Question

___ government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. This statement was first made in which of the following?
a)The Preamble to the Indian Constitution
b)The Declaration of Independence
c)The Magna Carta
d)The Fifteenth Amendment
e)Gettysburg Address

Answer 1

Hint: The statement given in the question is a part of the last line of the speech given by the sixteenth President of the United States of America after the American Civil War.

Complete answer: The above segment is a part of the Gettysburg address which was made four months after the United States Civil War, after the victory of the Union forces by the sixteenth President of the United States of America. Hence, we shall take a look at the options one by one.
a)The Preamble to the Indian Constitution: These lines appear in the discussion that took place in the Constituent Assembly of India but these aren’t a part of the Preamble to the Indian Constitution. Also, the Indian Constitution came into effect several decades after the Gettysburg address had been made. So, it is an incorrect option.
b)The Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence had taken place several decades before the Gettysburg address had been made. So, this option is out of bounds. So, it is an incorrect option.
c)The Magna Carta: The Magna Carta is an important document in history but was quite older than the Gettysburg Address which was made a lot of years before the discovery of the United States of America. So, it is an incorrect option.
d)The Fifteenth Amendment: The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified by the United States Parliament after the victory of the Union Forces in the USA and after the death of Abraham Lincoln. Since the statement was made by Abraham Lincoln, this option is out of bounds. So, it is an incorrect option.
e)Gettysburg Address: This was a speech where the above-mentioned snippet was first said by the then US President, Abraham Lincoln. He made this statement while addressing the families and friends of the martyred soldiers of the USA in the Civil War. So, it is the correct option.
Therefore, option e. is correct.

Note: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th as well as the 17th President of the USA, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.