{"id":1124,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-preamble-of-the-indian-constitution-reflects-itself-as-a-upsc-psir-2022-1810\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:21","slug":"the-preamble-of-the-indian-constitution-reflects-itself-as-a-upsc-psir-2022-1810","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-preamble-of-the-indian-constitution-reflects-itself-as-a-upsc-psir-2022-1810\/","title":{"rendered":"The Preamble of the Indian Constitution reflects itself as a \u2018social contract\u2019. Elucidate."},"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\">adopted \/ enacted \/ given to themselves \u2014 covenant: citizens create authority + accept democratic rule = state secures justice-liberty\u2014equality-fraternity \u2014 people retain sovereignty \u2014 social-contract frame: Hobbes (order) &#8211; Locke (rights, limited govt) \u2192 Rousseau (general will) &#8211; Rawls (justice as fairness) \u2014 Indian traditions (Manu \/ Kautilya \/ Buddhist: obligation, public order)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">not a purely Western import; Indian traditions widen the idea \u2014 and the contract here is constitutional + democratic + welfare-oriented, not a Hobbesian surrender of liberty<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">xr) Preamble not passive \u2192 it fixes legitimacy, purpose and ee limits of government R2 covenant binding citizens and state \u2014 a constitutional, democratic, welfare-oriented social contract<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">al 7 mee<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[59],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1124","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","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\/1124","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3336,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1124\/revisions\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}