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Zorluk: KolayFundamental Rights, Directive Principles, and Fundamental Duties

Which of the following provisions are explicitly enumerated as Fundamental Duties under Article 51A (Part IV-A) of the Constitution of India? Select all correct provisions.

  1. To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities.Cevap
  2. To safeguard public property and to abjure violence.Cevap
  3. C
    To organize village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to function as units of self-government.
  4. D
    To take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.

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The correct Fundamental Duties are the obligation to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood, and the obligation to safeguard public property and abjure violence.
The provisions concerning the promotion of harmony and common brotherhood transcending diversities, along with safeguarding public property and abjuring violence, are moral and civic duties prescribed specifically for citizens under Clause (e) and Clause (i) of Article 51A in Part IV-A.

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1
Analyze Part IV-A (Article 51A) of the Indian Constitution
Identify that Article 51A lists 11 Fundamental Duties for Indian citizens, added originally by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976, and expanded by the 86th Amendment Act, 2002.
To verify which statements represent duties of citizens rather than directions to the State.
2
Evaluate the given choices against Article 51A provisions
Promoting harmony and common brotherhood (Article 51A(e)) and safeguarding public property (Article 51A(i)) are citizen duties under Part IV-A.
Direct text mapping with Constitutional provisions.
3
Differentiate Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV) from Fundamental Duties (Part IV-A)
Organizing village panchayats (Article 40) and separating the judiciary from the executive (Article 50) are directives addressed to the State under Part IV.
Distinguishing state obligations from citizen duties prevents misclassification errors.

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Classification and Identification of Fundamental Duties vs Directive Principles of State Policy
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