Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1, 2 and 3
The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3.
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The Preamble is known as the introductory note of the Indian Constitution.
Components of the Preamble:
- Date of Adoption: 26th November 1949.
- It states that the Constitution derives its power from the people of India. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
- It states India to be a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Republic & Democratic state.
- It specifies Justice, Liberty, Equality, & Fraternity as the objectives of the Indian Constitution.
- According to the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India,
- It is non-Justiciable i.e its provisions are not enforceable in a court of law.
- The Preamble is neither a prohibition upon the powers of the Legislature nor the source of power to the Legislature. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
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Republic and the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity are borrowed from the French Constitution.
- The ideal of justice (social, economic, and political) in the Preamble were borrowed from the Soviet Union (Russia) Constitution.