UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen? 1. A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties. 2. They are correlative to legal duties. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Correct Answer

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) are non-justiciable and have no legislative enforcement mechanism (statement 1 wrong), and they are moral/civic obligations rather than legal duties correlative to enforceable rights (statement 2 wrong).

Topics: constitution of india, fundamental duties, nature of fundamental duties, polity and governance