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Given here are some of the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning.
Match them correctly.


Column I Column II
a. Sovereign i. The government will not favor any religion
b. Republic ii. People have the supreme right to make decisions
c. Fraternity iii. Head of the state is an elected person
d. Secular iv. People should live like brothers and sisters


A. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
B. a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
C. a-I, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
D. a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

Answer
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Hint:Sovereign means that India is not controlled by any external powers and power is in the hands of the people. Secular implies it is opposite to theocracy which is strictly following one religion only.
Fraternity as a whole symbolizes unity and fellowship among the citizens that everyone is like family. Republic means people have the power to choose their representatives.

Complete answer:The Preamble of the Constitution of India declares it to be a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, and Democratic Republic.
The table below depicts the correct match between column I and column II
                 Column I Column II
Sovereign ii. People have the supreme right to make decisions
Republic iii. Head of the state is an elected person
Fraternity iv. People should live like brothers and sisters
Secular i. The government will not favor any religion


Additional Information
-The standards behind the Preamble to India's Constitution were set somewhere near Jawaharlal Nehru's Objectives Resolution, embraced by the Constituent Assembly on January 22, 1947.
-Albeit not enforceable in court, the Preamble expresses the targets of the Constitution and goes about as a guide during the translation of Articles when language is discovered vague.



Note:-Kesavananda Bharati Case:- For this situation, a seat of 13 adjudicators was collected to hear a writ appeal.
The Court held that:-
-The Preamble of the Constitution will presently be considered as a feature of the Constitution.
-The Preamble is not the incomparable force or wellspring of any limitation or disallowance yet it assumes a significant function in the understanding of resolutions and arrangements of the Constitution.