UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

In the context of India, which one of the following is the correct relationship between Rights and Duties?

  1. Rights are correlative with Duties.
  2. Rights are personal and hence independent of society and Duties.
  3. Rights, not Duties, are important for the advancement of the personality of the citizen.
  4. Duties, not Rights, are important for the stability of the State.

Answer

Correct Answer

Rights are correlative with Duties.

Explanation

Rights and duties are correlative — the exercise of one's rights necessarily entails corresponding duties towards others and society, a foundational principle in political theory recognized in the Indian constitutional framework.

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