{"id":3985,"date":"2025-11-30T21:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:03:50","slug":"mcqs-based-on-political-science-247","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=3985","title":{"rendered":"MCQs Based On Political Science- (247)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. Which of the following is <em>not<\/em> covered under Article 21 as interpreted by the Supreme Court?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Right to live with human dignity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Right to vote in elections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Right to shelter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Right to privacy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Right to vote in elections <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Article 21 guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, which has been expanded by the Supreme Court to include various derived rights like dignity, shelter, and privacy.<br\/>\nHowever, the right to vote is a statutory right, not a fundamental right, and is governed by the Representation of the People Act.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. What did the Supreme Court rule in the <em>Maneka Gandhi case (1978)<\/em> regarding Article 21?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Law must follow only procedure, regardless of fairness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Right to life means only physical survival<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Procedure under law must be just, fair, and reasonable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Personal liberty can be suspended during peacetime<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Procedure under law must be just, fair, and reasonable <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The Maneka Gandhi case expanded the scope of Article 21. The Court held that &#8220;procedure established by law&#8221; must be just, fair, and reasonable, thus aligning it with the \u201cdue process\u201d concept in the U.S. Constitution. This overruled the narrow interpretation in the A.K. Gopalan case.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. Which constitutional amendment inserted Article 21A into the Indian Constitution?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">42nd Amendment, 1976<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">44th Amendment, 1978<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">86th Amendment, 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">93rd Amendment, 2005<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. 86th Amendment, 2002 <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The 86th Amendment added Article 21A, making the right to free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years a Fundamental Right. It also modified Article 45 and added a new duty under Article 51A (k).\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. Which of the following is a preventive detention law still in force in India?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA), 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), 1971<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> UAPA, though originally enacted in 1967, has been amended several times (2004, 2008, 2012, 2019) and is still in force.<br\/>\nMISA, POTA, and TADA have all been repealed due to misuse and criticism.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. Under Article 22, preventive detention without advisory board approval can last for how many months (as per current practice)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">1 month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">2 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">3 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">6 months<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. 3 months <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Although the 44th Amendment (1978) reduced this period to 2 months, that provision has not been enforced. Hence, the maximum period of preventive detention without advisory board approval remains 3 months.\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. Which of the following is not covered under Article 21 as interpreted by the Supreme Court? View Answer Correct Option: 2. Right to vote in elections Explanation: Article 21 guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, which has been expanded by the Supreme Court to include various derived rights like dignity, shelter, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[540,555,222,21,190,31,121,554,221,20,168],"class_list":["post-3985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-science","tag-article-21","tag-article-22","tag-bank-exams","tag-competitive-exams","tag-indian-constitution","tag-mcq","tag-political-science","tag-preventive-detention-law","tag-rrb-exams","tag-ssc-cgl","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3985"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}