CBSE Class 9 Political Science Democratic Rights MCQs

Question. Which one of the following is not a Political Right?
a) Right to vote
b) Right to seek any political office
c) Right to freedom
d) Right to contest election

Answer : B

Question. Which of these is not allowed under the Culture and Educational Right in India?
a) All minority groups have the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.
b) Every cultural group has the right to protect its language and culture.
c) Admissions can be denied on the basis of religion and culture in government aided educational organizations set up by cultural groups.
d) None of the options

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following freedoms is not available to an Indian citizen?
a) Freedom to reside in any part of the country
b) Freedom to criticize the government
c) Freedom to participate in armed rebellion
d) All the options

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following practices is against the secular philosophy of the country?
a) To practice a religion of choice
b) To change ones religion
c) To propagate ones religion
d) To offer religious instruction in government schools

Answer : D

Question. Which among the following is correct regarding PIL?
a) Public Interest Legislature
b) Public Interest Litigation
c) Public Information Litigation
d) Public Information Legislature

Answer : B

Question. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Fundamental Rights?
a) Parents property is inherited by the children.
b) Workers from Uttar Pradesh go to Punjab to work on the farms.
c) Christian missionaries set up a chain of missionary schools
d) Men and women government employees get the same salary.

Answer : A

Question. Which of these is not a freedom available under the Right to Freedom in India?
a) Freedom to incite people to rebel against the government
b) Freedom of speech and expression
c) Freedom to assemble in a peaceful manner
d) Freedom to form associations and unions

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following Fundamental Rights prohibits traffic in human beings?
a) Right to freedom
b) Right to equality
c) Right to freedom of religion
d) Right against exploitation

Answer : D

Question. The National Human Right Commission is an independent commission, set up by the law in the year :
a) 1999
b) 1995
c) 1993
d) 2001

Answer : C

Question. Who called the right to constitutional remedies as the heart and soul of the constitution?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) J.L. Nehru
c) b) R. Ambedkar
d) Rajendra Prasad

Answer : C

Question. Which one of the following rights is available to the citizens of India and not to the citizens of Saudi Arabia?
a) Citizens enjoy the freedom of religion
b) Women are subjected to many public restrictions
c) Citizens cannot form political parties
d) The country is ruled by a hereditary king

Answer : A

Question. The Indian Constitution prescribes Fundamental Rights in:
a) part III
b) part VII
c) part V
d) part IV

Answer : A

Question. Which one of the following fundamental rights is called the heart and soul of Indian constitution?
a) Right to freedom of religion
b) Right to equality
c) Right to freedom
d) Right to constitutional remedies

Answer : D

Question. Civil Rights are given to the individual by:
a) Nature
b) God
c) The State
d) The people

Answer : C

Question. India is a secular state. What does the word secular mean?
a) The state allows only the majority to propagate their religion
b) The state has no religion of its own
c) The state gives protection to the Hindu religion
d) None of the options.

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following rights is not available under the fundamental rights?
a) Right to property
b) Right to protect ones culture
c) Right to Freedom
d) Right to Equality

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right?
a) Right to Vote
b) Right to Freedom
c) Right to Equality
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. Cultural and Educational Rights are safeguarded mainly for :
a) Men
b) Women
c) children
d) minorities

Answer : D

Question. Which among the following cannot be challenged in a court?
a) Fundamental Rights
b) Directive principles of state policy
c) Freedom to choose any profession or business
d) Right to move freely to any part of the country

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following freedom is not available to an Indian citizen?
a) Freedom to participate in armed revolution
b) Freedom to oppose the government
c) Freedom to start a movement to change the government
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. Laws have been made to prohibit children from working in which of these industries?
a) Fire crackers and matches
b) Printing and dyeing
c) All the options
d) Beedi making

Answer : C

Question. What is meant by begar?
a) Practice of begging
b) Practice of forcing workers to work without any wages
c) Practice of encouraging workers to work at normal wages
d) Both Practice of forcing workers to work without any wages and Practice of encouraging workers to work at normal wages

Answer : B

Question. One of the forms of exploitation as mentioned in the constitution is traffic) What does it mean?
a) Buying and selling of human beings
b) Transport system
c) Buying and selling of goods
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. Which of these rights is/are provided to a person arrested by the government or police?
a) To be informed of the reasons of his arrest
b) To engage a lawyer for his defense
c) To be produced before a magistrate within 24 hrs of his arrest
d) All the options

Answer : D

Question. Which of these is false regarding the Freedom of Speech and Expression?
a) One can use it to incite people against the government
b) One may disagree with a policy of the government
c) Everyone has a right to think differently
d) One is free to criticize the government

Answer : A

Question. What does the Constitution say about the practice of untouchability?
a) Its practice in any form is punishable by law
b) Since it is an age-old custom, it should be respected
c) Both It stands abolished and Its practice in any form is punishable by law
d) It stands abolished

