UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 1: Social Justice – Concepts and Constitutional Framework (22 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 1: Social Justice – Concepts and Constitutional Framework (22 MCQs) – 22 questions, subject: Social Justice. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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Article 15(4) of the Constitution was added by the:
Correct Answer: B [Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951]
Explanation:
after Champakam Dorairajan.
Which Article abolishes untouchability?
Correct Answer: B [Article 17]
Explanation:
Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form and makes enforcing any disability arising from it an offence.
The National Commission for Backward Classes was given constitutional status by the:
Correct Answer: C [102nd Amendment]
Explanation:
The 102nd Amendment (2018) inserted Article 338B, making the National Commission for Backward Classes a constitutional body.
The Directive Principle that asks the State to promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs and weaker sections is:
Correct Answer: C [Article 46]
Explanation:
Article 46 directs the State to promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs and weaker sections and protect them from exploitation.
In which case did the Supreme Court exclude the "creamy layer" from OBC reservation?
Correct Answer: B [Indra Sawhney v. Union of India]
Explanation:
Indra Sawhney (1992) upheld 27 per cent OBC reservation but required the socially advanced creamy layer to be excluded.
Reservation in promotion for SCs and STs was enabled by inserting:
Correct Answer: B [Article 16(4A)]
Explanation:
77th Amendment.
The capability approach to justice is associated with:
Correct Answer: A [Amartya Sen]
Explanation:
Amartya Sen's capability approach judges justice by what people are actually able to do and be – health, education, freedom from want.
The Kaka Kalelkar Commission was the first commission on:
Correct Answer: B [backward classes]
Explanation:
1953, under Article 340.
In which case did the Supreme Court uphold Article 16(4A) but require the State to show data on backwardness and inadequacy of representation before providing reservation in promotion?
Correct Answer: C [M. Nagaraj v. Union of India]
Explanation:
M. Nagaraj (2006) upheld Article 16(4A), subject to quantifiable data on backwardness, inadequacy of representation and administrative efficiency.
Consider the following statements:
1. The 103rd Amendment provides up to 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections.
2. The 106th Amendment reserves one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha for women, to take effect after delimitation.
3. The 104th Amendment extended nomination of Anglo-Indians to the Lok Sabha till 2030.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
The 103rd Amendment allows up to 10 per cent EWS reservation and the 106th reserves one-third of Lok Sabha seats for women.
The lists of Scheduled Castes for each State are notified by the:
Correct Answer: A [President]
Explanation:
Article 341.
Free legal aid was added as a Directive Principle by the:
Correct Answer: D [42nd Amendment]
Explanation:
Article 39A.
The Mandal Commission recommended a reservation for OBCs of:
Correct Answer: C [27 per cent]
Explanation:
The Mandal Commission (report 1980) recommended 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, applied to central jobs in 1990.
Who said that India was entering "a life of contradictions" in his last speech to the Constituent Assembly?
Correct Answer: D [B. R. Ambedkar]
Explanation:
25 November 1949.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Indra Sawhney judgment
2. Kalelkar Commission
3. Davinder Singh judgment
4. 89th Amendment creating a separate NCST
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-1-4-3]
Explanation:
1953, 1992, 2003, 2024.
Which of the following is a statutory, not a constitutional, body?
Correct Answer: D [National Commission for Women]
Explanation:
statutory, National Commission for Women Act, 1990 (Commission set up on 31 January 1992).
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was created in:
Correct Answer: A [1999]
Explanation:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was set up in 1999, carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, to focus on Scheduled Tribes.
The EWS reservation was upheld by the Supreme Court in:
Correct Answer: C [Janhit Abhiyan]
Explanation:
2022, by 3:2.
Assertion (A): Article 15(4) was added to the Constitution in 1951.
Reason (R): In Champakam Dorairajan, the Supreme Court struck down the Madras Communal G.O. on admissions.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Both are true and linked: the Champakam Dorairajan verdict (1951) led Parliament to insert Article 15(4) through the First Amendment.
Tamil Nadu's 69 per cent reservation law was placed in the Ninth Schedule by the:
Correct Answer: D [76th Amendment]
Explanation:
The 76th Amendment (1994) placed Tamil Nadu's 1993 Act providing 69 per cent reservation in the Ninth Schedule.
Which part of the Constitution of India declares the ideal of a Welfare State?
Correct Answer: A [Directive Principles of State Policy]
Explanation:
Part IV (Articles 36–51), especially Article 38, aims at a welfare State.
The ideal of "Welfare State" in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its
Correct Answer: B [Directive Principles of State Policy]
Explanation:
Articles 38, 39, 41–43 and 47 set out the welfare goals.
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