Variant 01 Standard Evaluation
Select the socio-economic framework that most accurately defines the constitutional mandate of 'Democratic Socialism' in India:
Solution & Analysis
Answer: D
The fourth framework accurately defines Indian Democratic Socialism. Unlike 'Communistic Socialism' (which demands total nationalization and abolition of private property, as seen in the first statement), India's model is a 'mixed economy' where public and private enterprises operate side-by-side to end poverty and inequality. It explicitly rejects both pure unregulated capitalism (second statement) and hostile state monopolization (third statement).