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Preamble: 18 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 18 questions on Preamble between 1982 and 2026: CDS 8 · CSE 8 · CISF (LDCE) 1 · NDA 1. 11 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 8 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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CISF (LDCE)2026PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which of the following statements about the Preamble to the Constitution of India is/are correct? 1. The Preamble was amended by the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act. 2. The term ‗Republic‘ in the Preamble means that the Head of State is elected and is not a hereditary monarch. 3. The expression ‗Sovereign Democratic Republic‘ has been substituted by ‗Sovereign, Secular, Socialist Democratic Republic‘ in sequential order. Select the answer using the code given below:

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Answer D (official UPSC key)'Republic' in the Preamble → Head of State elected, not a hereditary monarch | NOT: Preamble amended by the 44th Amendment | NOT: substituted in the order 'Sovereign, Secular, Socialist Democratic Republic'
CDS2025 · 2PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which of the following statements with reference to the Preamble to the Constitution of India are correct? 1. The word ‗secular‘ comes before the word ‗socialist‘. 2. The word ‗justice‘ comes before the word ‗equality‘. 3. The word ‗fraternity‘ comes after the word ‗liberty‘. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Preamble word order → 'justice' before 'equality' | 'fraternity' after 'liberty' | NOT: 'secular' before 'socialist'
CDS2024 · 1PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Through the Forty Second Amendment to the Constitution of India, which of the following was/were inserted into its Preamble? 1. ‗Liberty of thought, expression and belief was substituted by ―Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship‘. 2. The expression Unity of the Nation‘ was substituted by Unity and Integrity of the Nation‘. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Answer B (official UPSC key)42nd Amendment → 'unity of the Nation' became 'unity and integrity of the Nation' | NOT: substituted 'liberty of thought, expression and belief' with '…belief, faith and worship'
CDS2022 · 1PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which of the following statements with regard to the Preamble to the Constitution of India is/are correct ? 1. Equality of status and equality of opportunity find mention in the Preamble. 2. The expression ‗unity and integrity of the Nation‘ was not there in the Preamble since the beginning. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Preamble → mentions equality of status and of opportunity | 'unity and integrity of the Nation' NOT there from the beginning
NDA2021 · 1PreambleOn card POL 1·3

With regard to the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements is not correct ?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)NOT: the Preamble is enforceable in a Court of Law
CSE2020PreambleOn card POL 1·3

The Preamble to the Constitution of India is

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Preamble → a part of the Constitution but has no legal effect independently of other parts
CDS2017 · 1PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Preamble of the Indian Constitution? 1. The Preamble by itself is not enforceable in a Court of Law. 2. The Preamble states the objectives which the Constitution seeks to establish and promote. 3. The Preamble indicates the source from which the Constitution derives its authority. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Preamble → not enforceable in a court by itself | states the objectives the Constitution seeks to establish and promote | indicates the source of the Constitution's authority
CDS2012 · 1PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which one among the following statements is not correct? The word ‗socialist‘ in the Preamble of the Constitution of India, read with

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Answer B (official UPSC key)NOT: 'Socialist' in the Preamble read with Art 14 enables the Court to strike down a statute that fails to achieve the socialist goal to the fullest extent
CDS2012 · 2PreambleOn card POL 1·3

The Preamble is useful in constitutional interpretation because it

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Preamble useful in constitutional interpretation → contains the real objective and philosophy of the Constitution makers
CSE1997PreambleOn card POL 1·3

―WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity: and to promote among them all; FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and the integrity of the Nation. In our Constituent Assembly this ‗X‘ do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.‖, ‗X‘ stands for:

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Preamble's 'this X' (date of adoption) → twenty-sixth day of November, 1949
CSE1984PreambleOn card POL 1·3

Which one of the following is part of Preamble of the Constitution of India?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Part of the Preamble → 'We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic … do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution'

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