Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Which of the following was included by the Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002?

Options:

Readjustment of seats of the Lok Sabha

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Readjustment of territorial constituencies

Elementary education as a fundamental right

Correct Answer:

Elementary education as a fundamental right

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Elementary education as a fundamental right

The Constitutional Amendment in India that mandates the state to provide free and compulsory education to all children between the ages of six and fourteen years is the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2002. This amendment inserted Article 21-A into the Indian Constitution, which guarantees the right to education as a fundamental right. It came into effect on April 1, 2010.