Lesson Presentation

PREAMBLE

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

  • JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
  • LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
  • EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
  • and to promote among them all
  • FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

1. Subs. by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.2, for "SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC" (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).

2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "Unity of the Nation" (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).

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1. The Preamble to the Constitution of India is [UPSC CSE – 2020 Prelims]

 
 
 
 

2. Which one of the following objectives is not embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution of India? [UPSC CSE – 2017 Prelims]

 
 
 
 

3. The mind of the makers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following? [UPSC CSE – 2017 Prelims]

 
 
 
 

4. ‘Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the Indian Constitution has been provided in [UPSC CSE – 2013 Prelims]

 
 
 
 

5. Other than the Fundamental Rights, which of the following parts of the Constitution of India reflect/reflects the principles and provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)?

  1. Preamble
  2. Directive Principles of State Policy
  3. Fundamental Duties

Select the correct answer using the code given below: [UPSC CSE – 2011 Prelims]