Per NCERT, which historical document is associated with the early articulation of NATURAL RIGHTS — life, liberty, property — owed by the state to its citizens?
AMagna Carta (a baron-king compact, not a citizen-rights document)
BHammurabi's Code (no concept of citizen rights)
CA modern Indian Supreme Court judgement from 2010
DJohn Locke's writings + the American Declaration of Independence + French Declaration of the Rights of Man
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. John Locke's writings + the American Declaration of Independence + French Declaration of the Rights of Man
NCERT traces natural rights to Locke + the American + French revolutionary declarations. The other choices either preceded the concept or postdate the origin.
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