THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
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 twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT and GIVE to ourselves THIS CONSTITUTION.
SOVEREIGN
SOCIALIST
SECULAR
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
JUSTICE
LIBERTY
EQUALITY
FRATERNITY
DIGNITY
INTEGRITY
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word.
Respect & Dignity
What is one way you can protect another person's dignity?
Unity
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Topic: Values in the Preamble
Guiding points: justice • liberty • equality • fraternity • how students can practise them
Write a short paragraph: “Why the Preamble is Important”
Write 80–100 words about the values expressed in the Preamble.
Choose the best answer. Your score will appear after all questions are attempted.
- The Preamble introduces the Constitution of India and its guiding ideals.
- It describes India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.
- It promises justice — social, economic and political.
- It promises liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship.
- It promotes equality of status and opportunity.
- It promotes fraternity while assuring individual dignity and the unity and integrity of the Nation.
- The textbook page records 26 November 1949 as the date on which the Constituent Assembly adopted, enacted and gave the Constitution to the people.
