UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Politicians, officials must foster fraternity: SC

Q1. How many petitioners jointly moved the Public Interest Litigation heard by the Supreme Court in February 2026 seeking guidelines on speeches by constitutional functionaries?

  • A. 7
  • B. 9
  • C. 12
  • D. 15

Q2. In Indian constitutional jurisprudence, the expression 'constitutional morality' as invoked by the Supreme Court in February 2026 most precisely refers to:

  • A. The duty of citizens to obey every law enacted by Parliament irrespective of its content
  • B. Adherence by state actors to the substantive values and ethos of the Constitution beyond its mere literal text
  • C. The personal moral code of judges that guides their interpretation of statutes
  • D. The customary social morality prevalent among the majority community at a given point in time

Q3. Which Union Ministry is the nodal ministry administering the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — whose Sections 196, 197 and 299 now operationalise the penal framework on promoting communal disharmony invoked in the Supreme Court's February 2026 hearing?

  • A. Ministry of Law and Justice
  • B. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Q4. Who presided over the three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court that, in February 2026, urged political leaders and officials to foster fraternity while hearing the PIL on speeches by constitutional functionaries?

  • A. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
  • B. Justice B.V. Nagarathna
  • C. Justice Joymalya Bagchi
  • D. Justice Sanjeev Khanna

Q5. The Fundamental Duty to 'promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood' — directly invoked in the Supreme Court's February 2026 observations on fraternity — was inserted into the Constitution by which Amendment Act?

  • A. 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971
  • B. 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
  • C. 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978
  • D. 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002