Q3: HPPSC Prelims 2020 GS-II: Previous Year Question with Answer

Read the passage carefully: We Nigerians, who have been struggling for our rights and have finally achieved them, are correct to forget that a right by itself is incomplete and, in fact, cannot last long if the obligations which accompany that right are absent. We still think too much in terms of rights and privileges and too little in terms of obligations. That weakens a nation and we then become merely decriers and grumble without anything positive to contribute. That applies to the nation as a whole but much more so to the press. The press fought for its own freedom from governmental interference in the old days. Much that appears because of that freedom seems to be exceptionally dangerous. The freedom of the press is an indispensable feature of the democratic process. Undoubtedly, even if the government dislikes the liberties taken by the press and considers them dangerous, it is wrong to obstruct the freedom of press. By imposing restrictions you do not change anything, you merely suppress the public manifestation of certain things, thereby causing the idea and thought underlying them to spread further. Q: The writer believes that