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
The Objective Resolution is linked to the Preamble because it carried the core constitutional ideals that the Preamble later states in compact form. Nehru moved it on 13 December 1946, and the Constituent Assembly adopted it on 22 January 1947. It declared India an Independent Sovereign Republic and guaranteed justice, equality and freedom. Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India connects these ideals to the Preamble by noting that political freedom, equality, social and economic justice, and people's empowerment found expression in Nehru's Objective Resolution and are now inscribed in the Preamble of India's Constitution. The Preamble, rather than another constitutional part, rests on Nehru's Objective Resolution.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The DPSP is not the constitutional text based on Nehru's Objective Resolution; Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India points to the Preamble.
- (B) The Seventh Schedule distributes legislative subjects between the Union and the States, while the Objective Resolution's ideals are linked with the Preamble.
- (C) Fundamental Rights reflect constitutional guarantees, while the Preamble is the constitutional part based on Nehru's Objective Resolution.
Concept
Constituent Assembly resolutions shaped the Constitution's opening ideals. RAS repeats this theme because the Preamble, sovereignty, justice, equality and freedom are core anchors of Indian Polity questions.