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January 29, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. Regarding Wood‘s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?
(1) Grants-in-Aid system was introduced
(2) Establishment of universities was recommended
(3) English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Which of the following Directive Principle was not added by 42nd Amendment Act of 1976?
(a) To secure opportunities for healthy development of children (Article 39).
(b) To promote equal justice and to provide free legal aid to the poor (Article 39 A).
(c) To take steps to secure the participation of workers in the management of industries (Article 43 A).
(d) State to minimise inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities (Article 38)
- The Directive Principles of State Policy are enumerated in Part IV of the Constitution from Articles 36 to 51.
- The framers of the Constitution borrowed this idea from the Irish Constitution of 1937, which had copied it from the Spanish Constitution
- The phrase ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ denotes the ideals that the State should keep in mind while formulating policies and enacting laws.
- The Directive Principles constitute a very comprehensive economic, social and political programme for a modern democratic State.
- The Directive Principles are non-justiciable in nature.
- The Directive Principles, though non-justiciable in nature, help the courts in examining and determining the constitutional validity of a law.
- The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 added four new Directive Principles to the original list. They require the State:
- To secure opportunities for healthy development of children (Article 39).
- To promote equal justice and to provide free legal aid to the poor (Article 39 A).
- To take steps to secure the participation of workers in the management of industries (Article 43 A).
- To protect and improve the environment and to safeguard forests and wildlife (Article 48 A).