{"id":2228,"date":"2024-04-26T03:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:08:06","slug":"q-the-mind-of-the-makers-of-the-constitution-of-india-is-reflected-in-which-of-the-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-mind-of-the-makers-of-the-constitution-of-india-is-reflected-in-which-of-the-following","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0The mind of the makers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Preamble<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fundamental Rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Directive Principles of State Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fundamental Duties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(a) The Preamble<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-preamble\"><strong>The Preamble<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A preamble is an\u00a0<strong>introductory statement<\/strong>\u00a0in a document that explains the document\u2019s\u00a0<strong>philosophy and objectives.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a Constitution, it presents the\u00a0<strong>intention of its framers,<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>history behind its creation,<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>core values<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0principles of the nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The preamble basically gives idea of the following things\/objects:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Source of the Constitution<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nature of Indian State<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Statement of its objectives<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date of its adoption<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a borrowed feature from the\u00a0<strong>Constitution of the USA.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ideals behind the Preamble to India\u2019s Constitution were laid down by\u00a0<strong>Jawaharlal Nehru\u2019s Objectives Resolution,<\/strong>\u00a0adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 22, 1947.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Although\u00a0<strong>not enforceable in court<\/strong>, the Preamble states the objectives of the Constitution, and acts as an\u00a0<strong>aid during the interpretation of Articles\u00a0<\/strong>when language is found ambiguous.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Preamble has been amended only once so far, in\u00a0<strong>1976<\/strong>, by the\u00a0<strong>42nd Constitutional Amendment Act.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It added three new words\u00a0<strong>Socialist, Secular, and Integrity<em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"objectives-of-the-indian-constitution\">Objectives of the Indian Constitution<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Constitution is the supreme law and it helps to\u00a0<strong>maintain integrity in the society<\/strong>\u00a0and to\u00a0<strong>promote unity among the citizens<\/strong>\u00a0to build a great nation.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The main objective of the Indian Constitution is to\u00a0<strong>promote harmony throughout the nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The factors which help in achieving this objective are:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Justice:<\/strong>\u00a0It is necessary to maintain order in society that is promised through various provisions of\u00a0<strong>Fundamental Rights<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Directive Principles of State Policy<\/strong>\u00a0provided by the Constitution of India. It comprises three elements, which is\u00a0<strong>social, economic, and political.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Social Justice \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Social justice means that the Constitution wants to create a society without discrimination on any grounds like caste, creed, gender, religion, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Justice \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Economic Justice means no discrimination can be caused by people on the basis of their wealth, income, and economic status. Every person must be paid equally for an equal position and all people must get opportunities to earn for their living.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Political Justice \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Political Justice means all the people have an equal, free and fair right without any discrimination to participate in political opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Equality:<\/strong>\u00a0The term \u2018Equality\u2019 means no section of society has any special privileges and all the people have given equal opportunities for everything without any discriminations. Everyone is equal before the law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liberty:<\/strong>\u00a0The term \u2018Liberty\u2019 means freedom for the people to choose their way of life, have political views and behavior in society. Liberty does not mean freedom to do anything, a person can do anything but in the limit set by the law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fraternity:<\/strong>\u00a0The term \u2018Fraternity\u2019 means a feeling of brotherhood and an emotional attachment with the country and all the people. Fraternity helps to promote dignity and unity in the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Importance of Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0It provides a way of life. It includes\u00a0<strong>fraternity, liberty,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>equality<\/strong>\u00a0as the notion of a happy life and which can not be taken from each other.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Liberty cannot be divorced from equality, equality cannot be divorced from liberty. Nor can liberty and equality be divorced from fraternity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Without equality, liberty would produce the supremacy of the few over the many.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equality without liberty would kill individual initiative.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Without fraternity, liberty would produce the supremacy of the few over the many.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Without fraternity, liberty and equality could not become a natural course of things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(a) The Preamble The Preamble: Objectives of the Indian Constitution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[56],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-56"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":56,"label":"2017"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}