{"id":1110,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-constitution-makers-faced-the-great-task-of-forging-a-common-upsc-psir-2021-1705\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:20","slug":"the-constitution-makers-faced-the-great-task-of-forging-a-common-upsc-psir-2021-1705","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-constitution-makers-faced-the-great-task-of-forging-a-common-upsc-psir-2021-1705\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Constitution makers faced the great task of forging a common national identity in the face of unparalleled social and cultural diversity in India.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">shared constitutional values = common ground \u2192 Preamble values + Arts 14-18 (equality) + Art 17 (untouchability abolished) \u2014 one equal civic identity \u2014 diversity protected directly \u2014 Arts 29-30 (minorities) + Fifth\/Sixth Schedules (tribal) + linguistic reorganisation (regional) \u2014 federalism binds both (Union \/ States \/ local)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">fear that unparalleled diversity threatens unity \u2014 answered by Manor: cross-cutting heterogeneity (caste, class, sub-region) strengthens rather than weakens unity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk! identity forged was plural and constitutional, not uniform or routes&#8230; ee.; coercive R2 unity by accommodation, not assimilation \u2014 diversity turned into unity\u2019s strength<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1110","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1110\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}