Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?

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Correct — C, Attorney General of India — Part XIII. This pairing is wrong: the Attorney General of India is dealt with in Part V (The Union) under Article 76, not Part XIII. Part XIII actually covers 'Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India' (Articles 301-307). The other three pairs are correct — Fundamental Duties in Part IV-A (Article 51-A), The States in Part VI, and Services under the Union and States in Part XIV — so the incorrectly matched pair is (c).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched: Fundamental Duties (Article 51-A) were added as Part IV-A by the 42nd Amendment, 1976 — so this pair is right and is not the 'not correctly matched' answer.  (b) Correctly matched: Part VI (Articles 152-237) is titled 'The States' and covers the State executive, legislature and judiciary — right, so not the answer.  (d) Correctly matched: Part XIV (Articles 308-323) deals with Services under the Union and the States and the Public Service Commissions — right, so not the answer.

Concept: The Constitution is divided into Parts, each holding a block of related Articles, and knowing which subject sits in which Part is a polity staple. The catch here is the Attorney General: as the Union's chief law officer, the AG is placed in Part V (The Union), Article 76 — not in Part XIII, which concerns inter-State trade and commerce.

State PCS 2020 Q110 — Polity & Governance PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q110 — Polity & Governance PYQ with Answer