Which of the following words were added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the Forty-Second Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976?

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Forty-Second Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 added three new words Socialist, Secular, and Integrity to the Preamble of the Constitution. The Preamble has been amended only once in the history of independent India through this landmark amendment. The original Preamble enacted in 1950 declared India to be a Sovereign Democratic Republic. The ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity were originally borrowed from the French Revolution. The Preamble serves as the introductory keynote of the constitutional document.