Political Science · Political Institutions in India
Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The Basic Structure Doctrine postulates that certain portions of the Constitution are immune to amendment.
Reason (R): This doctrine was put into the Constitution explicitly so that no government could ever try to amend the basic elements.
ABoth A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false ✓ Correct
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (C) A is true, but R is false — The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is the third option.
Explanation
★The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is the third option.
★The assertion is true, since the basic structure cannot be amended away.
★Certain core features of the Constitution are protected.
★The reason is false, since the doctrine is not written explicitly into the Constitution.
★It was developed by the Supreme Court in the Kesavananda Bharati case.
★So it is a judicial creation, not an explicit constitutional provision.
★Thus A is true but R is false.
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