Answer : C

Question. What does Right to Equality say about the public jobs?
a) All citizens will be provided with equal opportunity in matters of employment
b) Jobs will be reserved for the more meritorious students
c) Jobs will be provided to all by the government
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following terms is correct for the feature of the Indian constitution stating that no person is above the law?
a) Rule of law
b) Application of law
c) State of law
d) Governance by law

Answer : A

Question. How many Fundamental Rights does the Indian constitution provide?
a) 5
b) 7
c) 6
d) 8

Answer : C

Question. When was the NHRC set up?
a) 2001
b) 1996
c) 1998
d) 1993

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a Fundamental Right?
a) Parents property is inherited by their children
b) Workers from Bihar go to Punjab to work on the farms
c) Christian mission sets up a chain of missionary schools
d) Religion is not taken into consideration during admission in schools

Answer : A

Question. What is meant by the term writ?
a) A formal document containing an order of the court to the government
b) Written laws
c) Basic features of the Constitution
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. What did Dr. Ambedkar refer to the Right to Constitutional Remedies as?
a) The heart and soul of our Constitution
b) The heart of our Constitution
c) The soul of our Constitution
d) The brain of our Constitution

Answer : C

Question. If our Fundamental Rights are violated, where can we seek the remedy?
a) Council of Ministers
b) Parliament
c) Election Commission
d) Supreme Court or High Courts

Answer : D

Question. The right to seek the enforcement of all Fundamental Rights is called :
a) Cultural and Educational Rights
b) Right to Freedom
c) Right against Exploitation
d) Right to Constitutional Remedies

Answer : D

Question. Which of these is not seen as a standard of human rights by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?
a) Right to health
b) Right to accumulate wealth
c) Right to social security and insurance
d) Right to adequate standard of living

Answer : B

Question. Which of these is/are the new rights guaranteed by the constitution of South Africa for its citizens?
a) All the options
b) Right to have access to adequate housing
c) Right to an environment that is not harmful to the peoples health
d) Right to privacy

Answer : A

Question. Under which Fundamental Right has the Parliament enacted a law giving the Right to Information to the citizens?
a) Right to freedom of thought and expression
b) Right to freedom of religion
c) Right to freedom of equality
d) Right to constitutional remedies

Answer : A

Question. The government is responsible for providing free and compulsory education to all the children up to the age of :
a) 18 years
b) 14 years
c) 12 years
d) 16 years

Answer : B

Question. What can be done in case of infringement of the rights in a democracy?
a) None of the options
b) Citizens are helpless; they cannot do anything
c) They can approach courts to protect their rights
d) They can ask their representatives to do the needful

Answer : C

Question. Which body exposed to the world that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were being tortured in ways that violated the US laws?
a) Amnesty International
b) International Court of Justice
c) United Nations
d) Supreme Court of USA

Answer : A

Question. What was the reason given by America for imprisoning people at Guantanamo Bay?
a) They were planning to set up a Communist government in USa)
b) America considered them as enemies and linked them to the attack on New York on 11th September, 2001.
c) They were planning to kill the US President.
d) They had been caught spying.

Answer : B

Question. Which of these options is not correct regarding Saudi Arabian political system?
a) There is no freedom of religion
b) Citizens cannot form political parties
c) The king selects the executive, legislature and judiciary
d) None of the options

Answer : D

Question. What is the position of women in Saudi Arabia?
a) Women are subjected to many public restrictions
b) They are offered high positions
c) Women are given equal status with men
d) Women are given all the rights

Answer : A

Question. Of which country was Kosovo a province before its split?
a) Yugoslavia
b) USSR
c) South Africa
d) Germany

Answer : A

Question. What was Milosevics attitude towards the Albanians?
a) He wanted to bring equality between Serbs and Albanians
b) He wanted Serbs to dominate the Albanians
c) Both His government was hostile to the Kosovo Albanians and He wanted Serbs to dominate the Albanians
d) His government was hostile to the Kosovo Albanians

Answer : C

Question. How was the massacre of Albanians finally stopped?
a) Several countries intervened to stop the massacre
b) The UN ordered for Milosevics arrest
c) The Serbs turned against Milosevic
d) Milosevic reformed himself

Answer : A

Question. What was the result of the intervention of other countries to stop the killings of Albanians?
a) Led to further army action by Milosevic
b) Milosevic lost power and was tried for crimes against humanity
c) The other countries were punished by UNO for interfering in another country
d) None of the options

Answer : B

Question. What is meant by rights?
a) Claims of a person over other fellow beings, society and the government
b) Ones demand to get everything without sharing with others
c) Not possessing any freedoms
d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. Which of these statements about the relationship between democracy and rights is more valid?
a) Every country that gives rights to its citizens is a democracy
b) Every country that is a democracy gives rights to its citizens
c) Giving rights is good, but it is not necessary for a democracy
d) All the options

Answer : A