Explanation
- A
1 only
(a) 1 only. Statement 1 is correct—the DPSPs sketch socio-economic democracy (livelihood, education, living wage, and so on)—but statement 2 is also correct under Article 37. Stopping at 1 only is incomplete.
- B
2 only
(b) 2 only. Non-enforceability is true, yet statement 1 is also a standard reading of Part IV. 2 only drops a correct statement.
- C
Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2. Part IV sets out the socio-economic content of democracy that the State must strive for, and Article 37 says the Principles are not enforceable by any court though they are fundamental in governance. Both statements are correct; that is the official key.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2. Both statements track the constitutional text and doctrine. Neither-nor is wrong.
Summary. Official key is (c) Both 1 and 2. Directive Principles spell out the socio-economic aims of the Indian State. Article 37 makes them non-justiciable while still fundamental to governance. Statement 1 and statement 2 therefore both stand. The keyed choice is both.
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