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The word 'socialist secular' and 'unity and integrity of the Nation' were added to our Constitution by ___________________.

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  1. $42$nd Amendment of the Constitution

  2. $44$th Amendment of the Constitution

  3. $46$th Amendment of the Constitution

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer. The word 'socialist secular' and 'unity and integrity of the Nation' were added to our Constitution by 42nd Amendment of the Constitution. The 42nd amendment to Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-second amendment) Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency (25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977) by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi.

The Preamble of the Indian Constitution reads _____________________.

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  1. We, the people of India-adopt, enact and give to India this Constitution

  2. We, the people of Constitutent Assembly-adopt, enact and give to India this Constitution

  3. We, the citizens of India-adopt,enact and give to ourselves this Constitution

  4. We, the people of India-in our Constitutent Assembly -adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Option D is the correct answer. The Preamble of India goes as follows:
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 integrity of the Nation;
 IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this  26th day of November 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

India is a secular country-It means _______.

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  1. People of different religions have the freedom to practice their religion with any discrimination

  2. People of single religion, i.e. Hinduism are allowed to live in the country

  3. People of India have the freedom to live in any part of the country

  4. All Indians are equal on the basis of caste and creed

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

India is a secular country. The term 'Secular' was added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976. In India, people of different religions have the freedom to practice, profess and propagate their religion with any discrimination.

State whether these sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Conflicts and differences are resolved by the laws laid by our Constitution.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Conflicts occur when people of different cultures, religions, regions or economic backgrounds do not get along with each other or when some among them feel they are discriminated.

The Indian constitution lays down the basic rules or laws that have to be followed by everyone. whenever conflicts and differences occur, then these conflicts and differences are resolved by the laws laid by our Constitution.

The word ____________ means that a State is not under the control of a foreign power.

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  1. Sovereign

  2. Socialist

  3. Secular

  4. Democratic

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Correct Option: A
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The word Sovereign means that a State is not under the control of a foreign power. Sovereignty implies that it is not subject to the control of any other State or external power. 

Political justice means all citizens completing 18 years of age have the __________ in elections.

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  1. Right to freedom

  2. Right to free speech

  3. Right to vote

  4. Right to property

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India seeks to secure social, economic and political justice for its people which are specified in the Preamble. It means equal, free and fair opportunities to the people for participation in the political process which includes the right to vote. The Constitution of India provides for a liberal democracy in which all the people have the right and freedom to participate.

Fraternity implies a __________ towards one another.

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  1. 'I-feeling'

  2. 'We-feeling'

  3. 'You-feeling'

  4. 'He/she-feeling'

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fraternity refers to friendship and mutual support within a group having similar interests. The value of fraternity was borrowed by the Indian Constitution from the French Revolution where the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity emerged. It can be referred to as brotherhood or kinship among a closely linked group of people. Hence it is often called a 'We-feeling'.

POSCO act is gender ________.

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  1. Oriented

  2. Neutral

  3. Both

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

POSCO  that is protection of child from sexual offences are gender neutral act.

______ was abolished by the act of 1829. 

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  1. Infanticide

  2. Child Marraige

  3. Sati

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sati was a practice of the early Hindu society where the widow had to sacrifice herself by burning alive on the funeral pyre of her husband. 

Hindu reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy were against such heinous practices. Finally, the Governor General of India, Lord William Bentinck enacted the Sati Regulation Act of 1829 which made the practice of Sati illegal. 

What are people who move from place to place called?

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  1. Tribals

  2. Nomads

  3. Yanadis

  4. Chenchus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The earliest people used to live in small groups in the caves or under trees or rocks. They did not build houses. Actually they led a mobile life, constantly moving from one place to another. People who regularly move from place to place are called Nomads.