Prelims › Past Papers
Q36·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2017

Fundamental Duties of Indian Citizens

PolityFundamental Duties under ConstitutionStatement-basedMediumStatic

Question

Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen?

1A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties.
2They are correlative to legal duties.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1.

    A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties.

  2. 2.

    They are correlative to legal duties.

Options

a

1 only

b

2 only

Answer
c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Only statement 2 is correct. Fundamental Duties (Part IV-A of the Constitution, added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976) are not enforceable by courts or through a legislative process; they are moral and political obligations meant to guide citizens' conduct. Therefore, statement 1 is incorrect. However, statement 2 is correct: Fundamental Duties are correlative to Fundamental Rights. For instance, the right to property correlates with the duty to conserve public property, and the right to freedom of speech correlates with duties toward national integrity. This reciprocal relationship between rights and duties reflects the principle that citizens cannot exercise rights without corresponding responsibilities to society. > Key Insight: Fundamental Duties are non-enforceable moral obligations that complement rights; they establish reciprocal relationships between citizen freedoms and social responsibilities. Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2017

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q36

Subject

Polity

Sub-topic

Fundamental Duties under Constitution

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Polity Ch.3 - Fundamental Duties

See all questions on Fundamental Duties under Constitution

Browse every tagged question across all years

Explore →