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    Question

    Consider the following statements: 1. The

    Preamble of the Constitution is based on the ‘Objective Resolution’ drafted and moved by Pandit Nehru in the Constituent Assembly. 2. The Preamble provides greater rights to citizens than those mentioned in the Objective Resolution. 3. The Objective Resolution also provided the Date of Commencement of the Constitution as 26th January 1950 to mark the 20th Anniversary of Declaration of ‘Purna Swaraj’. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
    A 1 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1 and 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1, 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 2 and 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    • Statement 1 is correct: The Preamble of the Constitution is based on the Objective Resolution drafted and moved by Pandit Nehru in the Constituent Assembly. • Statement 2 is incorrect: The Objective Resolution mentioned greater rights to citizens than those mentioned in Preamble. These were “justice, social, economic and political; equality of status of opportunity, and before the law; freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship, vocation, association and action, subject to law and public morality; and adequate safeguards for minorities, backward and tribal areas, and depressed and other backward classes.” • Statement 3 is incorrect: Objective Resolution did not mention the date of commencement of the Constitution.

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