied on the basis of religion and culture in government aided educational organisations Set up by cultural groups.
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MCQ 31 Mark
About $600$ hundred people from all over the world were put in a prison in Guantanamo Bay by the.
  • ✓
    $US$ forces.
  • B
    Japanese forces.
  • C
    German forces.
  • D
    British forces.
Answer
Correct option: A.
$US$ forces.
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MCQ 41 Mark
When fellow citizens or the government do not respect these rights we call it violation or $......$ of our rights.
  • A
    Breach.
  • ✓
    Infringement.
  • C
    Infraction.
  • D
    Transgression.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Infringement.
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MCQ 51 Mark
Who called the right to constitutional remedies as the heart and soul of the constitution?
  • A
    J.L. Nehru.
  • ✓
    B. R. Ambedkar.
  • C
    Mahatma Gandhi.
  • D
    Rajendra Prasad.
Answer
Correct option: B.
B. R. Ambedkar.
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which of the Fundamental Rights is called ‘the heart and soul’ of the Indian Constitution?
  • A
    Right to Equality.
  • B
    Right to Freedom of Religion.
  • ✓
    Right to Constitutional Remedies.
  • D
    Cultural and Educational Rights.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Right to Constitutional Remedies.
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MCQ 71 Mark
Which one of the following is not a Political Right?
  • A
    Right to contest election.
  • B
    Right to vote.
  • C
    Right to seek any political office.
  • ✓
    Right to freedom.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Right to freedom.
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MCQ 81 Mark
Rights are provided mainly in a $......$
  • ✓
    Democracy.
  • B
    Monarchy.
  • C
    Dictatorship.
  • D
    All.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Democracy.
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MCQ 91 Mark
Which among the following is correct regarding $\text{PIL}?$
  • A
    Public Interest Legislature Litigation.
  • ✓
    Public Interest.
  • C
    Public information Litigation Legislature.
  • D
    Public Information.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Public Interest.
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MCQ 101 Mark
Which of these statements about the relationship between democracy and rights is more valid?
  • A
    Every country that is a democracy gives rights to its citizens.
  • ✓
    Every country that gives rights to its citizens is a democracy.
  • C
    Giving rights is good, but it is not necessary for a democracy.
  • D
    All of the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Every country that gives rights to its citizens is a democracy.
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MCQ 111 Mark
Rights $........$ Select the correct statement.
  • ✓
    Rights are guarantees which can be used when things go wrong.
  • B
    Let the citizens do whatever they want.
  • C
    Let us hurt others.
  • D
    Do not protect the citizens.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Rights are guarantees which can be used when things go wrong.
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MCQ 121 Mark
What did Dr. Ambedkar refer to the ‘Right to Constitutional Remedies’ as?
  • A
    The brain of our Constitution.
  • ✓
    The heart and soul of our Constitution.
  • C
    The heart of our Constitution.
  • D
    The soul of our Constitution.
Answer
Correct option: B.
The heart and soul of our Constitution.
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MCQ 131 Mark
What is meant by ‘begar’?
  • A
    Practice of begging.
  • ✓
    Practice of forcing workers to work without any wages.
  • C
    Practice of encouraging workers to work at normal wages.
  • D
    Both $(b)$ and $(c)$
Answer
Correct option: B.
Practice of forcing workers to work without any wages.
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MCQ 141 Mark
The government shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth$-$which right is this?
  • A
    Right to Freedom.
  • ✓
    Right to Equality.
  • C
    Cultural and educational rights.
  • D
    Right against exploitation.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Right to Equality.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Which of these is false regarding the Freedom of Speech and Expression?
  • A
    Everyone has a right to think differently.
  • B
    One may disagree with a policy of the government.
  • ✓
    One can use it to incite people against the government.
  • D
    One is free to criticise the government.
Answer
Correct option: C.
One can use it to incite people against the government.
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MCQ 161 Mark
The freedom $...........$ is not included in the Right to Freedom given in the Constitution of India:
  • A
    Of speech and expression.
  • B
    To practice any profession.
  • C
    To assemble with arms.
  • ✓
    To form associations.
Answer
Correct option: D.
To form associations.
Right to freedom is one of the most fundamental rights assured by the Indian constitution. It is the because of the prevalence of these freedoms that make democracy purposeful. Right to freedom generates liberty of expression and speech, association, or assembly or cooperatives, movement, right to practice any occupation or profession, right to liberty and life, protection and offenses against detention and arrest in many cases.
