Daily Quiz – 30th Mar 2024

Statement 1 is incorrect – Article 18(3) provides that a foreigner holding any office of profit or trust under the State cannot accept any title from any foreign State without the consent of the President. There is no role of Governor in this regard.

Statement 2 is incorrect- Article 18(1) prohibits the State from conferring any title on anybody except a military or academic distinction.

Statement 1 is correct – Article 20(3) provides that No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.

Statement 2 is correct – Article 20(2) provides that No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

Statement 3 is incorrect – Article 22(1) provides that No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may be, of the grounds for such arrest nor shall he be denied the right to consult, and to be defended by, a legal practitioner of his choice.

Statement 1 is incorrect – The right to profess, practice and propagate are subject to public order, morality, health and other provisions relating to fundamental rights.

Statement 2 is incorrect – The State is permitted to regulate or restrict any economic, financial, political or other secular activities associated with religious practice.

Statement 3 is correct - In the context of Article 25, the Hindus include Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists only.

Pair 1 is incorrect – The meaning of Habeas Corpus is ‘to have the body of’. It is an order issued by the court to a person who has detained another person. Thus, this writ is a bulwark of individual liberty against arbitrary detention.

Pair 2 is correct – Mandamus is a command issued by the court to a public official asking him to perform his official duties that he has failed or refused to perform.

Pair 3 is incorrect – Certiorari is issued by a higher court to a lower court or tribunal either to transfer a case pending with the latter to itself or to squash the order of the latter in a case.

Pair 4 is correct - In the literal sense, Quowarranto means ‘by what authority or warrant’. It is issued by the court to enquire into the legality of claim of a person to a public office.

Statement 1 is correct: Article 29 provides that any section of the citizens residing in any part of India having a distinct language, script or culture of its own, shall have the right to conserve the same. The Supreme Court held that the scope of this article is not necessarily restricted to minorities only. This is because of the use of words ‘section of citizens’ in the Article that include minorities as well as majority.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Further, no citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, or language.