निम्नलिखित में कौनसा एक, इस परिच्छेद का मर्म है ?
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Which one of the following is the crux of this passage?
(a) Our duties to one another derive from our religious traditions · (b) Having relationship to the divine principle is a great virtue · (c) Balance between rights and duties is crucial to the delivery of justice in a society · (d) Religious concept of rights is primarily derived from our relationship to god
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Answer: (c) अधिकारों और कर्त्तव्यों के बीच सन्तुलन समाज में न्याय दिलाने के लिए निर्णायक है
The passage moves from religious duties and rights to its main point: the correspondence between rights and duties is critical to understanding justice, and justice must be practised in a community. So the crux is that balancing rights and duties is central to justice in a society.
- ✗ (a) A supporting detail from the opening lines, not the point the passage builds to.
- ✗ (b) The passage never calls the relationship to the divine a 'great virtue'.
- ✓ (c) 'This correspondence between rights and duties is critical to any further understanding of justice', and justice must be grounded in a community.
- ✗ (d) Another opening detail; the passage uses it only to reach the rights–duties link and justice.
Remember · The crux is the point the details lead to; an option that restates one early sentence is usually a supporting detail.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·