Directive Principles of State Policy UPSC Questions

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Directive Principles of State Policy MCQ Questions


13.

State whether the given statements are true or false:
1. The country possesses sufficient financial resources to implement DPSP.
2. The presence of vast diversity and backwardness in the country would stand in the way of their implementation.
3. The newly born independent Indian State with its many preoccupations might be crushed under the burden unless it was free to decide the order, the time, the place and the mode of fulfilling them.

A.

All of the above are true

B.

2 and 3 are true

C.

Only 1 is true

D.

1 and 3 are true

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ANSWER :

B. 2 and 3 are true

14.
In 2019, the central government issued orders providing ____% reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections
A.
10
B.
15
C.
20
D.
25
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ANSWER :
A. 10
15.
Who said this? 'The Directives are the life-giving provisions of the Constitution. They constitute the stuff of the Constitution and its philosophy of social justice.'
A.
B.N. Rau
B.
M.C. Chagla
C.
L.M. Singhvi
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
C. L.M. Singhvi
16.
Abolition of intermediaries like zamindars, jagirdars, inamdars, etc took place in which reform?
A.
Administrative reform laws
B.
Legal reform laws
C.
Five year Plan
D.
Land reform laws
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ANSWER :
D. Land reform laws
17.
The Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955, which was renamed as the ___________ Act in 1976
A.
Protection of child labour
B.
Protection of civilians
C.
Protection of Civil Rights
D.
Protection of Rights
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ANSWER :
C. Protection of Civil Rights
18.
Who described the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Rights as the ‘Conscience of the Constitution’?
A.
Granville Austin
B.
Margaret Thatcher
C.
Edward Heath
D.
Anthony Eden
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ANSWER :
A. Granville Austin