UPSC Prelims 2021— Question 1

Article 39(c), within the Directive Principles of State Policy, directs the State to ensure that the economic system does not result in concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment. The Right to Equality and Right to Freedom are Fundamental Rights with different constitutional purposes. The wording of the question points directly to the DPSP provision rather than to a general welfare concept. The final answer-key position for Set C identifies option B as the correct option. Option A — the Right to Equality — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option B — the Directive Principles of State Policy — is correct because it is the alternative that matches the constitutional, historical, geographical, scientific or economic principle established above. Option C — the Right to Freedom — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option D — the Concept of Welfare — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. For PYQ interpretation, the distinction between the correct alternative and merely related facts is important. UPSC often places plausible distractors beside the precise statement that matches the underlying rule, chronology, definition or empirical relationship. The answer should therefore be read against the exact wording of the question rather than against a broadly related fact.