If a child is employed in hazardous factory work, which constitutional value is affected?

Correct answer: Freedom from exploitation

Correct answer: C. Employing a child in hazardous factory work treats the child as a source of labour without giving proper protection to health, education, safety, and dignity. The Constitution’s protection against exploitation includes the prohibition of employing children below the constitutionally specified age in factories, mines, or other hazardous work. The central value is freedom from exploitation: a powerful employer must not take unfair advantage of a child’s weakness or poverty. Option A is wrong because religious propagation concerns communicating religious beliefs. Option B is wrong because cultural protection concerns language, script, traditions, and cultural identity. Option D is wrong because buying property has no connection with dangerous child labour. A useful exam clue is to connect “child + hazardous work” directly with the Right against Exploitation.