RAS question
The objective resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly forms the basis of:
Correct answer: (D) The Preamble.
Jawaharlal Nehru's Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly forms the basis of the Preamble to the Constitution of India.
Explanation
Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946, and the Assembly adopted it on 22 January 1947. It set out the core ideals that the Preamble later expressed in compact form. It declared India an Independent Sovereign Republic and guaranteed justice, equality and freedom. A Rajya Sabha publication explains that political freedom, equality, social and economic justice, and people's empowerment were expressed in Nehru's Objective Resolution and are now inscribed in the Preamble to the Constitution of India. Therefore, the Preamble rests on the Objective Resolution, not on a schedule, a separate list of rights or the Directive Principles part.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Directive Principles are not correct because the Objective Resolution underpins the Preamble, not the Directive Principles.
- (B) The Seventh Schedule distributes legislative subjects between the Union and the States, while the ideals of the Objective Resolution are linked to the Preamble.
- (C) Fundamental Rights embody constitutional guarantees, but the constitutional part based on the Objective Resolution is the Preamble, not a separate list of rights.
Concept
The Objective Resolution shaped the Constitution's opening ideals. RAS often asks about the relationship among the Preamble, the Objective Resolution and constitution-making because sovereignty, justice, equality and freedom are core themes in Indian Polity.