PREAMBLE of India

Sainik School & Military School Entrance Exam Preparation
Sainik Institute Lucknow

1. 
   
   1. When was the
      Objective Resolution introduced in the constitutent Assembly?          - 13th December, 1946
   
   
   2.  Which
      part of the constitution of India declares India as a Secular state?   - Preamble of the constitution
   
   
   3. The exact
      meaning of Secular in Indian context                    -
      Equal respect for all religions and no specific associa- tion of the State
      with any religion
   
   
   4.  India as
      a Republic refers to?                      -No
      Hereditary Ruler in India (Absence of Monarchy)
   
   
   5. How many types
      of Justice is enshrined in the Preamble?   -3
      (Social, Economic and Political)
   
   
   6. India adopted
      for which form of Democracy?                       Representative
      Parliamentary Democracy (RPD)
   
   
   7. Preamble was
      amended in which year?     1976
      (42nd Amendment Act)
   
   
   8. Which words
      were inserted through the 42nd Amendment Act in Preamble?               Socialist, Secular and
      Integrity
   
   
   9.  Who
      referred Preamble as the identity card to the Constitution?   - N.A. Palkhiwala
   
   
   10. What is meant
       by Sovereignty in Indian context? 
       - Independent authority of State (with no influence of any foreign
       country)
   
   
   11. The term
       Equality mentioned in the Preamble are supplemented by which articles of
       the Indian Constitution?        -
       Article 14-18 (Part III, Fundamental Rights) Right to Equality and Article
       325-326 (Adult Franchise) Article 39 (DPSP)
   
   
   12.  What
       collectively refers to as Distributive Justice?              - Social and Economic Justice [Articles 15, 16,
       39(d), 38(2), 39(b) and 39(c)]
   
   
   13.  What form of socialism was
       adopted in India in 1976 via amendment of the Preamble?                              - Democratic
       Socialism
   
   

   
   
   
   
   

   UNION AND TERRITORY

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   
   14. How many
       states and UTs are there in India currently?                      - 28 states and 8 Union Territories
   
   
   15.  Maximum number
       of seats reserved for Union Territories in Lok Sabha are?            -20
   
   
   16.  When Jammu and
       Kashmir got bifurcated into two separate Union Territories?                      -
       31st October, 2019
   
   
   17.  Fazl Ali
       Commission related to the Re-organisation states was constituted in which
       year?                -1953
   
   
   18. Which was the
       first state to be formed on the basis of language?                 - Andhra Pradesh
   
   
   19.  How many
       states and UTS were formed by the State Reorganisation Commission on 1st
       November, 1956?                            -
       14 states and 6 UTS
   
   
   20. In which year Sikkim was
       incorporated as a State?               -
       36th Constitutional Amendment Act,1759
   
   

 Prepared By : Dr. Abhishek Yadav

Sainik Institute Lucknow For Sainik School Entrance Exam Preparation