Constitution of Pakistan 1973: Fundamental Rights MCQs 2026

Article 8 of the Constitution declares that

1. A laws inconsistent with Fundamental Rights are void to the extent of inconsistency ✓
2. B Fundamental Rights cannot be enforced in any court ✓
3. C only provincial laws are void never federal ✓
4. D Fundamental Rights apply only to foreigners ✓

Article 9 guarantees

1. A security of person — no deprivation of life or liberty save by law ✓
2. B freedom of trade without any restriction ✓
3. C right to property without compensation ever ✓
4. D absolute immunity from arrest ✓

Article 10 provides safeguards regarding

1. A only taxation of imports ✓
2. B arrest and detention ✓
3. C only election symbols ✓
4. D only university admissions only ✓

Under Article 10, an arrested person must be informed of

1. A only the police station address ✓
2. B only the judge's vacation schedule ✓
3. C only media persons ✓
4. D the grounds for arrest and has right to consult a lawyer ✓

Article 10 requires production of detained person before a magistrate within

1. A seven days in every case ✓
2. B twenty-four hours excluding travel time ✓
3. C forty-eight hours without exception ✓
4. D no time limit ✓

Preventive detention under Article 10 is subject to

1. A statutory limits and review by an appropriate board ✓
2. B no legislative control ✓
3. C permanent detention without review ✓
4. D exclusive military jurisdiction only ✓

Article 10A of the Constitution provides for

1. A right to bear arms ✓
2. B right to fair trial and due process ✓
3. C right to dual nationality ✓
4. D right to free electricity ✓

Article 11 prohibits

1. A slavery, forced labour and trafficking ✓
2. B freedom of speech ✓
3. C freedom of movement ✓
4. D property acquisition by State ✓

Article 14 enshrines

1. A freedom of press without limits ✓
2. B right to form political party ✓
3. C right to property without compensation ✓
4. D inviolability of dignity of man and privacy of home ✓

Article 15 guarantees

1. A freedom from taxation ✓
2. B freedom to hold public office without qualification ✓
3. C freedom of movement throughout Pakistan ✓
4. D freedom to legislate ✓

Article 16 provides

1. A freedom of assembly ✓
2. B freedom of trade without regulation ✓
3. C right to property ✓
4. D right to bear arms ✓

Article 17 guarantees

1. A compulsory membership in one party ✓
2. B freedom of association and formation of political parties ✓
3. C ban on all unions ✓
4. D right to private defence under PPC ✓

Article 18 provides

1. A absolute freedom without licensing ✓
2. B freedom of trade, business or profession ✓
3. C immunity from all taxes ✓
4. D exemption from courts ✓

Article 19 guarantees

1. A freedom of speech and expression ✓
2. B unlimited defamation ✓
3. C absolute secrecy of government ✓
4. D ban on press ✓

Reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech under Article 19 may relate to

1. A private business profit only ✓
2. B personal friendship only ✓
3. C glory of Islam, integrity of Pakistan, public order and decency ✓
4. D sports results only ✓

Article 20 protects

1. A compulsory state religion for all citizens ✓
2. B ban on worship in private ✓
3. C exclusive atheism as state policy ✓
4. D freedom to profess religion and manage religious institutions ✓

Article 21 safeguards against

1. A all taxation ✓
2. B Zakat deduction if authorized by law ✓
3. C compulsory payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion ✓
4. D customs duties ✓

Article 22 safeguards educational institutions regarding

1. A only university sports ✓
2. B only police training ✓
3. C only military academies exclusively without general rule ✓
4. D religious instruction and attendance in state institutions ✓

Article 23 recognizes

1. A right of citizens to acquire, hold and dispose of property ✓
2. B State ownership of all land without exception ✓
3. C ban on private business ✓
4. D compulsory collective farming ✓

