Democratic Rights quiz

The number of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution is:

Which right allows a citizen to go to court if Fundamental Rights are violated?

The National Human Rights Commission was set up in:

Untouchability is abolished under the:

Guantanamo Bay is associated with the detention of prisoners by:

The Right to Information Act was passed in:

Employing children below 14 in hazardous work is banned under the:

Kosovo was a province of the former country of:

The Right to Education guarantees free and compulsory education for children aged:

Which is not a freedom under the Right to Freedom?

Why are rights necessary for the very sustenance of a democracy? (2 marks)

What happened in Kosovo under Milosevic? (2 marks)

Name two freedoms under the Right to Freedom. (2 marks)

What does the Right to Freedom of Religion include? (2 marks)

What are Cultural and Educational Rights? (2 marks)

What is a Public Interest Litigation? (2 marks)

What can the NHRC do and not do? (2 marks)

Why are rights not absolute? (2 marks)

How has the right to life been expanded by the courts? (2 marks)

Name two rights given in the South African constitution that are not Fundamental Rights in India. (2 marks)

In a city, 80 cases of child labour were reported in 2020 and 52 cases in 2025. Find the percentage decrease. (3 marks)

The NHRC was set up in 1993 and the Constitution came into force in 1950. How many years later was the NHRC set up? How many years old was it in 2026? (3 marks)

Out of 400 RTI applications filed in a district office, 280 got replies within 30 days, 80 got late replies and the rest got no reply. Find the percentage of each. (3 marks)

In a state, 25 lakh families are eligible for subsidised grain under the National Food Security Act. Each family gets 35 kg of grain a month. Find the total grain needed per month in tonnes. (1 tonne = 1000 kg.) (3 marks)

About 600 people were held at Guantanamo Bay. If 80% were later released without being charged, how many were released? What right was denied to them? (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A factory owner forces workers to work 14 hours a day without proper wages. Some are children, and some workers took loans from him and must work until they repay. (i) Which Fundamental Right is violated? (ii) What is the system of working to repay loans called? (iii) What can the workers do? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A government office refused to give a citizen information about how money for a road in his village was spent. He applied under a law and got the information within 30 days. (i) Name the law used. (ii) Why is this right important in a democracy? (iii) Which Fundamental Right is it linked to? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In Saudi Arabia, citizens cannot elect their rulers or form political parties, women face many restrictions, and the media cannot report anything that the monarch does not like. (i) Which rights are missing for citizens of Saudi Arabia? (ii) Why is this not a democracy? (iii) How are Indian citizens protected from such restrictions? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A person was arrested and kept in custody for a week without being produced before a magistrate. His family filed a petition in the High Court. (i) Which right was violated? (ii) Within how many hours must an arrested person be produced before a magistrate? (iii) What can the court do? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. A school run by a linguistic minority community was told by local officials that it could not teach in its own language. (i) Which Fundamental Right protects the community? (ii) What does this right allow? (iii) Why is it important for minorities? (5 marks)

Draw a chart of the six Fundamental Rights. Explain any four with examples. (6 marks)

Draw a flowchart showing how citizens can protect their rights through courts, NHRC and public action. Explain each step. (6 marks)

Draw a chart comparing life with rights and without rights using examples from the chapter. Explain why rights are needed in a democracy. (6 marks)

Draw a timeline of the expansion of rights in India: Constitution 1950, NHRC 1993, RTI 2005, RTE 2009, NFSA 2013. Explain the importance of each. (6 marks)

Draw a chart showing the Right to Equality and its five provisions. Explain how each promotes social justice. (6 marks)