Civics
Guiding values of the Indian Constitution
Practice questions
Which group of words was added to the Preamble by the Forty second Amendment?If a state gives special benefit to one religion and fewer rights to citizens of another religion which value is most directly violated?If the Constitution gives liberty but equality is weak why can liberty become incomplete?If legal equality exists but humiliating behaviour continues then which value remains incomplete?Why is it necessary to understand social justice and economic justice separately?Beyond equal voting what does political justice emphasise?What is the combined effect of secularism and liberty?If a policy gives real opportunities to the poor in education and employment which value is most strengthened?If citizens have a shared national feeling despite different languages and religions which value is active?Without guiding values why could the Constitution become only a technical document?How do the values of the Preamble help in interpreting the Constitution?If a law gives different status on the basis of birth then it conflicts with which basic value?Together democracy and liberty place the citizen in which role?What is the combined importance of equality and fraternity?If the Constitution has equal law but no real opportunities then which value remains incomplete?Which democratic danger does secularism reduce in a plural society?What is the balanced meaning of the phrase socialist democratic republic?What expert conclusion follows from placing justice liberty equality and fraternity together?If the state helps the poor but citizens have no participation which constitutional balance becomes weak?What is the relation between dignity of the individual and social justice?