Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

The "Objectives Resolution" or the Preamble of the Indian Constitution did not have which of the following term:

Options:

Independent

Sovereign

Secular

Republic

Correct Answer:

Secular

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Secular

The "Objectives Resolution" or the Preamble of the Indian Constitution did not have the term Secular.

On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the “Objectives Resolution” in the Constituent Assembly. It was a momentous resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India, and provided the framework within which the work of constitution-making was to proceed. It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Sovereign Republic”, guaranteed its citizens justice, equality and freedom, and assured that “adequate safeguards shall be provided for minorities, backward and tribal areas, and Depressed and Other Backward Classes … ” After outlining these objectives, Nehru placed the Indian experiment in a broad historical perspective. As he spoke, he said, his mind went back to the historic efforts in the past to produce such documents of rights.

Note- By 42nd Amendment of 1976, the words socialist, secular and integrity were added to the Preamble.