Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? 

Statement A- Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution.
Statement B- Vallabh Bhai Patel moved the resolution proposing the National Flag for independent India.

Options:

Only statement A is correct.

Only statement B is correct.

Both statements are correct.

None of the statements is correct.

Correct Answer:

Only statement A is correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - Only statement A is correct.

Statement A- Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution. (Correct)
Statement B- Vallabh Bhai Patel moved the resolution proposing the National Flag for independent India. (Incorrect)

 

Correction in Statement B: Nehru moved the resolution proposing the National Flag for independent India.

The Constituent Assembly had 300 members. Of these, six members played particularly important roles. Three were representatives of the Congress, namely, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad. It was Nehru who moved the crucial “Objectives Resolution”, as well as the resolution proposing that the National Flag of India be a “horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion”, with a wheel in navy blue at the centre. Patel, on the other hand, worked mostly behind the scenes, playing a key role in the drafting of several reports, and working to reconcile opposing points of view. Rajendra Prasad’s role was as President of the Assembly, where he had to steer the discussion along constructive lines while making sure all members had a chance to speak. Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar.