V. Answer the following questions in brier.
1. Explain the significance of the Fundamental Rights in our day to day life.
2. Explain the Right to Freedom of Religion.
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'The Fundamental Rights are justiciable and are protected by the Court! In the light of the above
statement, explain the Right to Constitutional Remedies.
Mention any three Directive Principles of State Policy that have been implemented.
5. Why does the government sometimes make exceptions to help a particular religious community?
Justify your answer with examples from recent times.
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E. Asnwer the following questions.
1. Explain the five provisions given under the 'Right to Equality'.
2. 'Our Fundamental Rights are not absolute or unilimited' Support the statement by giving any five
suitable examples.
3. Classify Directive Principles of State Policy into four main categories. Explain each of them briefly.
4. Highlight the main provisions of the Right to Freedom.
5. Inspite of freedom of religion, why does communal tension persist in certain parts of the country some
times? Suggest ways and means to establish communal harmony.
Answers
Explanation:
1......India, like most other democracies in the world, some rights are mentioned in the Constitution. These rights are fundamental to our life and are given a special status. They are called Fundamental Rights. It talks about securing for all its citizens equality, liberty and justice. Fundamental Rights are an important basic feature of the Indian Constitution. These are preserved in the Part III of the Constitution. Importance' of Fundamental Rights:
(i) Fundamental Rights create a feeling of security amongst the minorities in the country.
(ii) No democracy can function in the absence of basic rights such as freedom of speech and expression.
(iii) Fundamental Rights grant the standards of conduct, citizenship, justice and fair play. They act as a check on the government.
2........Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching practice and observance.
3.........(1). It denotes the ideals that the State should keep in mind while formulating policies and enacting laws.
(2)It resembles the ‘Instrument of Instructions’ enumerated in the Government of India Act of 1935. In the words of Dr B R Ambedkar, ‘the Directive Principles are like the instrument of instructions, which were issued to the Governor-General and to the Governors of the colonies of India by the British Government under the Government of India Act of 1935.
What is called Directive Principles is merely another name for the instrument of instructions. The only difference is that they are instructions to the legislature and the executive’.
(3.) It constitutes a very comprehensive economic, social and political programme for a modern democratic State which aimed at realising the high ideals of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity as outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution. They embody the concept of a ‘welfare state’ which was absent during the colonial era.