Article 51A(g) requires citizens to protect:

Explanation

Article 51A(g), in Part IVA on Fundamental Duties, makes protecting and improving the natural environment a duty of every citizen of India. It expressly includes forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and also requires compassion for living creatures. Thus, among the options, the natural environment is the complete match for clause (g). Duties concerning composite culture and public property appear separately in Article 51A(f) and Article 51A(i), respectively; historical monuments are not the subject of clause (g).

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Historical monuments are not the subject of Article 51A(g), which concerns the natural environment and living creatures.
• (B) Composite culture is covered separately in Article 51A(f), while clause (g) deals with the natural environment and living creatures.
• (C) Public property is covered separately in Article 51A(i), not in the environmental duty under clause (g).

Concept

Questions on Fundamental Duties require exact clause-wise mapping within Article 51A in Part IVA. RAS asks such provisions repeatedly because several duties can look similar, and the correct clause distinguishes them.

Source

• Legislative Department, Government of India - The Constitution of India

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