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MCQ 171 Mark
Saudi Arabia is ruled by $.........?$
  • A
    Democracy.
  • B
    Dictatorship.
  • C
    Federal Government.
  • ✓
    Monarchy.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Monarchy.
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MCQ 181 Mark
Which of the following statements is wrong?
  • A
    We have freedom to travel to any part of the country.
  • B
    We have freedom of speech and expression.
  • ✓
    Untouchability is not a punishable offence.
  • D
    Everyone is equal before the law.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Untouchability is not a punishable offence.
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MCQ 191 Mark
One of the forms of exploitation as mentioned in the constitution is ‘traffic’. What does it mean?
  • A
    Transport system.
  • ✓
    Buying and selling of human beings.
  • C
    Buying and selling of goods.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Buying and selling of human beings.
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MCQ 201 Mark
A person who is arrested and detained shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of $.......$ of arrest.
  • A
    $12$ hours
  • ✓
    $24$ hours
  • C
    $35$ hours
  • D
    $48$ hours
Answer
Correct option: B.
$24$ hours
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MCQ 211 Mark
The right to seek the enforcement of all Fundamental Rights is called:
  • A
    Right against Exploitation.
  • B
    Right to Freedom.
  • ✓
    Right to Constitutional Remedies.
  • D
    Cultural and Educational Rights.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Right to Constitutional Remedies.
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MCQ 221 Mark
Why do we need rights in a democracy?
  • A
    For sustenance of a democracy.
  • B
    To protect minorities from the oppression of majority.
  • ✓
     Both $(a)$ and $(b).$
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: C.
 Both $(a)$ and $(b).$
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MCQ 231 Mark
What does $'\text{PIL}'$ stand for?
  • A
    People's Interest Litigation.
  • B
    Public Interest Law.
  • C
    Public International Litigation.
  • ✓
    Public Interest Litigation.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Public Interest Litigation.
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MCQ 241 Mark
Cultural and Educational Rights are safeguarded mainly for:
  • A
    Women.
  • ✓
    Minorities.
  • C
    Children.
  • D
    Men.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Minorities.
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MCQ 251 Mark
Which is not a Fundamental Right?
  • A
    Right of equality.
  • B
    Right to Freedom.
  • ✓
    Right to Education.
  • D
    Right against exploitation.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Right to Education.
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MCQ 261 Mark
Who called the Right to Constitutional Remedies the heart and soul of our Constitution.
  • A
    Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • ✓
    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  • C
    Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
  • D
    Smt. Indira Gandhi
Answer
Correct option: B.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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MCQ 271 Mark
The National Human Right Commission is an independent commission, set up by the law in the year:
  • ✓
    $1993$
  • B
    $1995$
  • C
    $1999$
  • D
    $2001$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1993$
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MCQ 281 Mark
What was the reason given by America for imprisoning people at Guantanamo Bay?
  • A
    They had been caught spying.
  • B
    They were planning to kill the $US$ President.
  • C
    They were planning to set up a Communist government in $\text{USA}.$
  • ✓
    America considered them as enemies and linked them to the attack on New York on $11^{th}$ September, $2001.$
Answer
Correct option: D.
America considered them as enemies and linked them to the attack on New York on $11^{th}$ September, $2001.$
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MCQ 291 Mark
Which body exposed to the world that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were being tortured in ways that violated the $US$ laws?
  • A
    United Nations.
  • B
    International Court of Justice.
  • ✓
    Amnesty International.
  • D
    Supreme Court of $\text{USA}.$
Answer
Correct option: C.
Amnesty International.
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MCQ 301 Mark
In Saudi Arabia$-$which is not true?
  • A
    Country is ruled by a hereditary king.
  • B
    The king selects the legislature as well as the executive.
  • C
    Citizens cannot form political parties or any political organisations.
  • ✓
    There is freedom of religion.
Answer
Correct option: D.
There is freedom of religion.
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MCQ 321 Mark
Which of these options is not correct regarding Saudi Arabian political system?
  • A
    The king selects the executive, legislature and judiciary.
  • B
    Citizens cannot form political parties.
  • C
    There is no freedom of religion.
  • ✓
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
None of the above.
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MCQ 331 Mark
How was the massacre of Albanians finally stopped?
  • A
    The $UN$ ordered for Milosevic’s arrest.
  • ✓
    Several countries intervened to stop the massacre.
  • C
    The Serbs turned against Milosevic.
  • D
    Milosevic reformed himself.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Several countries intervened to stop the massacre.