Article 24 protects

1. A unlimited acquisition without compensation always ✓
2. B abolition of all private property ✓
3. C property rights and provides for compensation on compulsory acquisition ✓
4. D exemption from rent laws ✓

Article 25 declares

1. A only men are equal before law ✓
2. B foreigners have more rights than citizens ✓
3. C equality applies only in criminal law ✓
4. D all citizens are equal before law and entitled to equal protection of law ✓

Article 25(2) permits

1. A discrimination in favour of any province only ✓
2. B abolition of courts ✓
3. C permanent martial law ✓
4. D special provision for protection of women and children ✓

Article 26 prohibits

1. A all private clubs without exception always ✓
2. B lawful taxation ✓
3. C discrimination on grounds of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth in public places ✓
4. D elections to Parliament ✓

Article 27 provides safeguards against discrimination in

1. A private household employment only ✓
2. B international cricket ✓
3. C service of Pakistan on grounds of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth ✓
4. D religious worship ✓

Article 28 requires the State to preserve

1. A only English language only ✓
2. B languages, script and culture of citizens ✓
3. C only one provincial language ✓
4. D only foreign languages ✓

Fundamental Rights in Chapter 1 of Part II are generally

1. A purely moral guidelines without enforcement ✓
2. B enforceable only by police ✓
3. C enforceable through courts including High Courts and Supreme Court ✓
4. D binding only on private citizens not State ✓

Article 8(3) allows certain laws to operate notwithstanding inconsistency for a period relating to

1. A all future martial law forever ✓
2. B certain pre-Constitution laws and specific categories in the Article ✓
3. C every statute without limit ✓
4. D private contracts only ✓

The right to life under Article 9 has been interpreted to include

1. A only physical survival in prison ✓
2. B only economic prosperity guaranteed by State ✓
3. C only freedom of foreign travel ✓
4. D a meaningful existence and certain procedural protections ✓

Article 10A fair trial includes principles of

1. A open trial, impartial tribunal and opportunity to present case ✓
2. B trial by media only ✓
3. C conviction on suspicion alone ✓
4. D denial of counsel in all cases ✓

Forced labour prohibited by Article 11 does not prevent

1. A any work by any person ever ✓
2. B lawful imprisonment after conviction ✓
3. C tax collection ✓
4. D compulsory service of reasonable nature imposed by law ✓

Freedom of assembly under Article 16 is subject to

1. A no restrictions whatsoever ✓
2. B ban on all processions always ✓
3. C only federal executive order without law ✓
4. D reasonable restrictions imposed by law in interest of public order ✓

Political parties under Article 17 must account for

1. A no financial disclosure ✓
2. B only foreign funding without limit ✓
3. C only provincial assemblies not parties ✓
4. D sources of funds in accordance with law ✓

Article 18 reasonable restrictions on trade may protect

1. A monopoly of one private company only ✓
2. B abolition of all commerce ✓
3. C public interest, health and professions regulated by law ✓
4. D unlimited cartels ✓

Article 19 restrictions include protection against

1. A contempt of court and incitement to offence ✓
2. B all political debate ✓
3. C all religious discussion ✓
4. D all academic research without limit ✓

Article 20 subject to law, public order and morality allows

1. A forced conversion ✓
2. B religious worship and management of religious institutions ✓
3. C destruction of places of worship ✓
4. D ban on all mosques ✓

Compulsory acquisition under Article 24 requires

1. A compensation and determination in accordance with law ✓
2. B no compensation ever ✓
3. C compensation only if victim is wealthy ✓
4. D acquisition without any statute ✓

Article 25 equality does not prevent

1. A any classification ever ✓
2. B special provisions for children, women and backward classes as allowed ✓
3. C reasonable classification with rational nexus ✓
4. D laws for taxation ✓

Article 27 may require

1. A exclusion of all women ✓
2. B representation of provinces and areas in federal service ✓
3. C hiring only by nepotism ✓
4. D no merit consideration ever ✓

