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UPSC Prelims 2023 Paper-1 📅 28 May, 2023

Consider the following statements:
  • 1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances.
  • 2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention.
  • 3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence.
How many of the above statements are correct?

A
Only one
B
Only two
C
All three
D
None
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UPSC Prelims
2023 • 28 May, 2023 • Paper-1
Consider the following statements:
  • 1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances.
  • 2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention.
  • 3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Correct Answer
Only two
Subject: Polity.Context: Fundamental Rights and Center-State Relations.Details: Statement 1 is correct; under Article 355, the Union is duty-bound to protect st......
Ref/Book : UPSC Prelims 2023
Ref. Subject Polity
Chapter -
Ref. Topic Constitutional Provisions
Pg. No -
💡 Analysis & Explanation
Subject ▼
Polity.
Context ▼
Fundamental Rights and Center-State Relations.
Details ▼
Statement 1 is correct; under Article 355, the Union is duty-bound to protect states against external aggression and internal disturbance. Statement 2 is correct; Article 22(3) explicitly denies the right to consult a legal practitioner (granted in Article 22(1)) to enemy aliens and individuals arrested under preventive detention laws. Statement 3 is incorrect; a highly controversial feature of POTA 2002 was that it allowed confessions made to police officers (SP rank and above) to be admissible as evidence in court.
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