Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

Consider the following Assertion and Reason:

Assertion (A): A single constitutional Article may contain directives that are placed in different conventional ideological categories.

Reason (R): Article 47 contains a socialist objective concerning nutrition and public health as well as a Gandhian objective concerning prohibition of intoxicating drinks and harmful drugs.

Which one of the following is correct?

  1. A is correct, but R is incorrect
  2. A is incorrect, but R is correct
  3. Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  4. Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A
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