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Questions : Point out which from the following is not a right enumerated in the Constitution of India but has been articulated by the Supreme Court to be a Fundamental Right.

(a) Right to form associa-tions or unions

(b) Abolition of untoucha-bility

(c) Right to privacy

(d) Equality before law

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Judicial activism has brought the Right to Privacy within the realm of Fundamental Rights.

The Supreme Court of India has construed “right to privacy” as a part of the Fundamental Right to “protection of life and personal liberty” under Article 21 of the Constitution, which states “no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedures established by law”.

In the context of personal liberty, the Supreme Court has observed:

“those who feel called upon to deprive other persons of their personal liberty in the discharge of what they conceive to be their duty must strictly and scrupulously observe the forms and rules of the law”.

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Question : 1

Consider the following statement :

  1. The President can commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
  2. The Governor cannot commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
  3. The President’s power to pardon extends to punishments or sentences by court-martial.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 2 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: (a)

Article 72 mentions:

  1. The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence—
    1. In all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial;
    2. In all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends;
    3. In all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.

Thus, Article 72 empowers the President to grant pardons etc. and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.

Question : 2

In the case of a deadlock between the two Houses of the Parliament, the joint sitting is presided over by the:

a) [ President

b) Speaker of Lok Sabha

c) Vice-President

d) Member of the Lok Sabha specifically elected for the purpose

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

The pardoning power given to the President of India under Article 72 can be exercised:

a) only after the trial and on the sentence of conviction

b) at any time before, during or after the trial

c) during or after trial but never before trial

d) either before or after the trial but never during the trial of the case

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India ?

a) Attorney General

b) Chief Justice of India

c) President

d) Prime Minister

Answer: (c)

The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India, the largest democracy in the world. The President is the formal head of the executive, legislature and judiciary of India and is the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

Question : 5

The Parliament legislates on a State subject if:

  1. The Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by a two-thirds majority that to do so is in the national inter
  2. During times of urgency.
  3. When the legislatives of two or more States resolve that it is lawful for Parliament to do so.
  4. A treaty or international agreement has to be implemented.

a) I, II and III

b) II and III

c) I, III and IV

d) I, II, III and IV

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

When the offices of both Speaker and Deputy Speaker falls vacant –

a) The senior most willing member of Lok Sabha becomes the speaker.

b) The members of Lok Sabha immediately elect a Speaker.

c) The President appoints any member of Lok Sabha as speaker.

d) The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha presides over till the next speaker is elected.

Answer: (c)

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