Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following terms is NOT included in the Preamble of Indian Constitution?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Federalism.
Key Points
- Among the given options term 'Federalism' is not mentioned in the Preamble of the constitution of India.
- The Preamble is called the introduction letter of the Indian Constitution.
- In a Constitution, it presents the intention of its framers, the history behind its creation, and the core values and principles of the nation.
- The ideals behind the Preamble to India’s Constitution were laid down by Jawaharlal Nehru’s Objectives Resolution, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 22, 1947.
Additional Information
- We, the people of India: It indicates the ultimate sovereignty of the people of India.
- Sovereignty means the independent authority of the State, not being subject to the control of any other State or external power.
- Sovereign: The term means that India has its own independent authority and it is not a dominion of any other external power.
- In the country, the legislature has the power to make laws that are subject to certain limitations.
- Socialist: The term means the achievement of socialist ends through democratic means.
- It holds faith in a mixed economy where both the private and public sectors co-exist side by side.
- It was added in the Preamble by 42nd Amendment, 1976.
- Secular: The term means that all the religions in India get equal respect, protection, and support from the state.
- The preamble was amended by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1976, in which three new words Socialist, Secular, and Integrity were added.
- It was incorporated in the Preamble by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976.
- Democratic: The term implies that the Constitution of India has an established form of Constitution that gets its authority from the will of the people expressed in an election.
- Republic: The term indicates that the head of the state is elected by the people.
- In India, the President of India is the elected head of the state.
- The preamble was amended by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1976, in which three new words Socialist, Secular, and Integrity were added.
- It secures justice, liberty, equality to all citizens of India and promotes fraternity amongst the people.
- It has been widely regarded as soul of the constitution.
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