WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2022
Q. The directive of separation of judiciary from executive is mentioned under :
(A) Article 48
(B) Article 49
(C) Article 50
(D) Article 51.
Correct Answer: (C) Article 50
Q. “Economic Justice” as one of the objectives of the Constitution of India has been provided in :
(A) Preamble and Fundamental Rights
(B) Preamble and Directive Principles
(C) Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
(D) Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
Correct Answer: (B) Preamble and Directive Principles
Q. “Equal justice and free legal aid” is incorporated in the Constitution of India in :
(A) Article 21A
(B) Article 39A
(C) Article 43A
(D) Article 48A.
Correct Answer: (B) Article 39A
Q. Duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to promote public health is Directive Principle under :
(A) Article 47
(B) Article 48
(C) Article 49
(D) Article 50.
Correct Answer: (A) Article 47
Q. Directive Principles of State Policy is :
(A) Justifiable
(B) Non-justifiable
(C) Mandatory
(D) None of the above.
Correct Answer: (B) Non-justifiable
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2021
Q. Which of these are non-justiciable?
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Directive Principles of State Policy
(C) Criminal Procedure Code
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Directive Principles of State Policy
Q. Which Part of the Constitution of India contains the Directive Principles of the State Policy?
(A) Part IV
(B) Part III
(C) Part I
(D) Part VI
Correct Answer: (A) Part IV
Q. Which Article was given effect to by the 73rd Amendment?
(A) Article 47
(B) Article 40
(C) Article 45
(D) Article 46
Correct Answer: (B) Article 40
Q. From where the concept of Directive Principles of State Policy have been taken?
(A) Ireland
(B) USSR
(C) France
(D) USA
Correct Answer: (A) Ireland
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2020
Q. The Directive Principles of State Policy (Art. 36 to Art. 51) is included in which part of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Part III
(B) Part IV
(C) Part V
(D) Part VI
Correct Answer: (B) Part IV
Q. If the Government of a State fails to enforce the Directive Principles of the State Policy, a citizen can move which among the following courts to file a writ petition to get them enforced?
(A) District Court
(B) No Court
(C) High Court
(D) Supreme Court
Correct Answer: (B) No Court
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2019
Q. The framers of the Constitution borrowed the concept of Directive Principles from :
(A) Government of India Act, 1935
(B) Constitution of Ireland
(C) Constitution of Switzerland
(D) Constitution of United States of America
Correct Answer: (B) Constitution of Ireland
Q. According to the 86th Constitutional Amendment, 2002, the State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete :
(A) age of 3 years
(B) age of 6 years
(C) age of 7 years
(D) age of 12 years
Correct Answer: (B) age of 6 years
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2018
Q. The framers of the Constitution borrowed the concept of Directive Principles from :
(A) Constitution of Switzerland
(B) Constitution of Ireland
(C) Government of India Act, 1935
(D) Constitution of USA
Correct Answer: (B) Constitution of Ireland
Q. “Directive Principles of State Policy are the conscience of the Constitution which embody the social philosophy of the Constitution” was opined by :
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) A.V. Dicey
(C) Granville Austin
(D) K.L Wheare
Correct Answer: (C) Granville Austin
Q. Match the following: Articles: (a) 39A (b) 40 (c) 41 (d) 44 | Provisions: (i) Uniform Civil Code (ii) Equal justice and free legal aid (iii) Organisation of village panchayat (iv) Right to work. Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv ii i
Correct Answer: (C) ii iii iv i
Q. In Article 45, the State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education to children below the age of :
(A) 6 years
(B) 8 years
(C) 12 years
(D) 14 years
Correct Answer: (A) 6 years
Q. In 1971, a new Article 31C was inserted in the Constitution which provides that a law giving effect to the Directive Principles of State Policy specified in Article 39(b) and (c) will not be void on the ground of contravention of Articles 14, 19 or 31. The insertion was made by which of the following Amendments?
(A) 21st Amendment
(B) 24th Amendment
(C) 25th Amendment
(D) 26th Amendment
Correct Answer: (C) 25th Amendment
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2017
Q. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution deals with the uniform civil code for the citizens?
(A) Article 44
(B) Article 21
(C) Article 37
(D) Article 45
Correct Answer: (A) Article 44
Q. The concept of ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ is borrowed from :
(A) Ireland
(B) England
(C) Scotland
(D) United Kingdom
Correct Answer: (A) Ireland
Q. Right to work in India is :
(A) Fundamental right
(B) Directive Principle
(C) Constitutional right
(D) Not a fundamental right but can be claimed after employment
Correct Answer: (B) Directive Principle
Q. Consider the following statements: Directives Principles of State Policy are :
(A) 1. directives in the nature of ideals of the State
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2. directives administering and legislating the policy of State
(D) 3. justiciable rights of the Citizens
Correct Answer: (A) 1. directives in the nature of ideals of the State
Q. The term ‘equal pay for equal work’ is a :
(A) Directive Principles of State Policy
(B) Fundamental Right
(C) Matter of State Policy
(D) Is a matter of Labour Law
Correct Answer: (A) Directive Principles of State Policy
Q. In Article 45, the State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education to children below the age of :
(A) 8
(B) 15
(C) 12
(D) 6
Correct Answer: (D) 6
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2016
Q. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution directs the state to strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting the social order in which justice, social, economic and political shall prevail?
