Q. Consider the following provisions:
1. To promote the spread of the Hindi language
2. To ensure the maintenance of adequate means of communication in the country
3. To consider the claims of Scheduled Castes in making of appointments to services
4. To raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living of people
How many of the above Directives to the State are contained in Part-IV of the Constitution of India?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer
Statement 1 is incorrect: Article 351 in Part XVII of the Constitution exhorts the State that it shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language and to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India.
Statement 3 is incorrect: Article 335 in Part XVI mentions that claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or a State.
Statement 2 is incorrect: To ensure the maintenance of adequate means of communication in the country is not one of the DPSPs mentioned in the Part IV of the Constitution.
Statement 4 is correct. “To raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living of people and to improve public health” is contained in Article 47 in Part IV of Constitution
