Which amendment to the Indian Constitution added the words Secular and Socialist in the Preamble Opt...........

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Which amendment to the Indian Constitution added the words Secular and Socialist in the Preamble?

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Fortieth

Forty

Fortysecond

Fortythird

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Explanation:

- Option:1, Fortieth: This amendment does not pertain to the changes in the Preamble. It deals with matters such as acquisition of territory.

- Option:2, Forty: This is unrelated to the changes to the Preamble but involves distribution of seats and matters related to states' representation.

- Option:3, Forty-second: This is the correct answer. The Forty-second Amendment of 1976 added the words "Socialist" and "Secular" to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. It was part of a series of changes that sought to give the Constitution a more definitive socialist orientation.

- Option:4, Forty-third: This amendment primarily dealt with curtailing the decree of the Emergency powers that were strengthened by the Forty-second Amendment and didn't introduce changes to the Preamble.