Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 2010 GS-I
Question

The word "Secularism" was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: 42nd Amendment

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “42nd Amendment”.

The two terms "socialist" and "secular" were inserted into the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976.

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