Question

India is called a secular state because _______.

• A. people have the supreme right to make decisions.
• B. head of the state is an elected person.
• C. people should live like brothers and sister.
• D. government will not favour any religion.

Answer 1

The correct option is D government will not favour any religion.

Secularism in India means equal treatment of all religions by the state. With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation. However, neither India's constitution nor its laws define the relationship between religion and state. The laws implicitly require the state and its institutions to recognize and accept all religions, enforce parliamentary laws instead of religious laws, and respect pluralism. India does not have an official state religion.