Which of the following was/were NOT mentioned in the Constitution before 1976?

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CDirective Principles of State Policy

DFundamental Duties

Answer:

Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution in 1976 by the 42nd Amendment Act.
The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act (1976) included ten Fundamental Duties.
This amendment added a new part, namely, Part IVA to the Constitution.
This new part consists of only one Article, that is, Article 51A which for the first time specified a code of ten fundamental duties of the citizens.

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The 103rd Amendment amended Articles 15 and 16 to include provisions for EWS reservation.
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