Question

The ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (contained in the Preamble of the Constitution of India) are borrowed from the constitution of which country?
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. Germany
4. France

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : France

The correct answer is France.

• The Indian Preamble borrowed its ideals of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity from the French Constitution.
  • The Indian state came to be recognized as the ‘Republic of India’ in the lineage of the Constitution of France.

• The Constitution of India is the backbone of democracy in our country.
  • It is an umbrella of rights that gives the citizens an assurance of a free and fair society.
  • The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution on 26th November 1949 and it came into effect on 26th of January 1950.
  • The Constitution of 1950 was a by-product of the legacy started by the Government of India Act 1935.
  • This was the longest act passed by the British government with 321 sections and 10 schedules.
  • This act had drawn its content from four sources – Report of the Simon Commission, discussions and deliberations at the Third Round Table Conference, the White Paper of 1933, and the reports of the Joint select committees.