Question

The Right to Education was made a Fundamental Right by:

• A. 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act
• B. 44th Constitutional Amendment Act
• C. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act
• D. 86th Constitutional Amendment Act

Hint:

86th Constitutional Amendment Act (2002):

• Article 21A = Fundamental Right to Education.

• Article 45 = Early childhood care and education.

• Article 51A(k) = Duty of parents to provide education.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Recall how education became a right.
Education started as a Directive Principle. Later the Supreme Court linked it to the right to life, and then an amendment made it a clear fundamental right.

Step 2: Identify the amendment.
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 made this change.

Step 3: Know what it added.
It inserted Article 21A, giving free and compulsory education to children aged 6 to 14, and added a matching fundamental duty under Article 51A(k).

Step 4: Rule out the others.
The 42nd added fundamental duties, the 44th changed emergency rules, and the 73rd brought in Panchayati Raj.

Answer: 86th Constitutional Amendment Act (Option 4).