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Civic Duties: Fundamental Duties and Moral Values MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Which of the following statements about Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, and Directive Principles of State Policy is incorrect?
The incorrect statement is the one that makes Fundamental Duties enforceable exactly like Fundamental Rights. Fundamental Rights are justiciable, so a violation can be taken to court. Fundamental Duties are non-justiciable: they guide citizen conduct and remain constitutional obligations, but they are not direct court-enforceable claims against another citizen. DPSP are also non-justiciable, but they guide the State. The trap is to confuse the importance of Duties with direct enforceability.
Q2Which one of the following is incorrectly matched with its Fundamental Duty?
The duty about composite culture asks citizens to value and preserve the rich heritage of India's composite culture. It does not say that this heritage should be replaced by only regional traditions. Scientific temper, humanism and inquiry belong together in one duty. Public property is paired with abjuring violence, and excellence is linked with both individual and collective activity. The only incorrect pairing is the one that turns preservation of composite culture into replacement.
Q3Assertion (A): Fundamental Duties are non-justiciable. Reason (R): A citizen cannot directly go to court only to force another citizen to perform a Fundamental Duty.
The assertion is true: Fundamental Duties are non-justiciable. The reason is also true and explains the assertion. In this context, non-justiciable means a citizen cannot directly approach court only to compel another citizen to perform a Fundamental Duty. This does not make Duties useless or optional in the moral sense. They remain constitutional obligations, and their spirit may be reflected in ordinary laws or judicial interpretation. The reason gives the exact legal meaning needed to understand the assertion.
Q4Match List I with List II. List I (a) First duty (b) Second duty (c) Ninth duty (d) Tenth duty List II 1. Safeguard public property and abjure violence 2. Abide by the Constitution and respect the National Flag and National Anthem 3. Strive towards excellence in individual and collective activity 4. Cherish the ideals of the freedom struggle
The first duty is to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals, institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem. The second duty is to cherish and follow the ideals that inspired the freedom struggle. The ninth duty asks citizens to safeguard public property and abjure violence. The tenth duty asks citizens to strive towards excellence in individual and collective activity. Matching these meanings gives first-2, second-4, ninth-1 and tenth-3.
Q5Match List I with List II. List I A. Fundamental Rights B. Fundamental Duties C. Directive Principles of State Policy D. Moral values List II 1. State policy guidance 2. Enforceable claims 3. Citizen responsibilities 4. Everyday civic conduct
The clean comparison is based on the role of each constitutional idea. Fundamental Rights are enforceable claims because they are justiciable. Fundamental Duties are citizen responsibilities and are non-justiciable. Directive Principles of State Policy are also non-justiciable, but their addressee is the State: they guide welfare-oriented law and policy. Moral values such as honesty, tolerance and respect for law turn these duties into everyday civic conduct. Therefore the matching that keeps Rights, Duties, DPSP and values in their proper roles is correct.
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6Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R), then choose the correct answer. Assertion (A): Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976. Reason (R): This addition was based on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.
7Which statement correctly describes the education-related Fundamental Duty?
8Which statement correctly describes the non-justiciable nature of Fundamental Duties?
9A village group in Rajasthan saves water, keeps the area around a government school clean, respects public property during a rally and votes peacefully. Which idea is best shown by these actions?
10Which Fundamental Duty is directly linked with protecting forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife?
11Which statement about the 11th Fundamental Duty is incorrect?
12Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer. List I (a) Part IV-A (b) Article 51A (c) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 (d) 86th Amendment Act, 2002 List II 1. Added the 11th Fundamental Duty 2. Constitutional part containing Fundamental Duties 3. Article dealing with Fundamental Duties 4. Added the original 10 Fundamental Duties
13In the Constitution of India, where are the Fundamental Duties placed?
14Which fact-chain correctly explains how Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution?
15Assertion (A): Promoting harmony among all people of India and renouncing practices derogatory to the dignity of women belong to the same Fundamental Duty. Reason (R): This duty links social brotherhood with respectful conduct towards women.