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While Fundamental Rights (FRs) guarantee individual rights and liberties to citizens, the Directive Principles of State Policy are directed at guiding the government toward making the society more just, egalitarian, and prosperous.
Even though DPSPs are not enforceable in courts, they do provide a yardstick to the government to shape the legislative agenda and work towards securing the well-being of the citizens. Fundamental rights are justiciable, but DPSPs are not.
However, these two are balanced by the provision of the Constitution. Any law made by the government has to be seen whether such a law is in harmony with Fundamental Rights. If such law made by the government contradicts the Fundamental Rights, then the courts can strike such a law down. In this respect, DPSPs provide a moral obligation to the government that its policies must be in tune with the spirit of the Constitution.
MCQs on Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)
- Directive Principles of State Policy are mentioned in which part of the Indian Constitution?
- A) Part III
- B) Part IV
- C) Part II
- D) Part V
Answer: B) Part IV
- Which of the following is not a feature of the DPSPs?
- A) Non-justiciable
- B) Directly enforceable in courts
- C) Moral obligations for the state
- D) Aimed at ensuring social and economic justice
Answer: B) Directly enforceable in courts
- Which of the following Articles in the Indian Constitution directs the state to secure a uniform civil code for the citizens?
- A) Article 44
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 47
Answer: A) Article 44
- Which of the following Articles promotes the welfare of workers by securing a living wage and decent working conditions?
- A) Article 43
- B) Article 39
- C) Article 41
- D) Article 38
Answer: A) Article 43
- What is the aim of Article 47 of the Constitution of India?
- A) To promote social justice
- B) To promote the welfare of workers
- C) To raise the level of nutrition and standard of living
- D) To secure equal pay for equal work
Answer: C) To raise the level of nutrition and standard of living
- The DPSPs are inspired by the Constitution of which country?
- A) USA
- B) UK
- C) Ireland
- D) Russia
Answer: C) Ireland
- Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the provision for securing the right to work, education, and public assistance?
- A) Article 39
- B) Article 38
- C) Article 41
- D) Article 43
Answer: C) Article 41
- Which of the following principles is emphasized by the Gandhian DPSPs?
- A) Social equality
- B) Rural development
- C) Worker’s welfare
- D) Equal rights for women
Answer: B) Rural development
- Which Article of the Constitution mentions that the State should raise the level of nutrition and standard of living of its people?
- A) Article 45
- B) Article 47
- C) Article 49
- D) Article 50
Answer: B) Article 47
- Directive Principles of State Policy are mentioned in which part of the Indian Constitution?
- A) Part III
- B) Part IV
- C) Part II
- D) Part V
Answer: B) Part IV
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to promote the welfare of the people by securing a social order in which justice, social, economic, and political, shall inform all the institutions of national life?
- A) Article 38
- B) Article 39
- C) Article 40
- D) Article 41
Answer: A) Article 38
- Which of the following is not a feature of Directive Principles of State Policy?
- A) They are justiciable
- B) They are non-justiciable
- C) They are non-enforceable by courts
- D) They guide the government in making laws
Answer: A) They are justiciable
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to secure a uniform civil code for all citizens?
- A) Article 44
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 48
- D) Article 46
Answer: A) Article 44
- What is the main aim of Article 39A of the Indian Constitution?
- A) To provide for free legal aid
- B) To ensure equal pay for equal work
- C) To protect children from exploitation
- D) To ensure the protection of the environment
Answer: A) To provide for free legal aid
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to secure the right to work, education, and public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness, and disablement?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 42
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 47
Answer: A) Article 41
- Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the state to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living of its people?
- A) Article 42
- B) Article 47
- C) Article 49
- D) Article 51
Answer: B) Article 47
- Which of the following principles is emphasized in the Gandhian model of DPSP?
- A) Equal distribution of wealth
- B) Rural development and village industries
- C) Universal education
- D) Gender equality
Answer: B) Rural development and village industries
- Which of the following Articles emphasizes the duty of the state to provide adequate means of livelihood for all citizens?
- A) Article 43
- B) Article 39
- C) Article 41
- D) Article 38
Answer: B) Article 39
- Which of the following Articles states that the state shall endeavor to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting a social order in which justice, social, economic, and political, shall inform all the institutions of national life?
- A) Article 35
- B) Article 36
- C) Article 37
- D) Article 38
Answer: D) Article 38
- The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution are borrowed from which country?
- A) USA
- B) United Kingdom
- C) Ireland
- D) Germany
Answer: C) Ireland
- Which of the following is the primary goal of the Directive Principles of State Policy?
- A) To establish a theocratic state
- B) To ensure social and economic justice
- C) To limit the powers of the state
- D) To ensure individual liberty
Answer: B) To ensure social and economic justice
- Which of the following Articles deals with the provision of adequate living wages, decent working conditions, and a decent standard of living for workers?
- A) Article 44
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 47
Answer: C) Article 43
- Which of the following Articles deals with the provision of early childhood care and education to children below the age of six years?
- A) Article 39A
- B) Article 41
- C) Article 45
- D) Article 44
Answer: C) Article 45
- What is the main objective of Article 46 of the Indian Constitution?
