If the state gives special benefit to one religion and suppresses another, which principle is affected?

Correct answer: Equal religious freedom and secularism

Direct answer: A. The situation violates the principle of equal religious freedom and conflicts with secularism, which requires the state to respect citizens’ freedom of conscience and not arbitrarily favour or suppress religions. This does not mean that every religious practice is beyond regulation; the state may regulate activities for public order, morality, health, or other constitutional purposes. However, giving unjustified special treatment to one religion while suppressing another is discriminatory. B concerns protection of children, not religious equality. C concerns the freedom to choose or practise an occupation, not the state’s treatment of faiths. D prohibits forced labour or begar and has no direct connection with religious neutrality. Memory cue: secularism means equal respect and constitutional neutrality, not government preference for one faith.