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APSC Polity: Fundamental Rights Advanced Practice Set – I

Advanced APSC Prelims-level practice on the Right to Equality (Articles 14–18) — equality before law and equal protection, the reasonable-classification and arbitrariness doctrines, Articles 15 and 16 with their amendments (1st, 77th, 81st, 85th, 93rd, 103rd), reservation jurisprudence (Champakam Dorairajan, Indra Sawhney, M. Nagaraj, Janhit Abhiyan), abolition of untouchability and titles. Statement-based, assertion–reason, matching, diagram and scenario questions with detailed explanations. Negative marking 0.25 per wrong answer.

30 minutes

Duration

30 questions

MCQ format

Difficult

Difficulty

Syllabus

Article 14 — equality before law, equal protection, rule of law

Reasonable classification & the new doctrine of arbitrariness

Article 15 — non-discrimination and special provisions (15(3)–(6))

Article 16 — public employment, reservation and its amendments

Reservation case law: Champakam, Indra Sawhney, Nagaraj, EWS

Article 17 — abolition of untouchability; Article 18 — titles

Instructions

- 30 questions to be completed in 30 minutes (1 minute per question).
- Each correct answer carries +1 mark; each wrong answer attracts -0.25 negative marking.
- Skipped or unanswered questions carry 0 marks.
- This is an advanced set: read statement-based, assertion–reason and scenario questions fully before answering.
- Detailed explanations with article numbers, amendments and case law are shown after submission.

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