(A) Article 25
(B) Article 38
(C) Article 32
(D) Article 39
Correct Answer: (B) Article 38
Q. Which Article of the Constitution directs the State to ensure that the wealth and means of production do not get concentrated in few hands?
(A) Article 38
(B) Article 39
(C) Article 41
(D) Article 42
Correct Answer: (B) Article 39
Q. Which Article of the constitution seeks to promote the educational and economic interests of weaker sections of people, specially the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?
(A) Article 42
(B) Article 46
(C) Article 39
(D) Article 44
Correct Answer: (B) Article 46
Q. Which among the following was the first programme launched by Government of India to implement the Article 47 of the directive principles of state policy?
(A) Integrated Rural Development Programme
(B) Community Development Programme
(C) National Rural Employment Programme
(D) Desert Development Programme
Correct Answer: (B) Community Development Programme
Q. Which among the following justifies the reason that Directive Principles were made explicitly unjustifiable?
(A) The state may not have political will to implement the principles.
(B) The state may not need to implement the principles as the Fundamental Rights were made justifiable.
(C) The implementation of the principles needs resources which the states may not have.
(D) The Constitution does not provide any clear guidelines to implement the principles.
Correct Answer: (C) The implementation of the principles needs resources which the states may not have.
Q. Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a Directive Principle?
(A) Provision of adequate means of livelihood for all the citizens.
(B) Provision of employment facilities to all able-bodied persons.
(C) Protection of workers, especially children.
(D) Securing of equal pay for equal work to both men and women.
Correct Answer: (B) Provision of employment facilities to all able-bodied persons.
Q. Which one of the following Directive Principles is non-Gandhian?
(A) Promotion of cottage industries in rural areas.
(B) Prohibition of the use of intoxicants except for the medicinal purposes.
(C) Prevention of slaughter of cows, calves and other milch cattle.
(D) Provision of free and compulsory education for all the children up to the age of fourteen years.
Correct Answer: (D) Provision of free and compulsory education for all the children up to the age of fourteen years.
Q. Who said that Directive Principles of State Policy are like a cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank?
(A) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Dr. B. N. Rau
(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Prof. K. T. Shah
Correct Answer: (D) Prof. K. T. Shah
Q. Which one of the following differences between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles has been wrongly listed?
(A) The Fundamental Rights are negative injunctions, while the Directive Principles are positive instructions to the government.
(B) The Fundamental Rights are justiciable while the Directive Principles are non-justiciable.
(C) The Fundamental Rights enjoy constitutional basis while the Directive Principles are based on conventions.
(D) In case of clash between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles the former get precedence.
Correct Answer: (C) The Fundamental Rights enjoy constitutional basis while the Directive Principles are based on conventions.
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2015
Q. Directive Principles are :
(A) Justifiable as fundamental rights
(B) Justifiable but not as fundamental rights
(C) Decorative portions of Indian Constitution
(D) Not justifiable, yet fundamental in governance of the country
Correct Answer: (D) Not justifiable, yet fundamental in governance of the country
Q. Directive Principles of the State Policy are :
(A) Not part of Indian Constitution
(B) Policy declarations made by Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Policy principles enunciated by the Planning Commission
(D) A part of Indian Constitution
Correct Answer: (D) A part of Indian Constitution
Q. Directive Principles of State Policy are :
(A) Unique feature of the Constitution
(B) Actual feature of the Constitution
(C) Not a novel feature of the Constitution
(D) Useless feature of the Constitution
Correct Answer: (A) Unique feature of the Constitution
Q. The Eighty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India altered a Directive Principle of the Constitution to provide for :
(A) Early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years
(B) The state to provide free legal aid
(C) Encouraging village panchayats
(D) Prohibiting intoxicating drinks and drugs injurious to health
Correct Answer: (A) Early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years
WBCS Mains Indian Polity DPSP Questions 2014
Q. Which one of the following chapter provisions has been described as the soul of the Constitution ?
(A) The chapter on Fundamental Rights
(B) The chapter on Directive Principle of State Policy
(C) The Preamble
(D) The provisions regarding Judicial review
Correct Answer: (A) The chapter on Fundamental Rights
Q. India borrowed the idea of Directive Principle of State Policy from the Constitution of :
(A) The Weimar Republic of Germany
(B) The Republic of Ireland
(C) The South Africa
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) The Republic of Ireland
Q. In which part of the Constitution does the concept of welfare state find elaboration ?
(A) Preamble
(B) Fundamental Rights
(C) Directive Principle of State Policy
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Directive Principle of State Policy
Q. Which one of the following is a Directive Principle of State Policy ?
(A) The state shall not deny to any person equality before law
(B) The state shall not discriminate against any person on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
(C) Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form shall be punishable by law
(D) The state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life
Correct Answer: (D) The state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life
Q. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of village Panchayats :
(A) Article 19
(B) Article 21
(C) Article 40
(D) Article 246
Correct Answer: (C) Article 40
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