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  1. Which amendment to the Indian Constitution added the words Secular and Socialist in the Preamble?
    1. Fortieth
    2. Forty-first
    3. Forty-second
    4. Forty-third
Correct Option: C

The Forty-second Amendment of 2 November 1976 amended the Preamble and changed the description of India from “sovereign democratic republic” to a “sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic”. It also changed the words “unity of the nation” to “unity and integrity of the nation”.


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