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Indian Polity Quiz: Preamble

  • 11 questions
  • 11 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
Useful for:SSCSSC CGLSSC CHSLSSC MTSSSC GD ConstableSSC CPOUPSC Civil ServicesRailwayRRB NTPCState Exams
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This Indian Polity quiz on Preamble puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 7 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.

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11 questions with answers and explanations

Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB NTPC · 14 Jun 2022, Shift 2Easy

Fill in the blank using words contained in the Preamble to the Constitution of India: We, ______, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens....

  1. A.The Supreme Court
  2. B.The Indian Parliament
  3. C.The Central Government
  4. D.The People of India
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Correct answer: D. The People of India

The Preamble opens with the words "We, the people of India", which name the people as the source from which the Constitution draws its authority.

Q2.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 10 Jul 2024, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following word sequences is correct as per the Preamble to the Constitution?

  1. A.Sovereign, secular, socialist, democratic, republic
  2. B.Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic
  3. C.Secular, democratic, secular, socialist, sovereign
  4. D.Socialist, secular, democratic, republic, sovereign
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Correct answer: B. Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic

This is the order in which the Preamble describes India: "a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC". Socialist and secular were inserted between sovereign and democratic by the 42nd Amendment in 1976; before that the phrase read "sovereign democratic republic".

Q4.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 27 Jul 2023, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following is mentioned in the Preamble of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship
  2. B.Fraternity assuring human dignity
  3. C.Equality of status and employment
  4. D.Justice, social, economic and administrative
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Correct answer: A. Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship

These are the exact words the Preamble uses for liberty, and they appear in it just as written here. Each of the other options changes one word of the real text, which is exactly how this question catches people.

Q7.Indian PolityMedium

From which source did the ideal of social, economic and political justice in the Preamble come?

  1. A.The French Revolution
  2. B.The American Declaration of Independence
  3. C.The Russian Revolution
  4. D.The British Magna Carta
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Correct answer: C. The Russian Revolution

The ideal of justice in the Preamble, described as social, economic and political, was inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917, which is why books often list the former USSR as its source.

Q8.Indian PolityMedium

In which case did the Supreme Court reverse its earlier view and hold that the Preamble is a part of the Constitution?

  1. A.Berubari Union case (1960)
  2. B.Golaknath case (1967)
  3. C.LIC of India case (1995)
  4. D.Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)
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Correct answer: D. Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)

In the Berubari Union case of 1960 the Supreme Court had said that the Preamble is not a part of the Constitution, though it is a key to the minds of its makers.

Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB NTPC · 17 Mar 2026, Shift 3Medium

The Preamble primarily serves as which of the following?

  1. A.A schedule to the Constitution
  2. B.A guiding principle for interpretation
  3. C.A financial guideline
  4. D.An enforceable part of law
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Correct answer: B. A guiding principle for interpretation

The Preamble is not enforceable in a court of law: it is neither a source of power for the legislature nor a limit on its powers.

Q10.Indian PolityEasy

Who described the Preamble as the 'identity card of the Constitution'?

  1. A.N.A. Palkhivala
  2. B.K.M. Munshi
  3. C.Sir Ernest Barker
  4. D.Dr B.R. Ambedkar
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Correct answer: A. N.A. Palkhivala

Palkhivala. Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala, one of India's most eminent jurists and constitutional lawyers, called the Preamble the "identity card of the Constitution", because it tells us in one sentence what the Constitution is, where its authority comes from and what it sets out to achieve.

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