Identify the correct statements regarding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar:(A) He jo…

Identify the correct statements regarding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar:

(A) He joined the Union Cabinet as Law Minister.

(B) Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly.

(D) He was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of the Constitution.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only

(A) He joined the Union Cabinet as Law Minister. Correct. Ambedkar had been a political opponent of the Congress during British rule, but on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister.

(B) Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly. Correct. He guided the Draft Constitution through the Assembly, a task that took three years in all.

(C) He was the President of the Constituent Assembly. Incorrect. Rajendra Prasad was the President of the Assembly. His role was to steer the discussion along constructive lines and to make sure all members had a chance to speak.

(D) He was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Correct. As law minister he served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee, with the lawyers K.M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar working with him.

NCERT (2025-26): “1.2 The dominant voices … 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. 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… Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly.…”