Match List I with List II.
| List I Personalities | List II Their role/responsibility | ||
| (A) | K.M. Munshi | (I) | Lawyer from Madras |
| (B) | B. N. Rau | (II) | Chief Draughtsman |
| (C) | Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar | (III) | Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India |
| (D) | S.N. Mukherjee | (IV) | Lawyer from Gujarat |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) K.M. Munshi — this matches (IV) Lawyer from Gujarat. He was one of the two lawyers who served with Ambedkar on the Drafting Committee and gave important inputs in drafting the Constitution.
(B) B. N. Rau — this matches (III) Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India. A civil servant, he prepared a series of background papers based on a close study of the political systems of other countries.
(C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar — this matches (I) Lawyer from Madras. He was the other lawyer who served with Ambedkar and K.M. Munshi on the Drafting Committee.
(D) S.N. Mukherjee — this matches (II) Chief Draughtsman. The second civil servant who helped the Assembly, he had the ability to put complex proposals in clear legal language.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.2 The dominant voices … Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. During the period of British rule, Ambedkar had been a political opponent of the Congress; but, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister. In this capacity, he served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Serving with him were two other lawyers, K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution. These six members were given vital assistance by two civil servants. One was B. N. Rau, Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India, who prepared a series of background papers based on a close study of the political systems obtaining in other countries. The other was the Chief Draughtsman, S. N. Mukherjee, who had the ability to put complex proposals in clear legal language.…” |