Nature of Indian Constitution & Preamble

Question 1

Who said the Indian constitution as “quasi-federal”?

Answer 1

K.C Wheare

Question 2

Who said the Indian constitution as ‘‘sui generis” i.e. unique in character?

Answer 2

Prof. Alexandrowicz

Question 3

Who said the Indian constitution as ‘‘federation with a strong centralizing tendency “

Answer 3

Ivor Jennings

Question 4

Who said the Indian constitution as ‘‘co-operative federalism “?

Answer 4

Granville Austin

Question 5

In which year preamble got amended?

Answer 5

In 1976
The preamble has been amended only once by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976

Secular, Socialist, Integrity was added by this Amendment

Question 6

In which case SC held that preamble is not part of the constitution and thus no source of any powers?

Answer 6

Berubari Union Case (AIR 1960 SC 858)

Question 7

In which case SC held that preamble does form the part of the constitution and constitution should be read and interpreted in light of the grand and noble vision of Preamble?

Answer 7

Kesavananda Bharati Case (AIR 1973 SC 1461)

Question 8

Who amongst the following has moved the resolution of removing the word ‘socialism’ in the Constitution?

• Dr. Sonal Mansingh
• Shri KC Ramamurthy
• Shri Rakesh Sinha
• None of the above

Answer 8

Shri Rakesh Sinha

The resolution claims that the world socialism is redundant in the current scenario. It has to be dropped to create space for economic thinking. The Preamble of Constitution declares India to be sovereign, secular, socialist and democratic republic. The resolution claims that word was included without enough debate in the Parliament as it was introduced during emergency.