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					 The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was for the first time amended by the
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                        - 24th Amendment
- 42nd Amendment
- 44th Amendment
- None of the above
 
Correct Option: B
The preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose and principles of the document. As originally enacted the preamble described the state as a “sovereign democratic republic”. In 1976 the Forty-
second Amendment changed this to read “sovereign socialist secular democratic republic”.
 
	