Directive Principles of State Policy: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Polity)
2 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on Directive Principles of State Policy (Polity). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
Explanations state facts as of the year each question was asked; words like “recently” refer to that year.
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UPSC 2006Polity · Directive Principles of State Policy
Q1. Consider the following statements: 1. Free and compulsory education to the children of 6-14 years age-group by the State by the seventy-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of India. 2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan seeks to provide computer education even in rural areas. 3. Education was included in the Concurrent List by the Forty-second Amendment, 1976 to the Constitution of India’. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is Incorrect: The provision of free and compulsory education for children in the 6-14 age group was included in the Constitution of India through the Eighty-sixth Amendment (not the Seventy-sixth) in 2002, which inserted Article 21A.
Statement 2 is correct: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) aims to provide universal education and includes the promotion of computer education in rural areas as part of its broader educational reforms.
Statement 3 is correct: Education was moved to the Concurrent List under Item 25 by the Forty-second Amendment in 1976. This allows both the Centre and states to legislate on education.
UPSC 2006Polity · Directive Principles of State Policy
Q2. Consider the following statements: 1. There is no provision in the Constitution of India to encourage equal pay for equal work for both men and women. 2. The Constitution of India does not define backward classes. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Constitution of India does encourage equal pay for equal work for both men and women under Article 39(d), which is part of the Directive Principles of State Policy. The Directive Principles call for the state to ensure that there is no discrimination between men and women in terms of equal pay for equal work.
Statement 2 is correct: The Constitution of India does not provide a specific definition of backward classes. However, it provides for affirmative action through Articles 15(4), 16(4), and 46 to promote the welfare of backward classes, but leaves the identification and classification of such groups to the state.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
1
2006
(c) 2 and 3
2
2006
(b) 2 only
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This page covers 2 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Directive Principles of State Policy (Polity), asked from 2002 to 2021. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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