Fundamental Rights in India are subject to reasonable restrictions as provided by law, for specific purposes such as maintaining public order, national security, and protecting the rights of others. This qualification makes them "not absolute."
Assertion [A] : The fundamental rights are not absolute but qualified. Reason [R] : The State may impose reasonable restrictions on them.
Asked in Paper I 4 · Topic: Fundamental Rights (Restrictions on Fundamental Rights (Articles 33, 34))
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Answer: C. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
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