Choose the incorrect statement regarding 'Objectives Resolution':
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Demographic Sovereign Republic”.
Option (1) It was introduced on 13 December 1946 in the Constituent Assembly. — Correct statement. Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946.
Option (2) It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Demographic Sovereign Republic”. — Incorrect statement. The resolution proclaimed India to be an “Independent Sovereign Republic”. The word “Demographic” is not in it; demography is the study of population, not a form of government.
Option (3) It outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India. — Correct statement. It was a momentous resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India.
Option (4) It provided the framework within which the work of Constitution making was to proceed. — Correct statement. It provided the framework within which the work of constitution-making was to proceed.
NCERT (2026-27): “2. The Vision of the Constitution … 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…” |