PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Indian Constitution
The Preamble of the Indian Constitution reflects itself as a ‘social contract’. Elucidate.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
adopted / enacted / given to themselves — covenant: citizens create authority + accept democratic rule = state secures justice-liberty—equality-fraternity — people retain sovereignty — social-contract frame: Hobbes (order) – Locke (rights, limited govt) → Rousseau (general will) – Rawls (justice as fairness) — Indian traditions (Manu / Kautilya / Buddhist: obligation, public order)
Body flow
not a purely Western import; Indian traditions widen the idea — and the contract here is constitutional + democratic + welfare-oriented, not a Hobbesian surrender of liberty
Counter-view
xr) Preamble not passive → it fixes legitimacy, purpose and ee limits of government R2 covenant binding citizens and state — a constitutional, democratic, welfare-oriented social contract
Conclusion routes
al 7 mee
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
