Question

The Right to Equality is guaranteed by:

• A. Article 14 to 18
• B. Article 14
• C. Article 14 and 15
• D. Article 14, 15 and 16

Hint:

Recall where the next heading, Right to Freedom, begins in Part III. The equality group ends just before it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understanding the Question.
The question asks which Articles of the Constitution make up the Right to Equality. Part III of the Constitution groups the fundamental rights under headings, and the Right to Equality is one such heading. So the task is to recall the full span of Articles sitting under that heading.

Step 2: List the Articles under the heading.
The heading "Right to Equality" in Part III runs from Article 14 to Article 18. Take them one by one.
Article 14 gives equality before the law and the equal protection of the laws to every person.
Article 15 bars discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and allows special provisions for women, children and backward classes.
Article 16 gives equality of opportunity in matters of public employment, along with the power to reserve posts for backward classes.
Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form.
Article 18 abolishes titles, other than military and academic distinctions.
Each of these works towards the same goal, removing an inequality, so all five belong under the one heading.

Step 3: Match against the options.
Only option (A), Articles 14 to 18, covers the entire group.

Step 4: Why the other options fail.
Option (B) names only Article 14. That Article is the general equality clause and the heart of the group, but the Right to Equality is a cluster and not a single Article, so this is incomplete.
Option (C) names Articles 14 and 15 and stops there. It leaves out equality of opportunity in public employment, the abolition of untouchability and the abolition of titles, all of which are equality provisions.
Option (D) names Articles 14, 15 and 16. This is the most tempting distractor because these three are the most litigated equality Articles. But it drops Articles 17 and 18, which sit under the same heading in the text of the Constitution.

Final Answer:
The Right to Equality is guaranteed by Articles 14 to 18, so option (A) is correct.