Polity Practice Quiz 141

Q1.What role does the government have in protecting the environment?

A. Encourage and support factories to adopt cleaner technologies B. Close down all polluting industries immediately C. Provide subsidies to workers who lose jobs D. Relocate industries to other countries

Q2.What should the government do to factories that pollute?

A. Provide them with tax breaks B. Fine them C. Shut them down permanently D. Ignore them

Q3.What is a major role of the government?

A. To promote private companies B. To control activities of private companies by making, enforcing and upholding laws C. To maximize profits for businesses D. To reduce the number of laws

Q4.What right has the courts upheld as intrinsic to the Right to Life?

A. Right to education B. Right to healthy environment C. Right to free speech D. Right to property

Q5.What must people demand, according to the text, to achieve the Right to Life for all?

A. Stronger laws protecting workers' interests B. Reduction in government regulations C. Privatization of industries D. Lower taxes for companies

Q6.Which case established the right to health as part of the Right to Life?

A. Hakim Sheikh case B. Mumbai slum-dwellers case C. Pollution case D. Right to education case

Q7.According to the source, what did the court rule regarding pollution-free water and air under Article 21?

A. Right to clean water and air is a directive principle B. Right to enjoyment of pollution-free water and air is part of Right to Life C. Pollution control is a state subject D. Citizens must pay for clean water

Q8.Which of the following rights have been included within the expanded understanding of Article 21 according to the source?

A. Right to education and right to shelter B. Right to vote and right to travel C. Right to property and right to speech D. Right to information and right to privacy

Q9.How was the expanded understanding of the Right to Life achieved according to the source?

A. Through legislative amendments by Parliament B. Through executive orders of the President C. Through efforts of ordinary citizens seeking justice from courts D. Through recommendations of the Law Commission

Q10.What does the source say about the flexibility of the Constitution?

A. The Constitution is rigid and cannot be amended B. The Constitution has intrinsic flexibility allowing for expanding list of issues C. Flexibility only applies to Fundamental Rights D. Flexibility is limited to the Directive Principles

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Polity Practice Quiz 141