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MCQ 341 Mark
What is the foundation of any democracy?
  • A
    Right to Freedom.
  • ✓
    Rule of Law.
  • C
    Right to vote.
  • D
    Fundamental rights.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Rule of Law.
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MCQ 351 Mark
Salman Rushdie’s book that has been banned in India on the ground that it is disrespectful to prophet Mohammed is.
  • A
    Mignight’s children.
  • B
    Two years eight months.
  • C
    The moor’s last sigh.
  • ✓
    The Satami Verses.
Answer
Correct option: D.
The Satami Verses.
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MCQ 361 Mark
Civil Rights are given to the individual by:
  • A
    Nature
  • B
    God
  • ✓
    The State
  • D
    The people
Answer
Correct option: C.
The State
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MCQ 371 Mark
Children below the age of cannot be employed in any factory or mine or in any other hazardous work.
  • A
    $12$
  • B
    $13$
  • ✓
    $14$
  • D
    $15$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$14$
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MCQ 381 Mark
What can be done in case of infringement of the rights in a democracy?
  • A
    Citizens are helpless; they cannot do anything.
  • ✓
    They can approach courts to protect their rights.
  • C
    They can ask their representatives to do the needful.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
They can approach courts to protect their rights.
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MCQ 391 Mark
Kosovo was a province of $.........$ before its split.
  • A
    Vietnam
  • B
    Zimbabwe
  • C
    Sri Lanka
  • ✓
    Yugoslavia
Answer
Correct option: D.
Yugoslavia
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MCQ 401 Mark
Which of the following terms is correct for the feature of the Indian constitution stating that no person is above the law?
  • A
    State of law.
  • B
    Application of law.
  • ✓
    Rule of law.
  • D
    Governance by law.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Rule of law.
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MCQ 411 Mark
Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right?
  • A
    Workers from Bihar go to the Punjab to work on the farms.
  • B
    Christian missions set up a chain of missionary schools.
  • C
    Men and women government employees get the same salary.
  • ✓
    Parents’ property is inherited by their children.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Parents’ property is inherited by their children.
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MCQ 431 Mark
Amnesty international works for:
  • ✓
    Human right.
  • B
    Trade unions.
  • C
    Poor children.
  • D
    Deprived people.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Human right.
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MCQ 441 Mark
Which one of the following is a violation of the Right to Life or personal liberty?
  • A
    An arrested person is informed of the reason for arrest.
  • B
    He is produced in a court within $24$ hours of being arrested.
  • ✓
    He is not allowed to consult a lawyer.
  • D
    He was shown the warrant for his arrest in advance.
Answer
Correct option: C.
He is not allowed to consult a lawyer.
Article $21$ of the Constitution of India$, 1950$ provides that, “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.” 'Life' in Article $21$ of the Constitution is not merely the physical act of breathing.
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MCQ 451 Mark
What main rights are given in the constitution of India?
  • A
    Basic rights.
  • ✓
    Fundamental rights.
  • C
    Liberty rights.
  • D
    Human rights.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Fundamental rights.
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MCQ 461 Mark
Which one is not a Fundamental Right?
  • A
    Right to Equality.
  • B
    Right to Freedom.
  • ✓
    Right to use influence in personal work.
  • D
    Right to freedom of Religion.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Right to use influence in personal work.
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MCQ 471 Mark
The country which denies freedom of religion is.
  • A
    Israel.
  • ✓
    Saudi Arabia.
  • C
    Iran.
  • D
    Yugoslavia.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Saudi Arabia.
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MCQ 481 Mark
What was the result of the intervention of other countries to stop the killings of Albanians?
  • ✓
    Milosevic lost power and was tried for crimes against humanity.
  • B
    The other countries were punished by $\text{UNO}$ for interfering in another country.
  • C
    Led to further army action by Milosevic.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Milosevic lost power and was tried for crimes against humanity.
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MCQ 491 Mark
Which one of the following rights is available to the citizens of India and not to the citizens of Saudi Arabia?
  • A
    The country is ruled by a hereditary king.
  • B
    Citizens cannot form political parties.
  • C
    Women are subjected to many public restrictions.
  • ✓
    Citizens enjoy the freedom of religion.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Citizens enjoy the freedom of religion.
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MCQ 501 Mark
What does Right to Freedom mean?
  • ✓
    Freedom of Speech and Expression.
  • B
    Equality before the law.
  • C
    Freedom of Religion.
  • D
    Right against Exploitation.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Freedom of Speech and Expression.
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