Multiple choice

The Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens were

  1. enshrined in the original Constitution

  2. added to Constitution by the 42nd Amendment

  3. added to the Constitution by the 44th Amendment

  4. added to Constitution in the wake of the Supreme Court's judgment in the Keshavananda Bharati case
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Fundamental Duties were indeed added by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 during the Emergency period. They were not part of the original Constitution adopted in 1949. The 44th Amendment later reversed many provisions of the 42nd but retained the Fundamental Duties section.

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