UPPSC 2021 Prelims GS Paper-I · Question 138 of 150

Correct — C, 'The promotion of Co-operative Societies — Article 43A'. This pairing is wrong. The promotion of co-operative societies is a Directive Principle placed in Article 43B, inserted by the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2011. Article 43A actually deals with the participation of workers in the management of industries (added by the 42nd Amendment, 1976). The other three pairings are correct — Article 50 (separation of the judiciary from the executive), Article 46 (promotion of educational and economic interests of SCs, STs and weaker sections) and Article 40 (organisation of village panchayats as units of self-government). Hence option (c) is the incorrectly matched pair.

• (a)The separation of judiciary from executive — Article 50 — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Article 50 does direct the State to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services.
• (b)The promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes — Article 46 — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Article 46 directs the State to promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs and other weaker sections.
• (d)The organisation of Village Panchayats ... units of self government — Article 40 — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer) — Article 40 directs the State to organise village panchayats as units of self-government.

The Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV, Articles 36-51) are non-justiciable guidelines for governance. Some DPSPs were added after 1950 by amendment: Article 43A (participation of workers in management, 42nd Amendment 1976) and Article 43B (promotion of co-operative societies, 97th Amendment 2011). Knowing the exact Article numbers — especially the amendment-added ones — is the whole game in a match-the-following question like this.

The trap works because Articles 43A and 43B look almost identical. Remember: worker participation in management = 43A (1976), while promotion of co-operative societies = 43B (2011). The other three pairs are textbook-standard and correct, so the mismatch has to be the co-operative-societies pairing.

• Article 40 — organisation of village panchayats as units of self-government.
• Article 46 — promotion of educational and economic interests of SCs, STs and weaker sections.
• Article 43A — participation of workers in the management of industries (42nd Amendment, 1976).
• Article 43B — promotion of co-operative societies (97th Amendment, 2011); Article 50 — separation of judiciary from executive.

• Mixing up Article 43A (worker participation in management) with Article 43B (co-operative societies)
• Assuming every DPSP was part of the original 1950 Constitution when several were added by amendment

UPPSC and UPSC give a subject-to-Article match list and ask which pair is NOT correctly matched — you must memorise the exact Article numbers, especially the amendment-added DPSPs.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The promotion of co-operative societies was added as a Directive Principle (Article 43B) by which Constitutional Amendment?

  • (a)42nd Amendment
  • (b)44th Amendment
  • (c)73rd Amendment
  • (d)97th Amendment

  Answer(d) 97th Amendment Act, 2011 — which also added Part IX-B on co-operative societies.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Article 50 of the Constitution of India provides for:

  • (a)A uniform civil code
  • (b)Separation of the judiciary from the executive
  • (c)Organisation of village panchayats
  • (d)Free legal aid

  Answer(b) Separation of the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.