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. 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.
The missing lines speak of two civil servants who helped these members. One of them was the Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India. Who was he?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → B. N. Rau
Option (1) B. N. Rau — Correct. B. N. Rau was the <strong>Constitutional Advisor to the Government of India</strong>. He prepared background papers after a close study of the political systems of other countries.
Option (2) S. N. Mukherjee — Incorrect. S. N. Mukherjee was the other civil servant, the Chief Draughtsman, who put complex proposals in clear legal language.
Option (3) H. C. Mookerjee — Incorrect. H. C. Mookerjee presided over the Minorities Sub-Committee of the Assembly; he was not one of the two civil servants.
Option (4) S. Varadachariar — Incorrect. S. Varadachariar presided over the Supreme Court Committee of the Assembly; he was not the Constitutional Advisor.
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