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Article 46's directive to promote SC/ST welfare requires intersectional approach: recognizing that SC/ST women, disabled persons face compounded disadvantage, and policies must address layered inequalities through targeted measures, data collection, and ______ participation in policy design.

  1. elite
  2. community
  3. foreign
  4. military
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Article 43's directive to secure decent standard of life for workers aligns with skill development initiatives like Skill India, which aim to enhance employability, dignity of labor, and economic ______ through training, certification, placement support.

  1. dependency
  2. empowerment
  3. isolation
  4. subordination
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Article 41 directs the State to make provision for public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness, disablement, and undeserved want, and schemes like National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) operationalize this by providing pensions, assistance to ______, widows, disabled persons.

  1. youth
  2. elderly
  3. students
  4. entrepreneurs
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Article 38 directs the State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people, based on justice — social, economic, and ______ — reflecting the Constitution's commitment to comprehensive equality and inclusive development.

  1. cultural
  2. political
  3. religious
  4. administrative
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DPSP remain relevant for digital governance: data protection (privacy as dignity), digital inclusion (access as equality), and algorithmic accountability (fairness as justice) require innovative policy responses guided by ______ principles of welfare, rights, and democratic values.

  1. colonial
  2. constitutional
  3. market
  4. theocratic
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In Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980), the Supreme Court held that the balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is part of the basic structure, meaning neither can be given absolute primacy; this balance ensures that social justice goals advance without destroying individual ______ protections.

  1. economic
  2. liberty
  3. administrative
  4. military
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Article 49 directs the State to protect monuments of national importance, and sustainable tourism policies balance conservation with public access, ensuring cultural heritage is preserved while enabling ______ benefits through responsible tourism, education, community engagement.

  1. economic
  2. military
  3. religious
  4. political
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Article 47 directs the State to raise level of nutrition and improve public health, and the National Food Security Act, 2013 operationalizes this by providing subsidized food grains to ______% of rural population and 50% of urban population through PDS, ICDS, mid-day meals.

  1. 50
  2. 75
  3. 90
  4. 100
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Article 44's Uniform Civil Code directive is often debated in context of gender justice: personal laws often discriminate against women in marriage, divorce, inheritance, and a uniform code based on constitutional values of ______, dignity, equality could advance women's rights while respecting religious freedom.

  1. secularism
  2. theocracy
  3. regionalism
  4. casteism
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Article 42 directs the State to make provision for maternity relief, and the Maternity Benefit Act (amended 2017) provides ______ weeks of paid maternity leave for women employees in establishments with 10 or more workers, reflecting commitment to gender justice in workplace.

  1. 12
  2. 26
  3. 36
  4. 52
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Article 39(e) directs the State to ensure that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused, and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or ______.

  1. education
  2. strength
  3. preference
  4. location
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Article 39(b) directs the State to ensure that the ownership and control of material resources of the community are so distributed as to subserve the ______ good, preventing concentration of wealth and means of production to common detriment.

  1. private
  2. common
  3. corporate
  4. foreign
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DPSP embody transformative constitutionalism: using the Constitution as a tool for social transformation, not merely reflecting existing social norms but actively reshaping society towards substantive equality, dignity, inclusive development through ______ action, judicial interpretation, democratic practice.

  1. legislative
  2. military
  3. religious
  4. foreign
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DPSP remain relevant for contemporary policy challenges: digital governance (privacy, inclusion), climate action (sustainability, equity), and social justice (intersectionality, dignity) require innovative policy responses guided by ______ principles of welfare, equality, fraternity.

  1. colonial
  2. constitutional
  3. market
  4. theocratic
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Gandhian principles in DPSP include organization of village panchayats (Article 40), promotion of cottage industries (Article 43), and protection of ______ (Article 48), reflecting Gandhian vision of self-reliant rural economy, moral governance.

  1. rivers
  2. cows
  3. forests
  4. minerals
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In Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980), the Supreme Court held that the balance between Fundamental Rights (Part III) and Directive Principles (Part IV) is part of the basic structure of the Constitution, meaning Parliament cannot give absolute primacy to ______ over Fundamental Rights through constitutional amendment.

  1. Directive Principles
  2. Fundamental Duties
  3. Preamble
  4. Seventh Schedule
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Article 49 directs the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historic interest, declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance, from ______, defacement, damage, destruction, or disposal.

  1. spoliation
  2. restoration
  3. renovation
  4. commercialization
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Article 47 directs the State to regard raising the level of nutrition and standard of living of people, and improvement of ______, as among its primary duties, and to endeavor to bring about prohibition of consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs injurious to health.

  1. infrastructure
  2. public health
  3. industrial output
  4. military strength
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Article 44 directs the State to endeavor to secure for the citizens a ______ civil code throughout the territory of India, reflecting commitment to gender justice, national integration, though implementation remains contested due to religious, cultural sensitivities.

  1. uniform
  2. religious
  3. regional
  4. customary
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Article 43 directs the State to endeavor to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organization, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring decent standard of life, and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities, and to promote ______ industries on individual or cooperative basis in rural areas.

  1. large-scale
  2. cottage
  3. foreign
  4. automated