In the context of India, which one of the following is the correct relationship between Rights and Duties ?
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Answer: A. Rights and duties go together. One person's right is another person's duty to respect it, and each citizen must use rights in a way that respects society. Indian constitutional thinking, including Part IVA, treats rights as correlative with duties. The other options set rights and duties against each other. So the answer is A.
Watch for: Watch for questions 36 and 47 in the same paper. Fundamental Duties are not correlative to legal duties, but rights in general are correlative with duties.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because rights exist within society and are limited by duties.
- C. Wrong because duties also help develop the citizen's personality.
- D. Wrong because rights also matter for the State's stability, not duties alone.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory, Chapter 5 'Rights' (Rights and Responsibilities); Constitution of India, Part IVA
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