Which one of the following is not a part of Fundamental Rights?
- (a)Right to education
- (b)Right to establish educational institutions by minorities
- (c)Right to be conferred with titles
- (d)Right against untouchability
Correct — C, Right to be conferred with titles. There is no Fundamental Right to be given titles. In fact Article 18 does the opposite — it abolishes titles, forbidding the State from conferring any title except military and academic distinctions. The other three are genuine Fundamental Rights: right to education (Article 21A), the right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions (Article 30) and the right against untouchability (Article 17). So the option that is not a Fundamental Right is the right to be conferred with titles.
- (a)Right to education — The right to education is a Fundamental Right under Article 21A (added by the 86th Amendment), so it is part of Fundamental Rights.
- (b)Right to establish educational institutions by minorities — Article 30 guarantees religious and linguistic minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions — a Fundamental Right (a cultural and educational right).
- (d)Right against untouchability — Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice; this right against untouchability is a Fundamental Right within the Right to Equality.
Part III of the Constitution guarantees Fundamental Rights grouped under equality, freedom, protection against exploitation, freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, and constitutional remedies. Article 18 within the Right to Equality abolishes titles — so being conferred a title is not a right at all, but a practice the Constitution restrains.
Three options are real Fundamental Rights spread across different Articles. The trap is the fourth, which inverts a genuine provision: Article 18 removes titles, so a 'right to be conferred with titles' cannot exist as a Fundamental Right.
- Article 18 (Right to Equality) abolishes titles, barring the State from conferring any except military and academic ones.
- Right to education is a Fundamental Right under Article 21A.
- Article 30 gives minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions.
- Article 17 abolishes untouchability, making the right against it a Fundamental Right.
Article 18 removes titles, so the 'right to be conferred with titles' is not a Fundamental Right — the answer is (c).
- Reading 'right to be conferred with titles' as a right, when Article 18 actually abolishes titles.
- Forgetting that the right to education became a Fundamental Right only after the 86th Amendment (Article 21A).
Asked as 'which is NOT a Fundamental Right' — spot the option that inverts a real provision (Article 18 abolishes titles).
Consider the following statements: 1. Article 301 pertains to the Right to Property. 2. Right to Property is a legal right but not a Fundamental Right. 3. Article 300 A was inserted in the Constitution... Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) 2 only
- (b) 2 and 3
- (c) 1 and 3
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(a) 2 only
Same skill — telling a Fundamental Right from something that is not. That UPSC item shows the Right to Property is a legal, not a Fundamental, right; this NDA item flags that being conferred titles is not a Fundamental Right at all.
Which of the following rights under the Constitution of India is/are Fundamental Right(s)? 1. Right to work 2. Right to privacy 3. Right to free and compulsory education in the age bracket of six to eighteen years Select the answer using the code given below:
- (a) 1 and 2
- (b) 2 and 3
- (c) 2 only
- (d) 3 only
Answer(c) 2 only
Same concept — sorting Fundamental Rights from provisions that only look like them. That NDA item separates the right to privacy (a Fundamental Right) from the right to work (a Directive Principle); this one flags the 'right to titles' as not a Fundamental Right.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The abolition of titles is provided for in which one of the following Articles?
- (a)Article 17
- (b)Article 18
- (c)Article 21A
- (d)Article 30
Answer(b) Article 18 — it abolishes titles as part of the Right to Equality.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions is guaranteed by
- (a)Article 21A
- (b)Article 29
- (c)Article 30
- (d)Article 32
Answer(c) Article 30 — a cultural and educational Fundamental Right.