Question

The Constitution names our country as __________.
A. Bharat
B. India, that is Bharat
C. Hindustan
D. Aryavarta

Answer 1

Hint:The English term “India” is from Greek Indika or Indía, from India's Latin transliteration. Ultimately, the name derives from Sanskrit Síndhu, which was the name of both the river Indus and the lower Indus Valley (modern Sindh, Pakistan) country.

Complete Answer:In formal and common English use, the Republic of India has two significant short names, "India" and "Bharat," each being historically significant. "India, which is Bharat, shall be a union of states," indirectly codifying "India" and "Bharat" as equally official brief names for the Republic of India, is written in the first article of the Constitution of India. A third name, "Hindustan," is often an alternate name for the country that constitutes most of the subcontinent's modern Indian states when Indians speak among themselves. The background and terminology of communication depend on the use of "Bharat", "Hindustan" or "India". In many Indian languages, "Bhārät," the word for India, is variously said to be derived from the name of the ancient tribe of the Bharata clan.[1] At first, the name Bharata referred only to the western portion of the Gangetic Valley in North India, but eventually, as the name "India," was more widely associated with the Indian subcontinent and the Broader India region. It corresponds today to the modern Republic of India located in it.

Option B. India, that is Bharat is the correct answer.

Note:The name "India" initially arises from the name of the Sindhu River (Indus River) and was in use since Herodotus (4th century BCE) in Greek. As early as the 9th century, the word emerged in Old English and re-emerged in everyday language in the 17th century.