Question

Under which constitution amendment, 10 Fundamental Duties of the citizens were included in the constitution?
1. 24^th
2. 38^th
3. 42^nd
4. 44^th

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 42^nd

The correct answer is 42nd

• The original Constitution did not provide for the Fundamental Duties of the citizens.
• These were added through the 42^nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976.
• It incorporated the fundamental duties by inserting a new Article 51A below article 51. 
• The concept of Fundamental Duties has been borrowed from the Russian (Former Soviet Union) Constitution.
•  The 10 fundamental duties were also added as per the recommendations of the Sardar Swaran Singh Committee.
• The objective of incorporating the fundamental duties is to place before the country a code of conduct, which the citizens are expected to follow.

 

• The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution 1971, enables Parliament to dilute Fundamental Rights through Amendments of the Constitution.
• It also amended Article 368 to provide expressly that Parliament has the power to amend any provision of the Constitution.
• The Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution 1975, made the declaration of "The Emergency" final and conclusive.
• In particular, it codified and enlarged the State's power to remove fundamental rights from its citizens during states of emergency.
• The 44^th  Amendment aimed to undo several changes that had been made to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment which had been enacted by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress during the Emergency.