UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies
Question 88: Polity and Governance
Which Article of the Constitution of India says, “No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment”?
AnswerThe answer is (a).
Article 24 prohibits the employment of children below fourteen years in any factory or mine or in any other hazardous employment. Article 45 originally directed free and compulsory education for children up to fourteen, Article 330 reserves seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha, and Article 368 deals with amendment of the Constitution.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Correct: Article 24 bars child labour in hazardous work.
- (b) Article 45 was about education for children.
- (c) Article 330 concerns reservation of Lok Sabha seats.
- (d) Article 368 concerns amendment of the Constitution.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.