Public Policy, Rights Issues & Official Languages Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

The Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities under Article 350B is appointed by whom?

Question 2

In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the 'procedure established by law' under Article 21 must be fair, just and reasonable, and not arbitrary?

Question 3

Which language was added to the Eighth Schedule by the 21st Amendment Act in 1967, taking the count from fourteen to fifteen?

Question 4

The Official Languages Act, 1963, provided for the continued use of which language, along with Hindi, for the official purposes of the Union even after 1965?

Question 5

How many languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution today?

Question 6

Article 343 declares that the official language of the Union shall be which language, in which script?

Question 7

Article 311(2) lays down that a civil servant may be dismissed, removed or reduced in rank only after an inquiry. How many exceptions to this inquiry requirement does it list?

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About Public Policy, Rights Issues & Official Languages

This quiz is meant for students preparing for the IAS examination and other competitive tests, and for anyone who wants to understand how the Constitution guides government policy, protects the rights of citizens and weaker sections, and settles the question of language. It covers three connected areas. The first is public policy: the Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV, how the courts have balanced them against the Fundamental Rights, and the big rights-based laws that have grown out of them. The second is rights issues: the Fundamental Rights in depth, the landmark judgments on privacy, equality and personal liberty, and the special provisions and protective laws for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes, women, children, persons with disabilities, transgender persons and senior citizens. The third is official languages: Part XVII of the Constitution, the Eighth Schedule, the classical languages, and the special provisions in the Fifth and Sixth Schedules and in Article 371. When complete it will have one hundred and twenty carefully checked questions, arranged in five packs of twenty-four.

Every question has four options, and the correct option can be in any position. After each question there is a detailed explanation of more than five lines, in simple Indian English that a school student can follow. The explanation gives the relevant Article, amendment, case or Act, the important numbers such as the twenty-two languages of the Eighth Schedule and the fifty per cent ceiling on reservations, and the points that examiners like to test.

A few questions in the first pack carry a photograph of the Constitution, Parliament or the Supreme Court, only to set the scene; the picture never gives away the answer. Every fact has been checked against the text of the Constitution and the relevant Acts and judgments, and against standard reference books on Indian polity.