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Q11. Article 51 includes promotion of international peace and security. 2. Article 51 includes maintaining just and honourable relations between nations. 3. Article 51 includes encouraging settlement of international disputes by arbitration. 4. Article 51 makes arbitration of international disputes unconstitutional. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Statement 4 reverses the text: Article 51 encourages settlement of international disputes by arbitration.
Q21. Article 48A directs protection and improvement of the environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife. 2. Article 49 is limited to monuments, places or objects of artistic or historic interest declared by or under a law made by Parliament to be of national importance. 3. Article 50 concerns separation of the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State. 4. Article 51 requires settlement of international disputes only by compulsory adjudication before an international court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Statement 4 is false because Article 51(d) speaks of encouraging settlement of international disputes by arbitration, not compulsory court adjudication only.
Q31. Article 47 treats raising nutrition, standard of living and public health as primary duties of the State. 2. Article 47 also asks the State to endeavour toward prohibition of intoxicating drinks and injurious drugs, except for medicinal purposes. 3. Article 48 directs organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines. 4. Article 48A, not Article 48, contains the directive on protecting and improving the environment. Which of the statements given above are correct?
All four statements are correct. Article 47 covers nutrition, living standard, public health and prohibition; Article 48 concerns agriculture and animal husbandry; Article 48A is the environment directive.
Q4Consider the following statements about Directive Principles: 1. Article 40 directs the State to organise village panchayats. 2. Article 40 envisages village panchayats as units of self-government. 3. Article 40 directs the State to separate the judiciary from the executive. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Article 40 refers to organising village panchayats and enabling them to function as self-government units. Statement 3 is false because separation of judiciary from executive is Article 50.
Q5Consider the following statements about Articles 46 to 48A: 1. Article 46 requires special care for the educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections. 2. Article 47 treats the improvement of public health as among the primary duties of the State. 3. Article 48A asks the State to promote international peace and security. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: Article 46 protects the educational and economic interests of weaker sections, especially Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Statement 2 is correct: Article 47 includes improvement of public health among the State's primary duties. Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 48A is about environment, forests and wildlife; international peace and security is Article 51.
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6Which of the following parts is related to the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India?
7Consider the following statements about Articles 43, 43A, 43B and 44 of the Constitution of India: 1. Article 43 refers to a living wage, decent standard of life, leisure, and social and cultural opportunities for workers. 2. Article 43 directs the State to promote cottage industries only on a corporate basis in urban areas. 3. Article 43A concerns participation of workers in the management of industrial undertakings, establishments or organisations. 4. Article 43B concerns voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control and professional management of co-operative societies. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements about the Directive Principles of State Policy: 1. They are contained in Part IV of the Constitution of India. 2. For Part IV, Article 36 gives the State the same meaning as in Part III. 3. Article 37 makes the Directive Principles enforceable by any court. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements about Directive Principles: 1. Article 44 directs the State to endeavour to secure a uniform civil code throughout India. 2. A corpus fact bank records Article 44 as the Directive Principle provision on the Uniform Civil Code. 3. Article 44 is a Fundamental Duty listed in Part IVA. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about Directive Principles: 1. Article 42 directs the State to secure just and humane conditions of work. 2. Article 42 also refers to maternity relief. 3. Article 42 deals with promotion of international peace and security. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements about Article 44: 1. It directs the State to endeavour to secure a uniform civil code for citizens throughout India. 2. It is a Directive Principle of State Policy. 3. It requires a separate civil code only for citizens belonging to one religion. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12The duty to protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest that are declared to be of national importance is included in the Constitution of India under:
13Consider the following statements about Part IV of the Constitution of India: 1. In Part IV, the expression "the State" has the same meaning as in Part III, unless the context otherwise requires. 2. The provisions in Part IV are not enforceable by any court, but they are fundamental in the governance of the country. 3. Article 37 makes every Directive Principle directly enforceable by the Supreme Court. 4. Article 38(1) refers only to social justice, not to economic and political justice. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements about Article 39A: 1. It provides for equal justice and free legal aid. 2. It aims to ensure that justice is not denied because of economic or other disabilities. 3. It was inserted by the Ninety-seventh Constitutional Amendment Act, 2011. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements about Articles 43, 43A and 43B: 1. Article 43 refers to promotion of cottage industries in rural areas. 2. Article 43A concerns participation of workers in management of industries. 3. Article 43B concerns promotion of co-operative societies. Which of the statements given above are correct?