Q. This term from the Constitution indicates that India has an elected head of the state. It supports vesting of political sovereignty in the people of the country. It also indicates the absence of any privileged class and all public offices being opened to every citizen without any discrimination.
Which of the following terms best defines this attribute of India as a Nation-State?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Option b is correct. The term ‘republic’ in our Preamble indicates that India has an elected head called the president. He is elected indirectly for a fixed period of five years. A republic also means two more things: one, vesting of political sovereignty in the people and not in a single individual like a king; second, the absence of any privileged class and hence all public offices being opened to every citizen without any discrimination
| Important Tips • The term ‘equality’ means the absence of special privileges to any section of the society, and the provision of adequate opportunities for all individuals without any discrimination. The Preamble secures to all citizens of India equality of status and opportunity. The provision embraces three dimensions of equality– civic, political and economic. • Democracy is based on the doctrine of popular sovereignty, that is, possession of supreme power by the people. The Indian Constitution provides for representative parliamentary democracy under which the executive is responsible to the legislature for all its policies and actions. Universal adult franchise, periodic elections, rule of law, independence of judiciary, and absence of discrimination on certain grounds are the manifestations of the democratic character of the Indian polity. • The word ‘sovereign’ implies that India is neither a dependency nor a dominion of any other nation, but an independent state. There is no authority above it, and it is free to |
