Question

The ultimate authority, according to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, vests in _____________.

• A. The President
• B. The Prime Minister
• C. The President, Prime Minister and rulers of native states
• D. People of India as a whole

Answer 1

The correct option is D People of India as a whole

The Preamble to Constitution vests the ultimate authority in the people of India through the following ways:
a) It indicates the source from which the Constitution comes, viz., the people of India.
b) It contains the enacting clause which brings into force, the Constitution which makes it an act of the people, for the people and by the people.
c) It declares the rights and freedoms which the people of India intende to provide to all citizens and the basic type of government and polity which was to be established.