Which one of the following statements is correct ?
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Answer: C. Rights are claims that individuals make on the State; the State must respect and protect them. They limit what the State can do to citizens. They are not privileges of a few, and not the State's claims on citizens. So rights are claims of the citizens against the State.
Watch for: Watch for option B; constitutional listing protects rights but does not make them privileges.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because it reverses the relation; the State has duties, not rights, here.
- B. Wrong because rights are not privileges and not all rights are written into a constitution.
- D. Wrong because rights belong to all, not a few.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory, Chapter 5 'Rights'
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