MPPSC 2013 General Studies Solved Paper-1

Question : 30 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

The term ‘Socialist’ was brought into the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by which amendment?

$32^{nd }$
$42^{nd}$
$44^{th }$
$74^{th}$

Solution:

(B) The

42^{nd}

Amendment changed the description of India from a ‘sovereign democratic republic’ to a‘sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic’, and also changed the words ‘unity of the nation’ to ‘unity and integrity of the nation’. The

42^{nd}

amendment to the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-second amendment) Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency(25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977) by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi.

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