- A) To promote education for children
- B) To uplift the economically weaker sections of society
- C) To promote the welfare of backward classes
- D) To protect the environment
Answer: C) To promote the welfare of backward classes
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to secure the participation of the people in the governance of the country?
- A) Article 50
- B) Article 49
- C) Article 48
- D) Article 47
Answer: A) Article 50
- Which of the following is an example of a socialist principle in the Directive Principles of State Policy?
- A) Promotion of equal pay for equal work for both men and women
- B) Protection of children from exploitation
- C) Provision of free legal aid to the poor
- D) Promotion of cottage industries and rural development
Answer: D) Promotion of cottage industries and rural development
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to promote the protection and improvement of the environment?
- A) Article 48A
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 47
- D) Article 49
Answer: A) Article 48A
- Which of the following Articles emphasizes the state’s duty to ensure that the wealth of the nation is used for the welfare of the people?
- A) Article 39B
- B) Article 39C
- C) Article 38
- D) Article 41
Answer: C) Article 38
- Which of the following Articles in the Indian Constitution talks about the duty of the state to provide opportunities for education and public assistance?
- A) Article 45
- B) Article 48
- C) Article 47
- D) Article 49
Answer: A) Article 45
- Which of the following is a principle emphasized by the Liberal-Intellectual category of DPSPs?
- A) Self-reliance in rural areas
- B) Development of industries
- C) Universal suffrage
- D) Protection of civil liberties
Answer: D) Protection of civil liberties
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to take steps for the protection of the interests of minorities?
- A) Article 46
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 50
- D) Article 44
Answer: A) Article 46
- Which of the following is a socialist principle of DPSP?
- A) Promotion of equal rights for all citizens
- B) Promotion of education for all children
- C) Ensuring adequate means of livelihood for all citizens
- D) Preservation of the environment
Answer: C) Ensuring adequate means of livelihood for all citizens
- The concept of ‘equal pay for equal work for both men and women’ is enshrined in which Article of the Constitution?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 43
- C) Article 39(d)
- D) Article 44
Answer: C) Article 39(d)
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to secure the protection of children from exploitation?
- A) Article 40
- B) Article 41
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 39(e)
Answer: D) Article 39(e)
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to organize village panchayats and enable them to function as units of self-government?
- A) Article 40
- B) Article 41
- C) Article 42
- D) Article 44
Answer: A) Article 40
- Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution directs the state to promote the welfare of people in rural areas?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 43
- C) Article 44
- D) Article 45
Answer: B) Article 43
- Which of the following categories of DPSPs is mainly concerned with the welfare of workers?
- A) Socialist principles
- B) Gandhian principles
- C) Liberal-intellectual principles
- D) All of the above
Answer: A) Socialist principles
- Which of the following DPSPs focuses on promoting education and literacy?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 45
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 47
Answer: B) Article 45
- Which of the following Articles states that the state shall endeavor to secure the participation of the people in the governance of the country?
- A) Article 51A
- B) Article 50
- C) Article 49
- D) Article 48
Answer: B) Article 50
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to secure the provision of adequate means of livelihood for all citizens?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 42
- C) Article 43
- D) Article 39
Answer: D) Article 39
- Which Article directs the state to take steps to preserve and improve the environment?
- A) Article 50
- B) Article 51A
- C) Article 48A
- D) Article 47
Answer: C) Article 48A
- Which of the following Articles promotes the welfare of backward classes and disadvantaged sections of society?
- A) Article 38
- B) Article 39A
- C) Article 46
- D) Article 47
Answer: C) Article 46
- Which of the following Articles focuses on the preservation of monuments of national importance?
- A) Article 51
- B) Article 49
- C) Article 48A
- D) Article 50
Answer: B) Article 49
- The DPSPs were added to the Constitution of India through which amendment?
- A) 42nd Amendment
- B) 44th Amendment
- C) 52nd Amendment
- D) 62nd Amendment
Answer: A) 42nd Amendment
- Which of the following is the primary aim of Article 39C?
- A) Protection of childhood
- B) Provision of legal aid
- C) Promotion of economic democracy
- D) Encouraging cultural development
Answer: C) Promotion of economic democracy
- Which of the following principles is the aim of the Indian Constitution’s DPSPs?
- A) Establishment of a theocratic state
- B) Creation of an egalitarian society
- C) Reduction of taxes for the wealthy
- D) Limiting the scope of government intervention
Answer: B) Creation of an egalitarian society
- Which of the following Articles directs the state to ensure that there is no discrimination in employment?
- A) Article 41
- B) Article 43
- C) Article 44
- D) Article 46
Answer: D) Article 46
- Which of the following Articles guarantees the right to work in the DPSPs?
- A) Article 45
- B) Article 38
- C) Article 42
- D) Article 41
Answer: D) Article 41
- Which of the following Articles emphasizes the provision of free legal aid?
- A) Article 39A
- B) Article 41
- C) Article 45
- D) Article 47
Answer: A) Article 39A
These MCQs provide a comprehensive overview of the Directive Principles of State Policy and will help readers understand their significance in the Indian Constitution.
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