Preamble MCQ Indian polity
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1. The mind of the makers of the
Constitution of India is reflected in
which of the following?
[IAS (Pre) 2017]
(a) The Preamble
(b) The Fundamental Rights
(c) The Directive Principles of State
Policy
(d) The Fundamental Duties
2. Where have the words ‘We The People
Of India’ been used in the Constitution
of India? [MPPSC 2016]
(a) Directive Principle
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Citizenship
(d) Preamble of the Constitution
3. Which one of the following describes
India a Secular State?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Preamble of the Constitution
(c) 9th Schedule
(d) Directive Principles
4. The Preamble of our Constitution reads
India as [SSC 2008]
(a) Sovereign, Socialist, Secular,
Democratic Republic
(b) Sovereign, Democratic, Socialist,
Secular Republic
(c) Socialist, Sovereign, Democratic,
Secular Republic
(d) Democratic, Sovereign, Secular,
Socialist Republic
5. Which one of the following statements
regarding the Preamble is correct?
(a) It is not enforceable in a Court of Law
(b) The Supreme Court has recently
ruled that it is not a part of the
Constitution
(c) It has been amended twice
(d) All of the above
6. The Preamble of the Indian
Constitution adopted on 26th
November, 1949 did not include the
terms
I. Socialist II. Secular
III. Integrity IV. Republic
Codes [UPPSC (Pre) 2009]
(a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV
(c) I, II and IV
(d) III and IV
7. Consider the following statements
about the Preamble of the Constitution
I. The objective resolution proposed by
Pt Nehru ultimately became the
preamble.
II. It is not justiciable in nature.
III. It cannot be amended.
IV. It cannot override the specific
provisions of the Constitution.
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? [UPPSC (Pre) 2009]
(a) I and II
(b) I, II and IV
(c) I, II and III
(d) II, III and IV
8. Consider the following statements and
choose the correct answer using the
codes given below : [UPPSC 2017]
Assertion (A) India is a democratic
country.
Reason (R) India has a Constitution of
its own.
Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
9. Consider the following words.
I. Socialist
II. Democratic
III. Sovereign
IV. Secular
Choose the response that gives the
correct order in which these words occur
in the Preamble.
(a) III, I, IV, II (b) III, IV, I, II
(c) III, IV, II, I (d) IV, I, III, II
10. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
as Reason (R). [CGPSC 2020]
Assertion (A) India is a sovereign
socialist secular democratic republic.
Reason (R) It was substituted by 42nd
Amendment Act, 1976 for Sovereign
Democratic Republic.
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
11. Which of the following attribute in the
Preamble states that ‘No one should
treat a fellow citizen as inferior’?
[SSC CPO 2016]
(a) Justice (b) Liberty
(c) Equality (d) Fraternity
12. How many types of justice, liberty,
equality and fraternity in that order has
been mentioned in the Preamble of
Constitution of India? [UPPSC 2018]
(a) 3, 5, 2, 1 (b) 1, 3, 5, 2
(c) 2, 5, 3, 1 (d) 5, 2, 1, 3
13. Which one of the following words was
not included in the Preamble of the
Indian Constitution in 1947?
(a) Fraternity
(b) Sovereign
(c) Equality
(d) Integrity
14. The ideals and objectives outlined in
the Preamble of the Indian Constitution
have been further elaborated in
(a) the chapter on Fundamental Rights
(b) the chapter on Directive Principles of
State Policy
(c) the chapter on Directive Principles of
State Policy, Fundamental Rights
and Fundamental Duties
(d) nowhere else in the text of the
Constitution
15. The Preamble enshrines certain ideals
that were first spelt out in
(a) the speech by Jawahar Lal Nehru on
the banks of Ravi when he called for
Purna Swaraj.
(b) the Nehru Report.
(c) a resolution adopted at Karachi
session of the Indian National
Congress.
(d) the objective resolution adopted by
the Constituent Assembly.
16. Which of the following emerges clearly
from the preamble?
I. When the Constitution was enacted.
II. The ideals that were to be achieved.
III. The system of government.
IV. The source of authority.
Codes
(a) II, III and IV
(b) I and II
(c) I, II and III
(d) I, II, III and IV
17. Among the following ideals and
philosophy, identity those enshrined in
the preamble to the Constitution of
India.
I. Sovereign democratic republic.
II. Socialism and secularism.
III. Capitalism and free trade.
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. [CDS 2013]
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) I, II and III
(d) II and III
18. The Indian Constitution establishes a
Secular State. It means
I. the state treats all religions equally.
II. freedom of faith and worship is
allowed to all the people.
III. educational institutions, without
exception, are free to impart religious
instruction.
IV. the state makes no discrimination on
the basis of the religion in matters of
employment.
Codes
(a) I and II
(b) I, II, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II and IV
19. The idea of Preamble has been
borrowed in Indian Constitution from
the Constitution of [UPPSC 2014]
(a) Italy (b) Canada
(c) France (d) USA
20. Who said Preamble is the keynote to
the Constitution?
(a) Ernest Barker
(b) KM Munshi
(c) BR Ambedkar
(d) DD Basu
21. The term ‘Fraternity’ in the Preamble of
the Indian Constitution means a sense
of [SSC 2017]
(a) friendliness
(b) statehood
(c) love and affection
(d) brotherhood
22. The ‘Justice’ described in the Preamble
of Indian Constitution has been
accepted in which form? [SSC 2018]
(a) Political justice
(b) Economic justice
(c) Social justice
(d) All of the above
23. At the time of enactment of the
Constitution, which one of the following
ideals was not included in the
preamble? [SSC 2006]
(a) Liberty (b) Equality
(c) Socialis (d) Justice
24. Which one of the following objectives is
not embodied in the Preamble to the
Constitution of India? [IAS (Pre) 2017]
(a) Liberty of thought
(b) Economic liberty
(c) Liberty of expression
(d) Liberty of belief
25. One of the implication of equality in
society is the absence of
(a) privileges [IAS (Pre) 2017]
(b) restraints
(c) Competition
(d) ideology
26. Socialism refers to [NDA 2010]
(a) state-controlled economy
(b) liquidation of the burgeosie
(c) removal of peasantry from
administration
(d) establishment of military dictatorship
27. Which one of the following correctly
explains the meaning of ‘Socialist’ In
the Preamble?
(a) Nationalisation of all means of
production
(b) Abolition of private property
(c) Socialistic pattern of society
(d) Eradication of exploitation and
vested interest
28. Which of the following is correct?
(a) Social equality is not guaranteed in
our Constitution
(b) Social equality already existed in our
country
(c) Social equality is guaranteed in our
Constitution
(d) None of the above
29. ‘Economic Justice’ as one of the
objectives of the Indian Constitution
has been provided in [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(a) the Preamble and the Fundamental
Rights.
(b) the Preamble and the Directive
Principles of State Policy.
(c) the Fundamental Rights and the
Directive Principles of State Policy.
(d) None of the above
30. The Preamble to our Constitution
makes no mention of [SSC 2018, 2017]
(a) Justice
(b) Fraternity
(c) Equality of Status
(d) Adult franchise
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