UPSC PRELIMS · POLITY · INTERNAL SECURITY & CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Consider the following statements : 1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances. 2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention. 3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as· evidence. How many of the above statements are correct?

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EXPLANATION

The Constitution places a duty on the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance; preventive-detention safeguards are more nuanced, and the POTA statement is incorrect. Hence two statements are correct.

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