UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 47 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on Right Against Exploitation
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicFundamental Rights
- DifficultyEasy
- TypeStatement
Which of the following are envisaged by the Right against Exploitation in the Constitution of India?
1. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
2. Abolition of untouchability
3. Protection of the interests of minorities
4. Prohibition of employment of children in factories and mines
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Answer: C. 1 and 4 only
Verdict
The answer is 1 and 4 only. The Right against Exploitation covers trafficking and forced labour and the prohibition of child employment in factories and mines.
Analysis
Statements 1 and 4 are CORRECT. Article 23 prohibits traffic in human beings, begar and other similar forms of forced labour, and is available against private persons as well as the State. Article 24 prohibits the employment of children below fourteen in any factory, mine or other hazardous activity. Statement 2 is INCORRECT. Abolition of untouchability is Article 17, under the Right to Equality. Statement 3 is INCORRECT. Protection of the interests of minorities is Article 29, under Cultural and Educational Rights.
Source
M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity, chapter on Fundamental Rights.
How to crack it
Learn Part III as six named clusters with their article ranges rather than as a list of rights, since Equality runs 14 to 18, Freedom 19 to 22, Against Exploitation 23 to 24, Freedom of Religion 25 to 28, Cultural and Educational 29 to 30, and Constitutional Remedies 32. Once the ranges are fixed, every question of this shape reduces to placing an article in its cluster, and the distractors are simply rights borrowed from neighbouring clusters.