Rights, liberty and justice concepts — UPSC Prelims PYQs
15 questions in this bank come from Rights, liberty and justice concepts, spanning UPSC Prelims papers from 2012 to 2024. Every question here carries all four options, the correct answer and a full explanation.
It has appeared in 8 of the last 16 papers, most heavily in 2017 with 4 questions. That is a steady presence rather than a guaranteed one.
The themes examined most often within it are Liberties in the Indian Constitution (9), virtues of democracy (2), Biopiracy and protection of genetic resources (1), Intellectual Property Rights and NBA approval (1) and interoperable virtual worlds and user rights (1). Those counts are of questions in which the theme is examined, not merely mentioned.
Questions here are spread across Polity & Governance (12), Economy (1), Environment & Ecology (1) and General Studies (Uncategorized) (1). Between them they draw on 13 distinct themes, so this is a broader area than a single revision note can cover. That is 1.0% of the 1433 questions in the bank — useful for deciding how much revision time it deserves.
Its weight has held steady, at roughly 1.2 questions a year across the last five papers.
It was not examined in 8 of those papers. Each question below links to its full explanation and to related questions on the same theme from other years, so a weak area can be worked through in one pass rather than hunted for paper by paper.
UPSC Prelims 20241 question
UPSC Prelims 20232 questions
- Polity & Governance
In essence, what does ‘Due Process of Law’ mean?
- Polity & Governance
Consider the following statements: 1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances. 2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention. 3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2002, the confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence. How many of the above statements are correct?
UPSC Prelims 20211 question
UPSC Prelims 20202 questions
- Polity & Governance
Other than the Fundamental Rights, which of the following parts of the Constitution of India reflect/reflects the principles and provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)? 1. Preamble 2. Directive Principles of State Policy 3. Fundamental Duties Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- Polity & Governance
One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is
UPSC Prelims 20192 questions
UPSC Prelims 20182 questions
- Polity & Governance
Which of the following are regarded as the main features of the “Rule of Law”? 1. Limitation of Powers 2. Equality before law 3. People’s responsibility to the Government 4. Liberty and civil rights Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- Polity & Governance
Which one of the following reflects the most appropriate relationship between law and liberty?
UPSC Prelims 20174 questions
- Polity & Governance
Which one of the following statements is correct?
- Polity & Governance
Which one of the following objectives is not embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution of India?
- Economy
With reference to the ‘National Intellectual Property Rights Policy’, consider the following statements: 1. It reiterates India’s commitment to the Doha Development Agenda and the TRIPS Agreement. 2. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is the nodal agency for regulating intellectual property rights in India. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
- Polity & Governance
Democracy’s superior virtue lies in the fact that it calls into activity