Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Consider the following statements about the making of the Constituent Assembly and identify the correct statements:

A. The Constitution of India was framed between 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950.
B. The members of Constituent Assembly were not elected on the basis of universal franchise.
C. The Constituent Assembly had 300 members.
D. B.R. Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
E. R.V. Dhulekar made an aggressive plea that Hindi be used as the language for Constitution making.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A, B, C, D only

B, C, D, E only

A, C, D, E only

A, B, D, E only

Correct Answer:

B, C, D, E only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → B, C, D, E only

The correct statements are:

B. The members of Constituent Assembly were not elected on the basis of universal franchise.
C. The Constituent Assembly had 300 members.
D. B.R. Ambedkar served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
E. R.V. Dhulekar made an aggressive plea that Hindi be used as the language for Constitution making.

Incorrect statement:

A. The Constitution of India was framed between 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950.

Correction: The Constitution of India was framed between December 1946 and November 1949. During this time its drafts were discussed clause by clause in the Constituent Assembly of India. In all, the Assembly held eleven sessions, with sittings spread over 165 days. In between the sessions, the work of revising and refining the drafts was carried out by various committees and sub-committees.