Fundamental Rights apply primarily to

1. A citizens for most Articles though some extend to persons ✓
2. B only government servants ✓
3. C only judges ✓
4. D only foreigners exclusively ✓

Suspension of Fundamental Rights during emergency may occur under

1. A constitutional provisions in Part X with specified limitations ✓
2. B any police officer's order ✓
3. C district judge alone ✓
4. D private contract ✓

Article 10 right to consult lawyer is part of

1. A property acquisition ✓
2. B safeguards against arbitrary arrest ✓
3. C tax appeals ✓
4. D election petitions only ✓

Article 14 privacy of home is subject to

1. A no entry by any authority ever ✓
2. B unlimited search without warrant always ✓
3. C only with foreign embassy permission ✓
4. D reasonable restrictions imposed by law ✓

Article 15 movement restrictions may be imposed for

1. A personal dislike of a citizen ✓
2. B no reason without law ✓
3. C only during cricket matches ✓
4. D public health and security as reasonable restrictions by law ✓

Article 16 assembly restrictions in public interest require

1. A only oral police direction without statute ✓
2. B authority of law ✓
3. C private club rules only ✓
4. D international custom alone ✓

Article 17 association may be restricted in interest of

1. A suppressing all labour unions without law ✓
2. B banning all NGOs without statute ✓
3. C sovereignty, integrity, public order and morality ✓
4. D personal rivalry ✓

Article 23 and 24 together protect

1. A only intellectual property abroad ✓
2. B economic rights to property and its lawful deprivation ✓
3. C only government property ✓
4. D only leased cars ✓

Article 26 public places include

1. A only government offices ✓
2. B only military bases exclusively ✓
3. C only private homes ✓
4. D hotels, restaurants and places of entertainment ✓

Article 28 preservation of language empowers State to

1. A ban Urdu ✓
2. B ban all regional languages ✓
3. C promote local languages and cultures ✓
4. D ignore cultural heritage ✓

Writ jurisdiction for enforcement of Fundamental Rights is primarily under

1. A Article 62 only ✓
2. B Article 248 only ✓
3. C Article 199 of the Constitution in High Courts ✓
4. D Section 302 PPC ✓

Supreme Court under Article 184(3) may take up Fundamental Rights matters when

1. A question of public importance with enforcement of Fundamental Rights involved ✓
2. B any private rent dispute ✓
3. C any traffic challan ✓
4. D any customs duty only ✓

Article 9 and 10 together underpin

1. A only tax law ✓
2. B only company law ✓
3. C only election symbols ✓
4. D liberty safeguards in criminal and preventive detention context ✓

Article 11 and 12 both relate to

1. A property tax ✓
2. B freedom of trade ✓
3. C protection against exploitation and arbitrary punishment ✓
4. D language rights ✓

Article 19 and 20 together protect

1. A only economic rights ✓
2. B only property acquisition ✓
3. C expression and religious freedom as democratic liberties ✓
4. D only police powers ✓

Article 25 is often invoked against

1. A all reasonable classification ✓
2. B rational legislative distinction ✓
3. C lawful quotas for backward areas ✓
4. D arbitrary state discrimination and unequal treatment ✓

Under Article 10(4), a person under preventive detention must be afforded

1. A no right to representation at all ✓
2. B representation only after five years ✓
3. C the earliest opportunity of making a representation against the detention order ✓
4. D representation only before the Supreme Court exclusively ✓

Freedom of the press in Pakistan derives from

1. A Article 62 disqualification provisions ✓
2. B Article 19 freedom of speech and expression subject to reasonable restrictions ✓
3. C Article 248 presidential immunity ✓
4. D Section 124-A PPC only without constitutional basis ✓

The chapter on Fundamental Rights is contained in

1. A Part VIII only ✓
2. B First Schedule only ✓
3. C Part II, Chapter 1 of the Constitution ✓
4. D PPC Chapter IV ✓