HistoryModern India: Framing the Constitution

How many bulky volumes does the printed record of these discussions t…

A researcher in a Delhi archive opens the printed record of the debates of the Constituent Assembly. She finds that the discussion on the Draft Constitution ran for a long time, and that one member carried the duty of taking the draft through the House, answering objections clause by clause. As she reads the speeches, she finds members disagreeing sharply with one another, and she wants to understand what these disagreements reveal about the nation they were trying to shape.

How many bulky volumes does the printed record of these discussions take up?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → Eleven

Guiding the draft through the Assembly took three years in all, and the printed record of the discussions takes up <strong>eleven bulky volumes</strong>.

NCERT (2026-27): “1.2 The dominant voices …
Ambedkar himself had the responsibility of guiding the Draft Constitution through the Assembly. This took three years in all, with the printed record of the discussions taking up eleven bulky volumes. But while the process was long it was also extremely interesting. The members of the Constituent Assembly were eloquent in expressing their sometimes very divergent points of view. In their presentations we can discern many conflicting ideas of India – of what language Indians should speak, of what political and economic systems the nation should follow, of what moral values its citizens should uphold or disavow.”