{"id":1122,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/mention-the-founding-principles-that-define-indias-constitution-upsc-psir-pyq-1808\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:58","slug":"mention-the-founding-principles-that-define-indias-constitution-upsc-psir-2021-1808","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/mention-the-founding-principles-that-define-indias-constitution-upsc-psir-2021-1808\/","title":{"rendered":"Mention the founding principles that define India&#8217;s Constitution."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> authority belongs to the people, not Crown\/class\/ruler <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> sovereignty is the base<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>: \u201csocial document\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unity + democracy + social revolution as the frame<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>popular sovereignty (\u201cWe, the People\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> republic + democracy (adult franchise, responsible executive) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rule of law \/ Article 14 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Fundamental Rights (Part III <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political democracy) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> DPSP (Part IV <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social-economic democracy) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> secularism (Articles 25\u201330, S.R. <i>Bommai<\/i>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> federalism with strong Union <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> independent judiciary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>\u2019s social aim vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">K.T. Shah<\/b> \u2014 Constitution \u201calmost entirely political and not at all social or economic\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> these principles fuse a plural society into one democratic community<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> political democracy + social democracy together <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peaceful social revolution<\/p>\n<\/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":[59],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1122","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-salient-features-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\/1122","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4716,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1122\/revisions\/4716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}