Question

Match the following:

Articles of the constitution of India:	Provision:
I) Article 14	1) The state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
II) Article 15	2) The state shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of laws within the territory of India.
III) Article 16	3) ‘Untouchability’ is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.
IV) Article 17	4) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the state.

A) I-2, II-4, III-1, IV-3
B) I-3, II-1, III-4, IV-2
C) I-2, II-1, III-4, IV-3
D) I-2, II-4, III-1, IV-2

Answer 1

Hint:
- The chief legislation of India is the constitution of India.
- It is the world’s longest written constitution in any nation.
- The Indian Constitution is, for a sovereign country. the longest in the world.
- It had 395 articles at its enactment.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the articles given:
Article 14: The state shall not deny equality before the law or equal protection of the laws in the territory of India to any citizen.
Article 15: The state shall not discriminate against any citizen solely on grounds of religion, race, sex, caste, place of birth or any of them.
Article 16: There shall be equality of opportunity for all the citizens in matters referring to the employment or appointment to any office under the state.
Article 17: ‘Untouchability’ is removed and its practice is prohibited in any form.
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.

Note: The Indian Constitution contains 448 articles in twenty five parts, twelve schedules, five appendices, and 104 amendments. Our constitution originally had 395 articles in twenty two parts and 8 schedules.