Fundamental Duties Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The committee was the Swaran Singh Committee (spelt 'Swarna Singh' in the paper).

Set up in 1976, it recommended adding a chapter of fundamental duties. The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 then inserted Part IV-A, Article 51A, with ten duties; an eleventh, on education of children, was added in 2002.

The Nehru Committee produced the Nehru Report of 1928, a draft constitution. Sardar Patel chaired the Constituent Assembly's Advisory Committee on fundamental rights and minorities, and Dr Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee. None of them recommended fundamental duties.

Answer: B

The Fundamental Duties were added in 1976.

The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976, on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, inserted Part IV-A with Article 51A, listing ten duties drawn on the model of the Soviet constitution. An eleventh, the duty of parents to give their children education, was added by the 86th Amendment in 2002.

1935 is the year of the Government of India Act, and 1950 that of the original Constitution, which had no duties. Nothing was added in 1971.

Answer: B

The Constitution lists 11 Fundamental Duties.

Article 51A was inserted by the 42nd Amendment, 1976, with ten duties on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee. The 86th Amendment, 2002, added the eleventh: a parent or guardian's duty to provide opportunities for education to a child between six and fourteen.

10 was the original number and is the usual trap. 12 and 9 match no version of Article 51A.

Answer: A

Article 51A, inserted by the Forty-second Amendment in 1976, lists the Fundamental Duties of citizens of India, such as respecting the Constitution and the national flag, protecting the sovereignty of the country and preserving the composite culture. It speaks only of the duty of every citizen of India. It is not addressed to public servants as a class, to those who run public and private sectors, or to the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers as such, so the first option is the only one that matches the text.

Answer: C

Part IVA of the Constitution, containing Article 51A on the Fundamental Duties of citizens, was inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, during the Emergency. The 17th Amendment (1964) dealt with land reform and the Ninth Schedule. The 25th Amendment (1971) curtailed the right to property and added Article 31C. The 44th Amendment (1978) restored many safeguards altered by the 42nd Amendment and removed the right to property from Part III, but it left Part IVA in place. The answer is the 42nd Amendment.

Answer: C

Clause (k) of Article 51-A was added by the Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002. It makes it a fundamental duty of a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to a child between six and fourteen years. The same Amendment inserted Article 21A, the right to education. The 73rd Amendment dealt with Panchayats, and the 85th and 93rd Amendments dealt with other matters, so option C is correct.