Tuesday, March 1, 2011

DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

LIFE WITHOUT RIGHTS

PRISON IN GUANTANAMO BAY

1. Where is Guantanamo Bay?
2. Guantanamo Bay  is controlled by -----------.
3. What is Amnesty International?
4. What was its report about the Guantanamo Bay?
5. How did the prisoners protest?
6. What was the proposal of the UN Secretary General? Did the US government accept the proposal?

CITIZENS' RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA

7. What do you know of the citizens' rights in Saudi Arabia?
8. Women are subjected to many -------------------.
9. The testimony of one man is considered equal to --------------------.
10. These kind of restrictions exist not only in Saudi Arabia, but in many countries in the world.

ETHNIC MASSACRE IN KOSOVO

11. Write notes on Milosevic and his government.
12. In what way was the treatment different for the Serbs and for other minorities like Albanians.
13. What happened to an Albanian family?
14. What happened to Milosevic in the end?

RIGHTS IN A DEMOCRACY

WHAT ARE RIGHTS?

15. What are rights or claims?
16. Why are such rights needed?
17. A right is possible when you make a claim that is ------------------- for others.
18. The claims should be --------------.
19. What should be the nature of the right or claim?
20. The right has to be recognised by the ---------------.
21. What becomes the basis of rights?
22. Why do rights change from time to time and from society to society?
23. Why should the rights be made as laws?

WHY DO WE NEED RIGHTS IN A DEMOCRACY?

24. Rights are necessary for the very sustenance of --------------.
25. What are the rights of citizens regarding voting and election?
26. What do you know of the rights of the minorities?
27. Why should some rights be placed higher than the government?

RIGHTS IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

28. What are Fundamental Rights?
29. Constitution provides for --------------- Fundamental Rights.

RIGHT TO EQUALITY

30. What is called the rule of the law?
31. Every citizen is subjected to the same law. True or False?
32. What are the aspects against which the government cannot discriminate?
33. What are the rights regarding public jobs?
34. Are reservations against the laws of equality?
35. What does equality mean?
36. What does untouchability mean?
37. What is the resolution of thee Constitution against untouchability?

RIGHT TO FREEDOM

38. What does freedom mean?
39. What are the rights prescribed by the India Constitution?
40. When can the government impose restrictions on the freedom of citizens?
41. What is freedom of speech and expression?
42. Explain the aspects where all freedom cannot be used.
43. What do you know of the freedom to conduct demonstrations?
44. What do you know of the freedom of travel?
45. What is perosnal liberty?

RIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITATION

46. What are the three specific evils declared illegal by the Constitution?

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION

47. What is a secular state?
48. Write notes on Indian secularism.
49. What is freedom of religion?
50. What are the restrictions regarding the freedom of religion?
51. Are the punishments of law according to the religion?
52. There shall be no religious instruction in the government educational institutions. True or False?

CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS

53. Why does the Constitution specify cultural and educational rights only to the monorities?
54. What are the cultural and educational rights specified by the Consstitution?
55. What do you know of language majority and minority?

HOW CAN WE SECURE THESE RIGHTS?

56. What is called the Right to Constitutional Remedies?
57. Why is it called the heart and soul of our Constitution?
58. What are the specila features of Fundamental Rights?
59. What are writs?
60. What is compensation? To whom is it given?
61. What is Public Interest Litigation PIL?

EXPANDING SCOPE OF RIGHTS

62. Name some expanding scope of rights.
63. What are the differences between the Constitutional rights and the Fundamental Rights?
64. What do you know of the right to property?
65. What are international covenants?
66. What are hte guarantees given to the South Africal citizens by its Constitution?

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