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Q.	The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was for the first time amended by the -
A.	24th Amendment
B.	42nd Amendment
C.	44th Amendment
D.	None of the above
Answer» B. 42nd Amendment
Explanation: The preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose and principles of the document. As originally enacted the preamble described the state as a "sovereign democratic republic". In 1976 the Forty-second Amendment changed this to read "sovereign socialist secular democratic republic".

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